Lives in San Francisco, has a wife, a dog, and a cat and works in technology.Tumblr (3.0; @splaice)http://plaice.org/<a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-03/28/artificial-leaf">MIT's artificial leaf is ten times more efficient than the real thing.</a>: <p>Glad to see Nocera making progress towards commercial use.</p>http://plaice.org/post/4180072913http://plaice.org/post/4180072913Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:59:33 -0700“<p>Broadcast Message from splaice@trite.local<br/> (/dev/ttys002) at 11:14 PST…</p> <p>screen is dead. long live tmux.</p>”http://plaice.org/post/3788433281http://plaice.org/post/3788433281Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:15:44 -0800<a href="http://beijing.globaltimes.cn/two-cents/opinion/2011-03/630731.html">He ignored his own father's advice to keep quiet, who was once the president of the US. Sheen is a disgrace, unfilial to his father and his fatherland.</a>http://plaice.org/post/3773080185http://plaice.org/post/3773080185Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:09:55 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhuz5jv4cJ1qbuiijo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>@ Howard and 2nd St, San Francisco</p>http://plaice.org/post/3768366422http://plaice.org/post/3768366422Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:20:07 -0800<iframe width="400" height="245" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hDHvxflfP2I?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDHvxflfP2I&feature=share&tracker=False">First Person View Of A Mountain Bike Race</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/IRAQI999999">IRAQI999999</a>)</p>http://plaice.org/post/3753621862http://plaice.org/post/3753621862Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:02:03 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhrk23ZCRb1qbuiijo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>If you know what this is for, we should be friends.</p>http://plaice.org/post/3731239431http://plaice.org/post/3731239431Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:01:15 -0800<iframe width="400" height="245" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WYmozt4yFZs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYmozt4yFZs&feature=share">“Capt. Kirk” Wakes Discovery Crew</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/NASAtelevision">NASAtelevision</a>)</p>http://plaice.org/post/3714842339http://plaice.org/post/3714842339Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:09:06 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhg6vfzZ0K1qb0agoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://kilgirltrout.tumblr.com/post/3605261817" class="tumblr_blog">kilgirltrout</a>:</p> <blockquote><h2>Happy 10th Birthday To The Best Dog Ever</h2> <p>Chunky Lens, Pistil Film, Dreampop Flash, Taken with <a href="http://hipstamaticapp.com">Hipstamatic</a></p></blockquote>http://plaice.org/post/3623763273http://plaice.org/post/3623763273Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:33:37 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhhtq9z04t1qbuiijo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I guess the fancy down page tumblr has is worth it. It was displayed for over six hours this month.</p>http://plaice.org/post/3622434380http://plaice.org/post/3622434380Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:54:09 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_le4e3aGeXG1qbuiijo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>From our bathroom window.</p>http://plaice.org/post/2492262746http://plaice.org/post/2492262746Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:06:51 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb0tq8FOKY1qz50x3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mrgan.tumblr.com/post/1426417471/black-menubar" class="tumblr_blog">mrgan</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>A suggestion for Mac OS X Lion: since the team is trying to integrate the menubar into the desktop a bit more, to make it less prominent - the translucent menubar was an attempt at just this - why not go all the way and make it black? This way, it’ll blend into the bezel of (most) new Macs. Black menus are already all over iLife ’11, and it would be another step toward unifying the look of iOS and Mac OS.</p> <p>Yes, this change would break many Mac apps if they didn’t update to support it. Apple’s no stranger to that, though.</p></blockquote>http://plaice.org/post/1466735469http://plaice.org/post/1466735469Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:46:08 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lan5pytfQK1qz4dqwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.deleteyourself.com/post/1367347898/by-alex-varnese" class="tumblr_blog">deleteyourself</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>by <a href="http://www.alexvaranese.com/">Alex Varnese</a></p></blockquote>http://plaice.org/post/1369886558http://plaice.org/post/1369886558Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:53:40 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lakndmiEma1qbuiijo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Marisa’s new computer arrived today via fedex. She should never have to worry about the speed of processing her photos for quite some time.</p>http://plaice.org/post/1356419300http://plaice.org/post/1356419300Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:34:33 -0700<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NS2PqTTxFFc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Don’t forget the parents, they should be providing push back to the system if their children are not getting the education environment they need.</p>http://plaice.org/post/1351823524http://plaice.org/post/1351823524Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:53:53 -0700<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/8194089" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/>http://plaice.org/post/1351815842http://plaice.org/post/1351815842Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:52:07 -0700<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727735.700-nobel-prizewinner-we-are-running-out-of-helium.html">No more floating balloons, someday?</a>http://plaice.org/post/981225418http://plaice.org/post/981225418Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:33:30 -0700<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l79avgvKSe1qb7ach.png" alt=""/></p> <p>Made the trip down Friday night after work and back Sunday afternoon. Too much driving for a day trip, will be flying next time.</p>http://plaice.org/post/963572603http://plaice.org/post/963572603Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:51:34 -0700<a href="http://www.homebrewcpu.com/">Magic-1 is a completely homebuilt minicomputer. It doesn't use an off-the-shelf microprocessor, but instead has a custom CPU made out of 74 Series TTL chips. </a>http://plaice.org/post/950177832http://plaice.org/post/950177832Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:22:00 -0700<a href="http://adgrok.com/new-york-will-always-be-a-tech-backwater-i-dont-care-what-chris-dixon-or-ron-conway-or-paul-graham-say">Very entertaining opinion on SF Tech vs. NY Tech</a>http://plaice.org/post/899947924http://plaice.org/post/899947924Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:34:14 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6c0w45cW51qbuiijo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><em>“Writeboard is unavailable at the moment. This also means Writeboards inside Basecamp and Backpack are unavailable. We are working on fixing this issue and <strong>expect to have it resolved in the next few hours.</strong>”</em></p> <p>Great way to under do your competition. Reliability is an over rated feature.</p>http://plaice.org/post/876085603http://plaice.org/post/876085603Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:33:39 -0700