MANORATHA
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Beautiful tribute from Heyday Books to its founder & his legacy – a legendary publishing house started by Malcom Margolin who passed earlier this year. In another life, perhaps being a publisher who curates beauty and brings it to the world would be a worthwhile life to pursue. Watch the tribute – much to be…
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In 2023, I faced a set of choices – to bootstrap a company in the AI/ML space that would focus broadly on misinformation/deception (think deep fakes, AI based phishing, viral misinformation) or to retire early to spend time with my parents who are almost 90 years old. They have a rich life in India and…
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Its been an interesting few years on the personal & professional front – here’s a brief catch up. Over this span of time: I moved from Palo Alto to Berkeley (more books, music, art, theater, good food, non-tech people, nature & a grand view of San Francisco Bay). Created with a group of colleagues &…
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Stanford confirmed that Prof. John McCarthy passed away peacefully at the age of 84. John was a familiar figure when we lived on the Stanford campus, bicycling around with his shock of white hair and beard – every bit the mathematician-professor-wizard (see Wikipedia entry) outlined in "What the Dormouse Said". John leaves a huge legacy…
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Stewart Brand once said that the difference between east coast and west coast intellectuals is that on the east coast an intellectual is someone who says things, writes things and the product is usually a book. Out here on the west coast, he said, we do that too, but we also build things. If there…
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Glad to put the wraps on a year of transitions, some happy, some sad. Started off the year with an evening hike around an old favorite (and new year semi-tradition) at the Monte Bello preserve overlooking Mount Umunhum, Loma Preita and the San Andreas Fault Line. Hope to make it to a few good music…
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Long plane rides and walks are perfect for catching up with stored podcasts. In this case, it was a podcast of "Morning Becomes Eclectic" with an enchanting live performance by "Niyaz" (w. Azam Ali, she of "Portals of Grace") on – The bewitching live performances of Iranian folk song "the Hunt" (~27 min into podcast)…
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OCTOBER 12, 2009 Web Ads Get Tangled in Cloak of Invisibility via online.wsj.com I don't normally post articles on security, figuring there's enough analysts and commentators who make a living pontificating on the subject, usually providing marginal insight in the echo chamber. That said, this article on "ad fraud" by delivering ads within a page…
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Last big festival of the season (and a good one its been). This weekend (Oct. 2/3/4) is the HardlyStrictlyBluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park. A huge lineup of artists and somewhere between 100,000 and 500,000 people are expected to show up for this free festival sponsored by one man as a gift to the music…
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Amazing three days at the Celtic & World Music Festival in Sebastopol and a day tramping around the coast in Point Reyes. Some festival photos are now up on my Flickr stream. Heard many wonderful new (to me) artists – Moira Smiley, Joe Craven and many old favorites – Cathy Jordan's (Dervish) high and clear…
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