The surgery seemed to go OK, judging from a quick inventory of my past experiences. I have perfect recall of my Tokyo days in the Fifth Generation artificial intelligence project and of my work at the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. I remember my little chats with Ray Kurzweil, Raj Reddy, Hans Moravec, Marvin Minsky. I thought they were all nuts. Especially Moravec, with that fantasy about uploading your brain into a stainless steel robot that looks like a scraggly bush. How was I to know then that I’d be the first?Tumblr (3.0; @davidrdesign)http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/<p>This is gonna be a beautiful thing & we will drop some of the heaviest funkiest & crunchiest music heard in a long time<br/> <a href="http://bit.ly/68jUOo">http://bit.ly/68jUOo</a></p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/257252516http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/257252516Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:55:24 -0800<p>RT @<a href="http://twitter.com/bootuplabs">bootuplabs</a>: RT @<a href="http://twitter.com/brianleroux">brianleroux</a>: InformationWeek on PhoneGap Apple acceptance: <a href="http://bit.ly/5obxe7">http://bit.ly/5obxe7</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/phonegap">phonegap</a> team</p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/257252508http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/257252508Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:55:24 -0800<p>how many tech IPO’s this year? Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Zynga, Ning, Opentable, AOL (again)… who else? #ipo</p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/257252513http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/257252513Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:55:24 -0800<p>RT @<a href="http://twitter.com/ratherfancy">ratherfancy</a>: RT @<a href="http://twitter.com/macadaan">macadaan</a>: new product design studio at MySpace is hot hot</p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256627038http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256627038Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:33:17 -0800<p>I’m at Rudys in Palo Alto, CA <a href="http://gowal.la/s/eZd">http://gowal.la/s/eZd</a></p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256627044http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256627044Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:33:17 -0800<p>How’s this not in the list? (@ Zibibbo in Palo Alto) <a href="http://bit.ly/WQzHB">http://bit.ly/WQzHB</a></p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256411102http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256411102Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:18:21 -0800<p>Annual CalTrain commute cost = $2,880. Wondering what it costs to drive?</p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256298342http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256298342Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:43:49 -0800<p>“He used to kick box in Thailand but now fights to lower your carbon footprint. He’s the bass-man.”</p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256117795http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256117795Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:54:22 -0800<p>Robo.to asks “What’s cookin’ good lookin’?” <a href="http://robo.to/davidrdesign">http://robo.to/davidrdesign</a></p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256117789http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256117789Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:54:22 -0800<p>“He taught me how to grow my mustache and be my own uncle. He plays drums.”</p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256117798http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256117798Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:54:22 -0800<p>“Identity will be one of the defining themes in the next five years of the Web” <a href="http://bit.ly/8Rw0Gy">http://bit.ly/8Rw0Gy</a></p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256033366http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/256033366Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:31:24 -0800<p>IXDA event at MySpace: Designing Social Interfaces - 5 principles, 5 practices, 5 antipatterns by @<a href="http://twitter.com/emalone">emalone</a> on Dec 2 / <a href="http://bit.ly/4XXgh9">http://bit.ly/4XXgh9</a></p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/255885390http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/255885390Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:47:27 -0800<p>“The unicorns don’t look realistic enough.” <a href="http://j.mp/5k8lFB">http://j.mp/5k8lFB</a></p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/255885391http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/255885391Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:47:27 -0800<p>Just learned about the “peace-punch” in lieu of the handshake. @<a href="http://twitter.com/arrington">arrington</a> would be a fan.</p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/255285836http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/255285836Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:40:29 -0800<p>Vote MobileRoadie for a Crunchies Award <a href="http://bit.ly/ZuS3g">http://bit.ly/ZuS3g</a> (via @<a href="http://twitter.com/seanpercival">seanpercival</a>)</p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/255285844http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/255285844Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:40:29 -0800<p>Egerly awaiting @<a href="http://twitter.com/dannyrobinson">dannyrobinson</a>’s arrival as he drives 90 down the 101. Hope the CHiP’s aren’t reading this (cherry red Porsche - hint).</p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/255285853http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/255285853Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:40:29 -0800<p>African leaders advise Bono on reform of U2 whttp://bit.ly/8QRoa0</p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/254873875http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/254873875Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:48:39 -0800<p>I just ousted @<a href="http://twitter.com/amywalgenbach">amywalgenbach</a> as the mayor of MySpace on @<a href="http://twitter.com/foursquare">foursquare</a>! <a href="http://bit.ly/4bucat">http://bit.ly/4bucat</a></p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/254873884http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/254873884Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:48:39 -0800<p>I’ve got that song “I’m turning Japanese” stuck in my head.</p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/254873889http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/254873889Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:48:39 -0800<p>Armstrong On AOL’s New Branding: ‘Very, Very, Very Inexpensive” Really? Couldn’t tell. Campaignhttp://bit.ly/5lnQJT</p>http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/254785458http://davidrdesign.tumblr.com/post/254785458Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:26:14 -0800