Siliconchef by Brian Richardson
From the monthly archives: September 2002
Friday, September 13, 2002. 10:11AM.
Somewhere between San Jose and Phoenix.
I woke up at 6:30AM, coming out of the strangest dream …
Thursday, September 12, 2002. 7:01PM.
Hotel de Anza. San Jose, CA.
Jerry and I are back in our room at the Hotel De Anza, killing time before dinner. Of course, we’re both working away at our laptops. Jerry is busy porting Adventure to EFI (why? don’t ask, long story). I am organizing the [...]
Thursday, September 12, 2002. 11:48AM.
IDF. San Jose Convention Center
So here’s how strange the last of IDF is. After taking video of the various hacker case mods in Intel’s official “computer case art” display, I took a ride on a Segway scooter. The Segway sales rep was trying to get people interested so [...]
Wednesday, September 11, 2002. 4:30PM.
IDF. San Jose Convention Center.
So far today I’ve done two lab presentations plagued by technical issues, worked booth staff at a convention, had a marginal convention lunch, and am currently breaking down our display at Intel Developer Forum.
It’s just another day in the life of Brian, traveling [...]
Tuesday, September 10, 2002. 10:58AM.
Fall IDF 2002. San Jose, CA.
I’m in between sessions at IDF, hanging out until the next presentation begins. I am still recovering from the dullness that was the 10:00AM mobile track presentation. Fifty minutes of vague and dull PowerPoint poisoning is not good first thing in the morning.
So I’m at IDF and William Shatner decides to stop by. He’s promoting his new book on the journey from science fiction to science fact. I have some pretty cool video from his Q&A session. It’s very interesting, and I think it’s worth putting up with the eight minute length. Shatner talks [...]
I got back into Atlanta last night about 7PM. It was an uneventful flight. Last night consisted of a quick dinner at KFC and quality time with the spouse.
I’m finally making it out of the house. We need lunch and the cats need kibble. I’m sure the barbeque people will bitch at us again. [...]
