Sachin's Posterous

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I can't stand in line for stuff anymore. I did it when the Palo Alto Apple store opened, and when the first iPhone came out. But I just don't have the time or patience these days. Would I have to wait in line to...

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via nytimes.com National Post-Tronic. The Posterous of 1957. Hat tip Kiran Divvela Permalink | Leave a comment  » ...

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We had another great day in Napa. Started out at Cosentino. It's one of our favorite wineries and we have cases of their wine at home, but we didn't get the best service this time. I guess we need to call ahead in the future. Lunch at Mustards was...

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This weekend I attempted to get delivery for food two times, vietnamese and thai, and both times they failed miserably. It wasn't just that the service was bad, but that they were extremely rude and defensive. If you screw up, say you screwed up. If you didn't screw up,...

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We had a fun party with food, wine, and great company. Oh, and an awesome guest puppy. Thanks to everyone who came out. See more at Sachin HD. Permalink | Leave a comment  » ...

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Inkjet printers stink. You get one for free whenever you buy a computer from Apple, because they make all their money selling ink at ridiculous prices. Some of these printers won't even let you print in black if the color ink is out. I'm fed up with inkjets, and black and...

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My great friends Eric and PJ got married in City Hall on January 15, 2010. It was a gorgeous ceremony. See more photos and the ceremony in HD video at Sachin HD. See and download the full gallery on posterous Permalink | Leave a comment  » ...

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I left from the Phi Psi house at Stanford, it was pretty hard to find reverse gear. No power steering, glad I went to the gym today. Took off down Mayfield. Oh shit. This car is dangerous fast. The roads are wet so I'm not too crazy. Accelerate...

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A business, especially a luxury-car business, should stand for something more than just best practices and profit taking. A great car company needs its own animating idea, expressed through the entire product line—a spirit that holds the enterprise together. Even the BMW X6 has...

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There have been some great commercials during the Olympics, particularly from car companies. The BMW and Audi ones especially struck me. First, BMW: "What you make people feel is just as important as what you make. At BMW, we don't just make cars, we make joy." This is so true. There is...

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via ted.com Throw out your Thomas Guide. This is what all maps are going to do in the future. Can't wait to see more of this on mobile devices, and especially in cars. Remember when we were all using Mapquest? So ancient! Crazy thing is, a ton of people still use Mapquest. Permalink...

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via cache.gawker.com The biggest sacrifice to being a startup founder? For me, no more traveling. I'm big on work/life balance, and try to have as normal of a life outside Posterous as I can. But travel is basically out for now. There's no way I can take extended periods of time away....

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I backup my entire computer regularly. For the past few years, I've been using rsync which simply copies all files from my main drive to my backup drive. I've thought about getting a RAID for my photos and videos, but I don't trust it. It's a "single" point of failure. Yes,...

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Yes, I'm a huge flash hater. Flash has no place on the iPhone, I'm happy that it's not on the iPad, and I really hope that it's phased out of the desktop in the next few years. Flash eats resources, slows computers, drains batteries, and causes my fans to spin! So...

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Yeah, I'm way behind posting photos... See and download the full gallery on posterous Permalink | Leave a comment  » ...

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A couple months ago I tweeted angrily about wanting to fire someone. Now I can tell the story.Kate and I purchased a home in November, and escrow was supposed to close on December 11. We were delayed by a couple weeks, almost entirely because of the incompetence of the property manager for the building. This...

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Wedding planning has been moving along pretty well. We got a ton of stuff done while we were in Buffalo over Christmas. We've already got a date, venue, photographer, wedding planner, guest list, cake, florist, DJ... Basically everything but the Indian stuff, which I guess I'm in charge of. ...

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The Apple iPad. The hardware is gorgeous. It's pretty much an oversized iPod Touch. It's sleek, slim, and light. The software is an enhanced iPhone OS. That's great because people already know how to use it. But i was hoping for something more. There weren't any revolutionary interface changes,...

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One of the things I miss most not working at Apple, is watching the keynotes and announcements live at the Apple campus. I can't wait to see what Steve unveils this time! My credit card number is on my clipboard, ready to paste as needed! :) Permalink | Leave a comment  » ...

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Square is an attachment for your iPhone that lets you swipe credit cards. Combined with their software and payments infrastructure, it allows anyone to accept money quickly. It's definitely a cool product. It's a tiny device that converts the magnetic signals from your credit card into an audio tone,...

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