Author Archives: Nick Bernstein
Giving away my minolta maxxum 400si
I’m giving away my old minolta 400si to a photography student after years of it sitting in the closet collecting dust. It took me a full two or three months to save up for this thing in ’01, back when … Continue reading
Ripping my dvd collection
So a while back we had a smallish earth quake, which made my shelves, which were none-to-sturdy anyway, decide the walls were no longer where they wanted to be. I came home to dvds strewn across the floor, and more-or-less, … Continue reading
Hacked. :/
My hosted web-server got hacked last night. I’m guessing it was via dokuwiki, which was out of date, but dang it, that’s annoying. Never-the-less, tip of the hat to Hidden Pain. Egg on my face. For the next couple days, … Continue reading
More airline strangeness
Me: hi, I was wondering if any upgrades are available, and if so, how much they cost. Gate agent: oh, next time just have them put you on the list when you check your bag. Me: oh, I’m a united … Continue reading
Netapp Instructor Wanted
open position for a Netapp Instructor. You’ll get to travel – work two – four weeks / month. Continue reading
How changing my homepage let me loose forty pounds and start a company.
How changing my homepage let me loose over forty pounds and start a company. Simple technique where you can use google docs as a home page to track goals and actions towards those goals. Continue reading
More Human than Human
I’ve been working on a startup project on the side for almost a year now – focusing on pattern recognition, natural language processing stuff, and predictive statistical modeling… it’s been fun. Continue reading
Would you participate in this kind of contest?
I’m thinking, along w/ some people I’m working on a start-up with, of running a contest to help up “train” the back end “artificial intelligence engine” which is used in our software. Here’s the gist: you would log-in to a … Continue reading
Making me reach a bit
I wrote a little while back about some of the things my startup has gotten me to work on, but it occurred to me today, after I being grumpy and frustrated for a good chunk of the day – the … Continue reading
Cool things I’ve gotten to play with at my startup
For the last year or so I’ve been working on a tech startup with some friends. In doing so, I’ve gotten to work with some pretty cool stuff, and I thought I’d make a list of some of them. Continue reading