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September 25, 2007
Facebook Adds IM?
Sam Sethi is reporting that Facebook is about to push their beta IM client.
This is going to get interesting. If it is XMPP-based, this might get really interesting.
Posted by davehod at 05:13 PM | Comments (0)
September 11, 2007
At the Airport on 9/11
I spent part of the sixth anniversary of 9/11 at the airport, traveling back from Phoenix.
CNN Headline News was playing all over the Sky Harbor Airport. Relentlessly, they jumped between live footage of the memorial service at Ground Zero to various reporters describing the events that unfolded on that horrible day. After a bit, I realized that the CNN Anchor was crying as she read the news. Most of the people around me were glued to the screen. I couldn't help but watch it either.
Boarding the plane was surreal ... frightening ... was I ever glad to reach my destination.
Posted by davehod at 08:40 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Kings of Leon At The Marquee
After reading Fred's raving posts about the Kings of Leon, I was lucky enough to catch them at the Marquee Club in Phoenix last night.
They didn't disappoint.
At different points of the show, I almost felt like I was watching a new millennium version of the Ramones. Many of their songs were two minutes or less, played loud and fast. I lost track of how many tunes they ran through - I would guess it was about 30 (all in under 2 hours!). We were treated to many of the songs off Aha Shake Heartbreak which were incredible to see and hear.
The Kings also played a good number of songs off their most recent release, Because of The Times. As I was hoping, they played Arizona, which given the location of the gig, went over pretty well with the packed house. The melody of the song, as well as Knocked Up's are burned in my brain. I spent a number of hours squirreled away, the disc on repeat, wiring up Struts and Scriptalicious (along with StrutsTestCase)
Overall, an incredible show.
Tags: Kings of Leon, Ramones
Posted by davehod at 07:56 PM | Comments (0)
September 06, 2007
Love is F8
I snapped the picture below tonight in Palo Alto on my camera phone.
The license plate on the Mercedes reads "[HEART] is F8"
The driver was a 50-ish woman while the backseat was occupied by a 20-something male with brown hair.
I didn't get a great look at the passenger, but I'm still wondering if Mark Zuckerberg was being driven somewhere by his mother...
Posted by davehod at 09:46 PM | Comments (0)