Comments for Silvexis http://silvexis.com/blog Erik's Adventures in Creative Anomalies Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:05:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on The coolest thing in the world by zadara http://silvexis.com/blog/2008/07/16/the-coolest-thing-in-the-world/#comment-34414 zadara Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:17:04 +0000 http://silvexis.com/blog/?p=89#comment-34414 well congratulations companero! i hope all is well with you and becca and the new one well congratulations companero!

i hope all is well with you and becca and the new one

]]> Comment on Tool by zoo http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/06/02/tool/#comment-32733 zoo Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:42:47 +0000 http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/06/02/tool/#comment-32733 tool does the same to me a lot of their songs mean something to me tool does the same to me
a lot of their songs mean something to me

]]> Comment on Oh my god, my schedule’s gone to plaid by Fish http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/10/04/oh-my-god-my-schedules-gone-to-plaid/#comment-30206 Fish Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:42:08 +0000 http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/10/04/oh-my-god-my-schedules-gone-to-plaid/#comment-30206 I'm right there with you man. I suddenly realized that my meetings were going into quadruple contention. I'm now searching for consumer level cloning equipment. I’m right there with you man. I suddenly realized that my meetings were going into quadruple contention. I’m now searching for consumer level cloning equipment.

]]> Comment on Blackhat 2007 by Fish http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/07/29/blackhat-2007/#comment-30205 Fish Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:39:20 +0000 http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/07/29/blackhat-2007/#comment-30205 Believe it or not I actually missed most of Blackhat. I had been assigned to several government conferences that week, and arrived at the night of the first day of BH, just in time to get severely hassled by the bouncers at our party. That was kind of funny though ... "Look man, I know everyone here outside is saying they belong in there, but I can guarantee I'm the only one with the home phone number of the man paying for it all " ...that finally got me in, but just with about 30 minutes left on the party. The next day was booth duty at 8 am, but I got to do that with Jeff and it rocked. He was a *monster* in the booth; worked it harder than anyone else and pretty much harder than anyone I'd ever seen; he was scanning left and right, asking the right questions, just going about it perfectly. This will sound crazy, but watching him at booth duty kind of made my day. I can't wait for it this year, but my lord it's one hell of a busy booth ... I miss the days when we *didn't* have a booth and I could actually mingle with customers, go to sessions , etc ... one day though ;) Believe it or not I actually missed most of Blackhat. I had been assigned to several government conferences that week, and arrived at the night of the first day of BH, just in time to get severely hassled by the bouncers at our party. That was kind of funny though … “Look man, I know everyone here outside is saying they belong in there, but I can guarantee I’m the only one with the home phone number of the man paying for it all ” …that finally got me in, but just with about 30 minutes left on the party. The next day was booth duty at 8 am, but I got to do that with Jeff and it rocked. He was a *monster* in the booth; worked it harder than anyone else and pretty much harder than anyone I’d ever seen; he was scanning left and right, asking the right questions, just going about it perfectly. This will sound crazy, but watching him at booth duty kind of made my day. I can’t wait for it this year, but my lord it’s one hell of a busy booth … I miss the days when we *didn’t* have a booth and I could actually mingle with customers, go to sessions , etc … one day though ;)

]]> Comment on I do all my own stunts by Fish http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/12/17/i-do-all-my-own-stunts/#comment-30204 Fish Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:35:18 +0000 http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/12/17/i-do-all-my-own-stunts/#comment-30204 I didn't view the video because stuff like this always makes me miss being in the office :( And besides, leaving the Terraces was just depressing. That place was special. Not that the new offices aren't special too, it's just a different kind of special. I didn’t view the video because stuff like this always makes me miss being in the office :(

And besides, leaving the Terraces was just depressing. That place was special. Not that the new offices aren’t special too, it’s just a different kind of special.

]]> Comment on No More Drama, lets get back to Innovating by Fish http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/08/12/no-more-drama-lets-get-back-to-innovating/#comment-30203 Fish Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:33:38 +0000 http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/08/12/no-more-drama-lets-get-back-to-innovating/#comment-30203 I couldn't agree more. It was really pretty lousy to see several folks I respect and admire fall into that downward spiral, and even worse was the feeding frenzy it created within other social rings ... I mean come on folks, if you have time for that stuff then you're clearly not working hard enough :) I couldn’t agree more. It was really pretty lousy to see several folks I respect and admire fall into that downward spiral, and even worse was the feeding frenzy it created within other social rings … I mean come on folks, if you have time for that stuff then you’re clearly not working hard enough :)

]]> Comment on Waiting for iPhone Activation by Fish http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/07/01/waiting-for-iphone/#comment-30018 Fish Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:36:34 +0000 http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/07/01/waiting-for-iphone/#comment-30018 Hey man, that's what happens when you try to use fashion accroutrements as phones. You know all self-respecting geeks carry HTC's, right ? They're kind of like iPhones, except they do more and cost less. 2 weeks ago after checking into my return flight from Sau Paulo I realized my phone was still in the cab. Check out this horrendous ordeal I went through with T-Mobile to get a new HTC device: I arrive into O'Hare at something like 5:30, get on a 7:30 flight back to DC. I arrive in DC at something like 11:30, race home for a very quick shower and change, then back down to the New York Ave office for a meeting. I leave there, hit the T-mobile store in the Columbia Mall around 3:30. I buy the latest HTC handset, which costs less than the iPhone. The rep suggests that I could drop the price on my plan and get unlimited usage with a new plan, he's right, I concur to the cheaper plan. In 5 minutes my phone is up and working, and I call the office. All in all I the total duration of when I would have normally been available by phone but wasn't (due to the loss) was only about 2 hours. I love the Windows Mobile 6. With the security pack, I can now use MMS for work (whereas you just get IMAP) which lets me do things like query the GAL for contacts I don't have locally. I haven't directly compared Apple's implementation of OodleMaps, but I suspect the LiveSearch Microsoft supplied on WM6 does more Hey man, that’s what happens when you try to use fashion accroutrements as phones. You know all self-respecting geeks carry HTC’s, right ? They’re kind of like iPhones, except they do more and cost less.

2 weeks ago after checking into my return flight from Sau Paulo I realized my phone was still in the cab. Check out this horrendous ordeal I went through with T-Mobile to get a new HTC device:

I arrive into O’Hare at something like 5:30, get on a 7:30 flight back to DC. I arrive in DC at something like 11:30, race home for a very quick shower and change, then back down to the New York Ave office for a meeting. I leave there, hit the T-mobile store in the Columbia Mall around 3:30. I buy the latest HTC handset, which costs less than the iPhone. The rep suggests that I could drop the price on my plan and get unlimited usage with a new plan, he’s right, I concur to the cheaper plan. In 5 minutes my phone is up and working, and I call the office.

All in all I the total duration of when I would have normally been available by phone but wasn’t (due to the loss) was only about 2 hours.

I love the Windows Mobile 6. With the security pack, I can now use MMS for work (whereas you just get IMAP) which lets me do things like query the GAL for contacts I don’t have locally. I haven’t directly compared Apple’s implementation of OodleMaps, but I suspect the LiveSearch Microsoft supplied on WM6 does more

]]> Comment on I do all my own stunts by Matt http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/12/17/i-do-all-my-own-stunts/#comment-26011 Matt Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:36:14 +0000 http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/12/17/i-do-all-my-own-stunts/#comment-26011 Ha! Sucka. Ha! Sucka.

]]> Comment on Where’s Alice? by erik http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/09/29/wheres-alice/#comment-22244 erik Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:39:53 +0000 http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/09/29/wheres-alice/#comment-22244 Why, thank you Matt for that interesting perspective ;) Why, thank you Matt for that interesting perspective ;)

]]> Comment on Where’s Alice? by Matt http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/09/29/wheres-alice/#comment-22228 Matt Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:39:23 +0000 http://silvexis.com/blog/2007/09/29/wheres-alice/#comment-22228 At least you're not in a glory hole. At least you’re not in a glory hole.

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