archive Archived posts: * [Climbing at Planet Granite](/space/2010-05-26_climbing_at_planet_granite.txt) * [Ignite at Google IO](/space/2010-05-19_ignite_at_google_io.txt) * [Newborn foal](/space/2010-05-17_newborn_foal.txt) * [Back to work](/space/2010-05-07_back_to_work.txt) * [Dining room table shopping](/space/2010-04-12_dining_table_shopping.txt) * [Working on my car](/space/2010-03-28_working_on_my_car.txt) * [New job](/space/2010-03-13_new_job.txt) * [SF Beer Week](/space/2010-02-07_sf_beer_week.txt) * [ZAP 2010](/space/2010-02-01_zap_2010.txt) * [Lists](/space/2010-01-31_lists) * [2009 Recap Posts](/space/2010-01-05_year_end_recaps) * [WineStyles "Rare Red"](/space/2009-12-23_winestyles_rare_red) * [Cirque du Soleil: Ovo](/space/2009-12-08_cirque_du_soleil_ovo) * [Jack Da Hat](/space/2009-12-07_jack_da_hat) * [Breakdancing in Paris](/space/2009-11-15_breakdancing_in_paris) * [Food highlights from vacation](/space/2009-10-30_food_highlights) * [South of France](/space/2009-10-29_south_of_france) * [Paris](/space/2009-10-28_paris) * [Barcelona](/space/2009-10-28_barcelona) * [Back from vacation](/space/2009-10-27_back_from_vacation) * [Vacation in France and Spain](/space/2009-10-09_vacation) * [Palo Alto Moonlight Run](/space/2009-10-05_palo_alto_moonlight_run) * [Green Day's American Idiot at the Berkeley Rep](/space/2009-10-04_american_idiot_at_the_berkeley_rep) * [App Engine Datastore Multihoming](/space/2009-09-15_app_engine_datastore_multihoming) * [Vacation in Gulf Shores, Alabama](/space/2009-07-11_vacation) * [Air Sex Championships](/space/2009-06-25_air_sex_championships) * [Mazel tov, Sam and Judith!](/space/2009-06-13_mazel_tov_sam_and_judith) * [Video from Google I/O talk](/space/2009-06-12_video_from_google_io_talk) * [E3!](/space/2009-06-01_e3) * [Looking for a roommate in SF?](/space/2009-05-31_looking_for_a_roommate_in_sf) * [Speaking engagements: SDForum Cloud SIG and Google I/O](/space/2009-05-25_speaking_engagements) * [Catching up: This American Life Live, Bluegrass at Amnesia, and Beretta](/space/2009-05-21_catching_up) * [Vacation in Napa and Marin](/space/2009-03-16_vacation) * [MRI](/space/2009-03-14_mri) * [Harley Farms in Pescadero](/space/2009-03-07_harley_farms_in_pescadero) * [Facebook Friend Lists](/space/2009-03-05_facebook_friend_lists) * [Feeds and Podcasts Updated](/space/2009-03-05_feeds_and_podcasts_updated) * [The Art of Shaving](/space/2009-02-25_the_art_of_shaving) * [Back!](/space/2009-02-24_back) * [Transactions Across Datacenters Talk](/space/2009-02-16_transactions_across_datacenters) * [Maya Lin at the de Young](/space/2008-12-30_maya_lin_at_the_de_young) * [Holiday party pictures](/space/2008-12-26_holiday_party_pictures) * [Y!OS: Yahoo Open Strategy](/space/2008-12-16_yos_yahoo_open_strategy) * [Windows Azure](/space/2008-11-22_windows_azure) * [In LA for PDC](/space/2008-10-27_in_la_for_pdc) * [Catching up: Aubrey de Grey, Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n Roll, new Symphony season and Opening Gala, Ken and Tina's wedding, and, Chris Babson and NIAYH](/space/2008-10-22_catching_up) * [Triathlon](/space/2008-08-23_triathlon) * [Kentucky Jones, by the Primitive Screwheads](/space/2008-06-22_kentucky_jones) * [New Pictures: Maulik and Sarjita, Nick and Maureen, and Pub Crawl](/space/2008-06-12_new_pictures) * [Timecrimes at the SF International Film Festival](/space/2008-05-08_timecrimes_at_the_iff) * [Vacation!](/space/2008-04-23_vacation) * [Google App Engine Launched!](/space/2008-04-07_google_app_engine_launched) * [Oakland Zoo](/space/2008-03-11_oakland_zoo) * [GDC 2008](/space/2008-02-25_gdc_2008) * [Off to GDC](/space/2008-02-17_off_to_gdc) * [Tigelleria](/space/2008-01-31_tigelleria) * [Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Debussy and Berlioz](/space/2008-01-28_royal_concertgebouw_orchestra_plays_debussy_and_berlioz) * [OpenIDDevCamp](/space/2008-01-14_openiddevcamp) * [Congratulations to Kieran and Acquia](/space/2007-12-27_congratulations_to_kieran_and_acquia) * [Amazon SimpleDB Thoughts](/space/2007-12-16_amazon_simpledb_thoughts) * [OpenID Comments in Blogger](/space/2007-12-02_openid_comments_in_blogger) * [Windsurfing in Venezuela](/space/2007-12-01_windsurfing_in_venezuela) * [Bowling at Strike in Cupertino](/space/2007-11-17_bowling_at_strike_cupertino) * [New Pictures](/space/2007-10-31_new_pictures) * [Gameplay Metrics on Steam](/space/2007-10-15_gameplay_metrics_on_steam) * [Sites I Read Regularly](/space/2007-09-23_sites_i_read_regularly) * [Kayaking at Elkhorn Slough](/space/2007-09-19_kayaking_elkhorn_slough) * [Podcasts I Listen To](/space/2007-09-18_podcasts) * [Beware of Got Game Entertaiment](/space/2007-09-02_beware_of_got_game_entertainment) * [OpenID Comments](/space/2007-08-21_openid_comments) * [Palo Alto Festival of the Arts](/space/2007-08-26_palo_alto_arts_festival) * [OpenID comments](/space/2007-08-21_openid_comments) * [Are MMOGs Team Sports?](/space/2007-08-13_are_mmogs_team_sports) * [Facebook Data Store API thoughts](/space/2007-08-09_facebook_data_store_api_thoughts) * [Radio Lab from NPR and WNYC](/space/2007-07-23_radiolab) * [Paul Oakenfold at 1015 next week](/space/2007-06-28_paul_oakenfold_at_1015_next_week) * [Windsurfing!](/space/2007-06-26_windsurfing) * [Google Mashup Editor launches](/space/2007-05-31_google_mashup_editor_is_live) * [Media consumption - new books, movies, games, and TV](/space/2007-05-23_media_consumption) * [P2P-Hackers San Francisco Meetup](/space/2007-04-29_p2p-hackers_san_francisco_meetup) * [Hip-hop show: K.Flay, Optimus Rhyme, MC Lars, and MC Frontalot](/space/2007-04-24_alt_hip-hop) * [Key signing party](/space/2007-04-13_key_signing_party) * [Music, with lyrics and without](/space/2007-04-02_love_letter) * [Burger at Street and Jazz at Savanna](/space/2007-03-20_burger_doo_wop) * [GDC 2007 Trip Report](/space/2007-03-12_gdc_2007_trip_report) * [Off to GDC!](/space/2007-03-05_off_to_gdc) * [SoMa launch party and book signing with Kember Scott](/space/2007-02-27_soma_launch_party) * [San Francisco Ballet Opening Gala](/space/2007-01-29_san_francisco_ballet_opening_gala) * [Weekend at Pelican Inn](/space/2007-01-18_weekend_at_pelican_inn) * [RSI: Required, Sudden Inactivity](/space/2006-11-18_rsi_required_sudden_inactivity) * [Musee Mecanique at Pier 45](/space/2006-11-07_musee_mecanique_at_pier_45) * [Vanessa's show with Distilled Spirit at Warehouse 1310](/space/2006-11-05_vanessas_show_with_distilled_spirit_at_warehouse_1310) * [OpenID server for PyBlosxom](/space/2006-10-20_openid_server_for_pyblosxom) * [Go Kart Racer](/space/2006-10-19_go_kart_racer) * [NHK and Ashkenazy at the Walt Disney Concert Hall](/space/2006-10-15_nhk_and_ashkenazy_at_the_walt_disney_concert_hall) * [How Napoleon opened champagne](/space/2006-10-11_how_napoleon_opened_champagne) * [Birthday portrait from Vanessa](/space/2006-10-01_birthday_portrait) * [White Party at Studio 767 (with pictures!)](/space/2006-09-30_white_party) * [The Wire, and other TV shows I'm (kind of) watching](/space/2006-09-19_the_wire_and_the_rest) * [Back from Vacation](/space/2006-09-14_back_from_vacation) * [Vacation in Prague](/space/2006-09-05_prague) * [It's Cruel 2 B Kind](/space/2006-09-04_cruel_2_b_kind) * [Bar Camp Stanford](/space/2006-09-03_bar_camp_stanford) * [Ajax commenting in Pyblosxom](/space/2006-09-03_ajax_comments_in_pyblosxom) * [Vegas!](/space/2006-08-26_vegas_in_style) * [Virtual housewarming: switching web servers and hosting companies](/space/2006-08-23_virtual_housewarming) * [Teaching beginning programming with Python](/space/2006-07-23_teaching_beginning_programming_with_python) * [Hiking in Huddart Park](/space/2006-07-09_hiking_in_huddart_park) * [Vanessa's art show at Wente](/space/2006-07-04_vanessas_art_show_at_wente) * [Friday Mexican dinner](/space/2006-06-24_friday_dinner) * [Shop online, protect your privacy](/space/2006-06-23_shop_online_protect_your_privacy): [faking out address and credit card forms](/space/faking_out_address_and_credit_card_forms) * [Gamboa Beach Bash](/space/2006-06-20_gamboa_beach_bash) * [Extreme sports: kayaking, rock climbing, and sailing](/space/2006-06-09_high_adventure) * [Bay to Breakers 2006](/space/2006-05-24_bay_to_breakers) * [E3 2006 thoughts](/space/2006-05-17_e3_2006) * [Sylvia at Warrior Day at Quantico](/space/2006-05-16_warrior_day_at_quantico) * [May Fete Parade in Palo Alto](/space/2006-05-06_may_fete_parade) * [Not-so-parallel parking](/space/2006-04-28_not-so-parallel_parking) * [Beccapalooza and Party Audit pictures](/space/2006-04-19_party_pictures) * [Slashdotted!](/space/2006-04-08_slashdotting_hurts) * [Learning to drive with Giri and the G35s](/space/2006-04-02_learning_to_drive) * [March Madness 2006, or, who the heck is George Mason?](/space/2006-03-29_george_who) * [GDC 2006 trip report](/space/2006-03-28_gdc_2006_notes) * [Stanford CS Department 40th Anniversary](/space/2006-03-21_stanford_cs_department_40th_anniversary) * [Bollywood Nights](/space/2006-03-05_bollywood_nights) * [Urban Iditarod](/space/2006-03-05_bollywood_nights) * [Paul van Dyk (and more), at 1015, Fresh at Ruby Skye, Mardi Graz at Chez Barrett](/space/2006-03-02_good_music_good_food_mean_people) * [SAP Open Tennis semifinals](/space/2006-02-25_sap_open_tennis) * [An unexpected Valentine's Day gift: a hit-and-run accident!](/space/2006-02-17_i_heart_my_damaged_goods_car) * [Studio 767 pictures](/space/2006-02-17_i_heart_my_damaged_goods_car) * [CodeCon 2006 wrapup](/space/2006-02-12_codecon_2006) * [I'll be at CodeCon 2006, Feb 10-12, at StudioZ in SF](/space/2006-02-04_codecon_2006) * [Online maps find a better app than driving directions: running routes!](/space/2006-02-01_running_maps) * [Stanford basketball vs. Oregon, Jan. 7 2006](/space/2006-01-08_stanford_basketball_vs._oregon) * [Fog Creek's beerpong table](/space/2005-12-29_beirut_for_christmas) * [The GoodStorm launch party](/space/2005-12-17_goodstorm_launch_party) * [The San Francisco Symphony performs Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and The Nightingale](/space/2005-12-11_p2p-hackers_san_francisco_meetup) * [The Niles Canyon Railway Train of Lights](/space/2005-11-28_niles_canyon_christmas_train) * [New music: Laura Veirs - Year of Meters, Green Day - American Idiot](/space/2005-11-27_laura_veirs_and_green_day) * [Review of the game _Shadow of the Colossus_](/space/2005-11-23_shadow_of_the_colossus) * [Driving comparison of the 1965 Ford Mustang and the 2006 Mustang GT](/space/Ford_Mustang_-_1965_vs._2006) * [TV and movies I've liked recently - Serenity, Firefly, The Wire, and Lost](/space/2005-10-03_yay_media_consumption) * [Trip to LA, Love Parade, and seeing Paul van Dyk spin live](/space/2005-09-26_work_and_not_work) * [Review of Chris Babson's debut album _Perfectly_](/space/Chris_Babson_-_Perfectly) * [Review of Brad Wolfe and the Moon's debut album](/space/Brad_Wolfe_and_the_Moon_CD) * [A visit to Glide Memorial Methodist Church](/space/2005-09-04_gliding) * [Anarchists in Palo Alto](/space/2005-06-27_anarchists_just_aint_what_they_used_to_be) (and [pictures](/gallery/Anarchists_in_Palo_Alto)) * [Review of the game _The Longest Journey_](/space/2005-08-04_the_longest_journey) * [Review of the game _Beyond Good and Evil_](/space/2004-11-11_beyond_good_and_evil) * [San Francisco Symphony performs Beethoven's Ninth and a Kraft world premiere](/space/2005-06-20_season_ten_wraps_up) * [Books I've read and books I'd like to read](/space/books) * [Games I've read and games I'd like to play](/space/games) * [Chocolate I've tried, and where to get it](/space/chocolate) * [Ideas for projects I'd like to work on](/space/ideas) * [Privacy through prepaid credit and debit cards](/space/privacy_through_prepaid_credit_cards) * [Edward Burtynsky exhibit at Cantor](/space/2005-07-02_burtynsky_at_cantor) * [Email clients I use: GMail vs. Pine](/space/gmail_vs_pine) * [Game Developers Conference 2005 notes](/gallery/GDC_2005) * [Referrer spam, and how I deal with it](/space/referrer_spam) * [Geocoding, or locating Internet users geographically](/space/geocoding) * [Game music by Phillipe Vachey](/space/music_by_Phillipe_Vachey) * [CodeCon 2005 notes](/space/CodeCon_2005_notes) * [Faisan dorm reunion](/gallery/Faisan_Reunion_2004) * [_Small Town USA_, the book](/space/Small_Town_USA) * [One-to-One Business Relationships](/space/One-to-One_Business_Relationships) * [Trail for SubCity Central, an ARG by Virtuquest](/space/subcitycentral_trail) * [Synchronizing MP3 playback](/space/synchronizing_mp3_playback) * [How to view Evites anonymously](/space/view_evites_anonymously) * [Reverse engineering Windows P2P, PNRP, and Indigo](/space/windows_p2p) * [Statistics on common files included in open source software packages](/space/distribution_file_statistics) * [Introduction to the people and ideas behind snarfed.org](/space/about) * [Computer haikus](/space/computer_haikus) * [Review of the musical _The Lion King_](/space/2004-10-21_hakuna_matata) * [Travelog from Penny Arcade Expo 2004](/space/2004-09-07_twisp_catsby_and_halo_2) * [Ray and Nancy Lahar's 50th wedding anniversary](/space/2004-08-27_sure_but_could_you_do_another_50) * [Google datacenter tour](/space/2004-08-12_big_iron_uh_computers) * [John Tannaci's bachelor party](/space/2004-08-07_youre_money_baby_and_you_dont_even_know_it) * [Flying to lunch and around the bay area](/space/2004-07-21_flying_to_lunch) * [Kieran Lal swims with the sharks (and EnviroSports)](/gallery/2004-07-14) * [Brad Wolfe and Stan Smith](/space/2004-07-04_brad_wolfe_and_stan_smith) * [Maulik's epic visit: PKN barbecue, clubbing, sari shopping, MC Frontalot, and NextFest...oh my!](/space/Mauliks_Epic_Visit) * [Shoni's wedding in Abilene, TX](/space/2004-04-21_lifestyles_of_the_middle-class_and_not_famous_but_happy) * [San Francisco Symphony performs Debussy, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Adams](/space/2004-03-13_debussy_and_rimsky-korsakov) * [Britney Spears concert](/space/2004-03-09_britney_spears_concert) * [Monster trucks at Pacbell Park](/space/2004-02-22_go_gravedigger) * [CodeCon 2004 notes](/space/CodeCon_2004) * [Old MOTDs from ryan.barrett.name](/ryan.barrett.name/old_motds.html) * [Assorted games - Amplitude, Rez, SSX, Medal of Honor, Jak, and Prince of Persia](/space/2003-12-31_non-gamers_stop_reading_now) * [San Simeon earthquake, 12/22 2003](/space/2003-12-22_this_post_is_a_6.5_on_the_richter_scale) * [Wells Fargo loses Social Security numbers; offshore subcontractor blackmails UCSF with patients' personal data](/space/2003-11-23_fargos_not_well) * [Toto Washlet toilets at Google](/space/2003-11-20_were_not_in_kansas_any_more) * [San Francisco Symphony performs Stravinsky, Reich, and Hillborg](/space/2003-11-10_who_what_where_when_um_who) * [Barrett family reunion 2003](/space/2003-08-09_back_from_vacation)