Vox Hunt: Have This, Will Travel

Show us something you cannot leave home without.
Submitted by Quornflour.

My Keys
My Keys
Sorry to be so prosaic, but really, if I left home without those, I'd be in a world of trouble.

Leaving home for the day is great. But getting home is even greater. Having spent much of the last week and a half on the road, it was so nice to pull up outside the flat and get inside, knowing that I had a whole two nights at home ahead of me. Yes, two. Luxury.

And just to make things better, Lorna had actually cooked me dinner. Yes, Lorna, cooking. Amazing.

David Manners Done Good

One of our bloggers is getting quite a lot of attention in the techie blogosphere with this post:

What are the ten best decisions ever made in the semiconductor industry's history? This is the stuff of which long evenings are made, but here, for what it's worth, is one list compiled after a long evening.

  1. Bell Labs' decision to sell licenses for transistor manufacturing technology
  2. Akio Morita's decision to buy a transistor manufacturing license from Bell Labs.
  3. William Shockley's decision to hire Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore
  4. Fairchild's decision to make ICs.
  5. The decision to invest $3m in founding Intel
  6. Intel's decision to make silicon gate MOS memory.
  7. Taiwan's purchase of CMOS technology from RCA in 1976.
  8. Chips and Technology's decision to clone IBM PC chip-sets.
  9. The decisions by Altera and Xilinx to found the fabless semiconductor industry business model.
  10. Philips' decision to co-found TSMC with the Taiwan government and kick-start the foundry industry.

What Sort Of a Nerd am I?

Nicked from Beth:

What Be Your Nerd Type?
Your Result: Literature Nerd
 

Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today's society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works.

It's okay. I understand.

Gamer/Computer Nerd
 
Drama Nerd
 
Social Nerd
 
Artistic Nerd
 
Science/Math Nerd
 
Anime Nerd
 
Musician
 
What Be Your Nerd Type?
Quizzes for MySpace



Upgrading My Day

Oh, yeah, nearly forgot, BA gave me an impromptu upgrade to business class on a very quiet flight out this evening.

I feel well pleased with today. It almost makes up for the taxi driver diddling me out of €10, the swine.

Report from Our Man in Dublin

So, I'm in my Dublin hotel, and it's rather nice:

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But the very best bit is this:
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Yup, an in-room iPod dock/speaker system. Class.

The only downside so far is that the in-room (free) broadband is wired-only. So, no blogging from the comfy bed. Ah, well. You can't have it all.


Today

Jet lag is kicking my arse.

And now I have to fly to Ireland.

That is all.

Droid Mail

Just for Anthony:

R2-UPS
R2-UPS

It was right outside the Apple Store on 5th Avenue.

Back

Good flight back. Shame that the time difference means that I've lost the whole day travelling.

Back
Back

Apple Store, 5th Avenue

Because I can't get enough of Apple product or beautiful glass-based urban design.

Apple Store 5th Avenue
Apple Store 5th Avenue


Keeping Busy

Last night: dinner with Six Apart folks

The Blue Water Grill, Union SquareDinner with Six ApartDessert of Doom

Keeping myself out of trouble…