Devans Cosmos

Culo Evans 1997-2010 - That's All Folks

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:58:29 PST

I met Culo, then known as Jack, at the old Humane Society Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, CA, summer 1997. December 5, 1997, almost 1 year October 23, 2003, age 6 December 31, 2010, age...

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Sustainability Specialist Thomas Loxley Rosenberg Guest Speaker 2-19-10

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:27:43 PST

I made the following post at the CSix Cloud Computing Announcement Page. I'm copying here in case people don't see it there. Be sure to check out the Cloud SIG main website and Facebook page...

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Cloud Computing meets Smarter Planet Initiative

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:49:44 PST

I made the following post at the CSix Cloud Computing SIG blog. I'm copying here in case people don't see it there. Be sure to check out the Cloud SIG main website and Facebook page too. Earlier...

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Silicon Valley Organizing Relief Efforts for Haiti

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:46:03 PST

Silicon Valley groups, individuals organizing relief efforts for Haiti | San Jose Mercury News By Mark Gomez mgomez@mercurynews.comPosted: 01/15/2010 02:31:39 PM PSTUpdated: 01/15/2010 02:59:22 PM...

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Stalking Horse is a Spoiler

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:40:23 PST

I didn't know there was an official name for a political spoiler until today. You know, the candidate that is similar to another, more popular candidate of one of the major parties. Usually the...

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Culo in Bing Beanie

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:06:46 PST

Earlier today, I went to the Lunch 2.0 at Bing! Celebrating 6 month launch with Twitter at Powerset’s office in San Francisco CA. Hallway Leading to Powerset on Brannen Street in San Francisco For...

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Climate Shill at Mother Jones

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:33:36 PDT

Culo In December, world leaders will meet in Copenhagen to hash out a climate treaty that will shape our planet for generations to come. Our special climate issue features four different children...

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Cloud Computing and The Weirdest Clouds that You’ll Ever See

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:55:57 PDT

Since I've been working on the CSix Cloud Computing SIG website the past two weeks, I have clouds on the brain. Although the clouds in the sky don't have much to do with topics relating to...

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Pooch Hotel Sunnyvale Grand Opening

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:13:37 PDT

Yesterday, Culo and I had fun at the Pooch Hotel Grand Opening. We had a tour of the 30,000-square-foot facility, talked to a pet psychic and got to sample some restaurants and other products and...

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Chip Somodevilla Chimp Senator Joe Wilson

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:36:40 PDT

Chimp Photo by Kevin Hill To review an image on the LCD screen of a digital camera after taking a photograph. In common usage among press photographers. The act was dubbed chimping after...

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Imma let you finish & NetflixBehind Scenes

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:58:06 PDT

My version of the Imma let You Finish graphic you can make at Kanyelicious. Like President Obama, I think Kanye West was a jackass for taking away Taylor Swift's glory when she won Best Female Video...

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Facebook Name Analyzer

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:06:04 PDT

Fun name analyzer on Facebook. Sometimes the quizzes or analysis on the social networking site are lame, but this one is pretty fun. I can live with these results.

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Cacography - Bad Writing - Spelling

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:25:38 PDT

I love this word because I'm a bad speller. Who knew such a perfect word existed? cacography PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-KOG-ruh-fee) MEANING: noun: 1. Bad handwriting. 2. Incorrect...

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If Media Were Any Good | The Smirking Chimp

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:27:44 PDT

If Media Were Any Goodby David Swanson | July 22, 2009 - 8:51am A week ago, I published a report on 1,200 photos of U.S. torture that I have examined but the public at large has not seen. I talked...

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Iran June 2009 Election Uprising Graphic Novel

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:17:15 PDT

Free downloadable political graphic novel, Persepolis 2.0: Iran's Post-Election Uprising: Hopes & Fears Revealed. All images repurposed from Marjane Satrapi's novel Persepolis. Good memoir and...

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Iran Protester, I Ran for My Life - Jamileh

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:13:25 PDT

Show support for democracy and free speech in Iran by making your Twitter icon green. Below is the story of a young woman protester of the Friday, June 12, Iran Election. Apparently, the...

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Helpful Twitter Job Search Links

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:18:30 PDT

Social Networking sites like Twitter and Facebook can be used for things other than goofing around and wasting time. Although taking stupid quizzes, checking out videos and other links are still...

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Wheel of Marketing Misfortune

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:11:06 PDT

Wheel of Marketing Misfortune, originally uploaded by David Armano. This wheel is so true. I don't think they are all so bad. Flashturbation and Death by Big Idea are the biggest poxes on the web...

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Twitter Mosaic 6-4-9

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:04:21 PDT

I love the Twitter mosaic. I haven't done one in a while so it's about time. Get your twitter mosaic here.

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Checked out New Mary Avenue Bridge

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:52:18 PDT

After months of watching the span go up over 280, I finally biked over to the new Mary Avenue Bridge between Sunnyvale and Cupertino over I-280 on Sunday morning, May 24, 2009. You access the bridge...

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Manufactured Outrage

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:26:09 PDT

I love today's word of the day at Urban Dictionary. This has been happening so much lately, I'm glad someone coined a word for it. The evening news programs are the masters, but other media outlets...

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President Obama's Deadweight Problem

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:14:57 PDT

Very clever animated cartoon. The reality is more like the GOP tugging on the rope while trying to pry President Obama's hands off the cliff. clipped from www.cnn.comDeadweightBill Mitchell

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Devans00 Twitter Mosaic

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:39:54 PDT

Here are the folks I follow on Twitter. A colorful bunch of technologists, funny people, hip hoppers, dog people, politics, women suff, words and other assorted geeks. The main criteria for folks I...

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Hedge Funds and the Global Economic Meltdown

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:13:36 PDT

This short video breaks down one of the fundamental causes of the most recent economic meltdown. The gist of video message is that a small, predatory group of rich guys, also known as the oligarchy,...

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Best Week Ever - Baby Oragutans in the Hospital

noreply@blogger.com (Devans00) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:19:58 PDT

I’m going to explode from the cuteness of these photos. Especially the one where the baby oragutan is biting the crib railing. I used to do that! clipped from www.bestweekever.tv E-MAIL...

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