LowDown

Boss in the news...

Jeremiah on zdnet talking about or little bizzle

Beautiful day! Going kayaking0

Galerie Stratique

Found through Pandora, brought to you by last.fm. There's a lot of music out there that tries to be Boards of Canada, this one deserves an honorable mention.

Archetypes

Think about the one artist that you would shell hundreds or sometimes thousands of dollars to see live with a front row seat. What kind of person does that make you? 

Süddeutsche Zeitung magazine answers this days old question by taking pictures of the people going to high profile concerts and sitting front row.

Notably... Spice Girls:

Rod Stewart:

Madonna:

Looking back

So I'm going to Seattle on the 13th for a week, taking Kyle to meet Adam and Lewil and hang out with Dusty, Garet, Casey and whomever else I can round up. It's been almost three years since I left and I haven't gone back! Madness...

Expect gray hair, lots of it, unless I change my mind and color it. Expect the same clothes (madness I said!). Expect to have fun :)

I'm pretty excited, looking back between 2002 and 2005, I had the most fun ever (sometimes a little too much) and although I'm in love with San Francisco and I'll probably never live in Seattle again, I think it will be pretty near impossible to find friends as amazing as the ones I have up there.

Let's drink!

Ouch

I feel as if I had been hit with a 30,000 dollar bag of bricks right in the mouth. Fuck.

Nikko hotel

At the swanky hotel nikko for Kevins bday. Very nice.

Old timer

Was parked outside slide HQ. Kyle made me take a picture of the thing.

Lunch at samovar

Kyle eating lunch at samovar. The food is simple and very well made. And of course, the tea is excellent.

Hitler

Mo' money

"After cashing in big with PayPal, Max Levchin could be at it again with his social network tool. The latest funding values Slide at a half-billion."

The truth about Natalie

Jobs!

We're growing like crazy! Really, if you know anyone interested in these two positions, let me know.

Network Administrator

Description:

We're seeking a network administrator with experience in large, multi-
datacenter architectures.  Slide is growing fast, and now is your
chance to join a company where you can build out a large, distributed
network.

Responsibilities:

You will manage existing network infrastructure, including switches,
routers, and load-balancers.  Tasks will include port assignment,
trunk management, external routing and filtering, and VRRP/BGP.  Most
importantly, you will take ownership of new architecture, driving all
new infrastructure for heavy growth of our corporate and production
sites.

Requirements:

  * 4 years or more of production network administration (Cisco) in a
datacenter environment.
  * Extremely solid knowledge of IP, load-balancing, routing, IDS,
and firewall concepts.
  * First-hand experience with ARIN/AS/BGP processes.
  * A proactive, hands-on mindset that thrives on growth.


MySQL Database Administrator

Description:

The IT department at Slide is looking for an experienced database
administrator with a focus on MySQL performance, query review,
redundancy, and backup.  If you want a hand in scaling out
infrastructure the right way, contact us!

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for the smooth operation of Slide's database
infrastructure, including: coordination and collaboration with
developers on queries and feature implementation; management of
database instance configuration, replication, failover, and
migration; designing and implementing a high-performance, redundant,
and highly scalable database infrastructure.

Requirements:

  * 4 years or more of production MySQL administration on Linux.
  * Solid tuning experience with MySQL, MyISAM, InnoDB, and SQL.
  * Prefer OLTP experience.
  * Strong foundation of IT knowledge desired.
  * 5 years or more of general production database administration on
various platforms a plus (Oracle, PostgreSQL, Solaris, etc).
  * Desire to work in a collaborative, fast-paced web environment.

The rise and fall of humankind

Magnetic Flow

Stewart on gay marriage

Brilliant

Library Masturbation!

9/11 masturbation

I was going to write something about this, but gawker says it best.

I passed by a newstand on the way to work, the headline? "Nation stops to remember 9/11"... What? Like you (or the administration) doesn't remind us every fucking day? Go patronize your mother.

Also, don't ask me why but I saw World Trade Center... I can't believe Oliver Stone directed that. At some point a former marine involved in rescue operations is asked if he's going back home, he replies he's going back to the marines instead because 'they're gonna need good people to avenge this'... I wanted to scream... so I did.

String Theory 101

The best way to learn this crazy subject.