Ajay Juneja
Dialogue makes communication work
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CES, here we come... :) (and Seagate/PodTech BlogHaus too!)
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HP spying even more out of control than I thought!
Wow. So heretoforth I didn't publicly post my opinions of the HP pretexting scandal, I did chime in on Scoble's blog but I just read how far it went -- this is totally stalking.
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Speak With Me is hiring!
Well, this blog has been quiet for a long time. There have been lots of things in progress, most of which I unfortunately haven't been able to publicly talk about.
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Aston Martin flies in air at ALMS race
coolest picture ever... and the driver is okay! -
Steve Wozniak kissing his dog... err... getting interviewed by the Seattle Times
Cutest picture ever! I hope Crusier didn't push Woz into the pool...
Great little interview, too. Woz signed my Apple II back at CMU in Spring 2002 when he gave a talk there. Looks like he has an autobiography coming out -- I wonder if we could get him to do a book signing party at the Computer History Museum... -
"To those who say it can't be done, get out of the way for those who are doing it"
This was my favorite line from the WTC awards ceremony last night, said by Jennie Mather, one of the keynotes last night. I have to say, this line epitomizes the need to trust and have faith in yourself and your dreams. Every idea, every product created, has always had it's naysayers, and always will. Thankfully most of those same products and ideas have supporters too! Align yourself with the right supporters and make your own dreams come true!
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The castle in the sky -- what an amazing film by Miyazaki!
On Saturday night, Cartoon Network aired what was one of the most fabulous, timeless pieces of animation I've ever seen -- Laputa, The Castle in the Sky.
Laputa captured many forms of the human condition -- greed, love, adventure, fundamental goodness of heart in some people, fundamental evil of heart in others -- all captured in a magical journey that feels like another world, yet with many similar problems to the world we live in. I absolutely loved the movie, as it touched me on all levels! -
Car Photos! Stoptechs and new rims!
So, my rims and brakes finally came in! Here are some pics:
Closeup:
Special thanks to Creative Autoworks in San Diego, CA for setting me up, they may also be helping Speak With Me out with creating a demo car for CES & SEMA in the future. Note: this is my personal car, not owned by the company. -
Using the dialogue manager for 13 hours straight was as addicting as crack...
Nothing like changing your tunes at 90 mph while going through the tunnel on I-90 in the rain... while keeping all my concentration still on driving. How addicting? Almost as addicting as track day at Laguna Seca is for a speed freak and car nut like myself...
Oh, also while in Seattle, I attended the Podcast Hotel, caught up with Chris Pirillo and made a few new friends, including Bre Pettis and Cielito Pascual. Bre and Cielito so graciously helped me film a video of the dialogue manager in Seattle, which will be broadcast on Bre's Blog in about 2 weeks as a Podcast.
What in the world was my car and me doing up in Seattle for a week? Well, a roadtrip to visit friends of course! Oh and speaking of friends, I do believe I owe a thank you to an old friend who tried to set me up two and a half years ago with a group of people in Seattle I happened to finally meet with this time around... -
1835 miles of driving with the dialogue manager under constant use...
So... I finally worked out my vibration issues with the hard drives -- first by switching to laptop hard drives, then by adding some creative engineering:
and special foam and at first things were better than before, but not quite good enough for all the various road conditions out there.
The problem?
The computer needs to be rigidly mounted. Bungee cords weren't enough, and because I was tinkering with things so much, I had removed the wooden panel framing the computer as seen in this pic:
I put that panel back in, and with the computer now firmly held in place, ALL my vibration problems were solved. I tested this on my drive back from Seattle to San Francisco and throughout the Seattle and SF Bay areas as well, and everything worked great! I wonder if this setup would hold up on Laguna Seca...