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No Fish Today!
One of my favorite Sunday morning things to do is to visit the Menlo Park Farmers' Market. At, and the market, one of my favorite spots is the fish monger, Pietro Parravano from Half Moon Bay. His boat is the Anne B.
Alas, he took today off (as he sometimes does)...no fish today! It's such a beautiful day around here today -- no wonder!
It’s a simple life. I really enjoy my job, mainly because it’s a physical job. I’m outdoors, the smells are different, the sights are different. The quote, ‘‘the sea has many faces,’’ is so true. It does change. The colors change.
When I go to farmer’s markets [in Palo Alto and Menlo Park], I get to explain what I do, and I’m able to provide them with a product of what I do. I comfort these people. Do you know how many people want to go out fishing with me?
When he's not fishing, Pietro travels the world representing fishermen. Here's his talk from Paris last December.
10:27:18 AM 
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Sunday Newspapers
Washington Post: Begins a series of articles today on US/Saudi American relations.
San Francisco Chronicle: College Cyber-Defenders working at Sandia's Livermore Labs.
USA Today: Surprises may be triggers of strokes.
"It's the accumulation of stress that is important," he said, "not simply what happens one day."
6:31:33 AM
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ArsDigita
Eve Andersson, one of the co-founders of ArsDigita, writes about the company's failure.
"This is a story about a company. A company that was profitable from Day 1. A company that built products that were useful to many other companies. A company that had ethics, that treated the breadwinners (programmers) with respect, a company that could afford to help people and give away software and training, while still having enough left over to grow and save a few $million in the bank.
That is, until the venture capitalists arrived on the scene. Lying to customers and employees became commonplace. Greed replaced philanthropy as each of the company's unique programs was dropped. But, this is a company, and the goal is to make money -- any positive impact on the world is secondary, right? The real question is: how much money did they make?"
Philip Greenspun also comments. And, speaking of Philip, he's learning to fly.
6:26:25 AM
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