Quoggling Sand

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: There are people who visit food trucks now and then, there are people who are big fans, and then there are people who go overboard. That would be me. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Coffee is a real thing, arguably the most popular drug anywhere, on which fortunes are made and work is accomplished. When you are locked down, there are few better hobbies to develop… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo James Hoffmann https://www.youtube.com/@jameshoffmann Lance Hedrick https://www.yo...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Returning to Silicon Valley after a four year hiatus in the Phoenix area, losing most of my work network to the winds of time and chaos had a rather dramatic impact on my experience this time around. But begin anew I did. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Salon https://www.salon.com/ Wikipedia on Sal...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: It seems like only yesterday, graduated from Harvey Mudd College and, after two months looking around for a place to get started with my shiny new career, my trip to Silicon Valley was where it began… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo SuperMac Technology https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/SuperMac_Technol...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Everyone should work in a fast food restaurant at least once in their life. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Long-time Nevada Burger King Employee buys house with donations https://abc7.com/burger-king-employee-buys-home-donations/14323829/ Adam Carolla and Mark Geragos on Minimum Wage Increase (cir...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Do you recall a time when you might actually put pen to paper and send a friend a letter, or maybe even venture out into the world to meet up with people in person? Not necessarily at a coffee shop down the street, but maybe a coffee shop around the world… there were such times. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: I learned how to drive a red Toyota Corolla in Florida when I was 10 years old. Since then, having a car was always a strong desire, until a few years ago it was not. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Vegas Automobile Theft 2023 https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/its-just-insanity-as-vehicle-theft-s...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: It all started with my 1200baud Mitsuba Modem, advanced to our twisted pair networks at HMC, reached Mosaic while at Apple, and lands today at the end of my interest in social media platforms, returning to self-publishing! Let´s talk about being online… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo NCSA Mosaic W...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: My first mobile applications and the details around them… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Edgewood Eats FB https://www.facebook.com/EdgewoodEats/ IMDB https://www.imdb.com/ T-Mobile G1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Dream

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Never say No to travel, and be sure to get your passport. And remember, The Journey is Part of The Gift. The title of this episode is a directive. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Amtrak Zephyr https://www.amtrak.com/california-zephyr-train Derek Low and a picturesque journey Trans-Siberia https://d...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Were you the bored kid in class? Did you now someone who was? How did that work out? This can depend quite substantially on a combination of luck, gumption, and a library card. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Debbie Reker Obituary https://www.whitneymurphyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/recker-deborah-a...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: A not-so-long long time ago, it was not so easy to have multiple computers on your desk, in your bag, in your car, in your pocket… we had to go looking for them, for the love of the game. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo DEC VAX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX OpenVMS (formerly VMS) https://en.wik...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Independent local media is important, especially when the so-called main stream local media is not serving the interests of locals as it could (or should). Content creators have all of the tools available today, here is a look back at my own experiences doing this from around 2008. Links Stanford Radio Station https://kzsu.stanford.edu/ Toyota Sunnyvale https://w...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: A decade living within the City of Las Vegas, having relocated under unexpected and unusual circumstances in 2013 from Silicon Valley (the real one). A story retold now and then, but for the sake of new listeners, an essential anchor point. Links My House Fire https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/04/18/sunnyvale-cause-of-angel-avenue-fire-still-being-investigated-2/...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Return of the Quoggling Sand audio program, where do we go from there? Links Social Media is Dead https://www.wired.com/story/first-gen-social-media-users-have-nowhere-to-go/ POSSE! https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/23/23928550/posse-posting-activitypub-standard-twitter-tumblr-mastodon Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org Caffe Genius http://...

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Whether you just want to use the thing you purchased or the service you signed up for, or you are developing something (software-ish for example, but it could be anything), it helps when there is someone at the other end of a conversation who knows what you need and how to answer your questions... Show Notes Newsletter++ Don't forget, our show notes are published in newsletter form, delivered to y...

Thrashing on interrupts? I know how you feel... Friday seems like a better day to talk about any sprinting from the previous 5 days, and any potential sprinting for the next two. Until we have some willing participation in the form of guest discussion about projects and ideas and whatnot, you got me on Fridays for updates and stories... subject to change without notice. Show Notes Newsletter++ Don...

Reading is fundamental! It is a part of work, a part of not-work, make it a part of your day, whether form home or not! Also, put the boo down and work on your projects, whether they are work or not-work as well... Show Notes Newsletter++ Don't forget, our show notes are published in newsletter form, delivered to your inbox or visible as web pages! There's also a weekender to wrap up the week and...

You know the old saying, The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up! Well... Also today, some back story on the FTYP project! Show Notes Newsletter++ Don't forget, our show notes are published in newsletter form, delivered to your inbox or visible as web pages! There's also a weekender to wrap up the week and maybe even foreshadow the following week... Visit the links below to...

No shortage of distraction over the last few weeks, but the weekly spring plan must at long last commence. Talking about it is fine, but it's time to start running. Care to join in? Show Notes Newsletter++ Don't forget, our show notes are published in newsletter form, delivered to your inbox or visible as web pages! There's also a weekender to wrap up the week and maybe even foreshadow the followi...

We have always-connected supercomputers on us all the time, and yet are they telling us enough about what is going on to be truly useful? What about the world in general, are we getting good readings? Show Notes Newsletter++ Don't forget, our show notes are published in newsletter form, delivered to your inbox or visible as web pages! There's also a weekender to wrap up the week and maybe even for...

I used to be a podcaster, but I am one, too. Some thoughts on podcast in the modern age of media and social sharing and discovery, not to mention personalized consumption across devices... we have the technology! And a look back at the early days of Radio Sunnyvale back in 2008 or so... Show Notes Newsletter++ Don't forget, our show notes are published in newsletter form, delivered to your inbox o...

A look back to some early projects and how they seeded other ideas and the joys of fiddling instead of launching. Not. Also, a look back at where your host got into computers... what's your story? Show Notes Newsletter++ Don't forget, our show notes are published in newsletter form, delivered to your inbox or visible as web pages! There's also a weekender to wrap up the week and maybe even foresha...

Sometimes you need to grow into your own, and some of those times that means your own domain, website, and publication system for podcasts and other such things. That means the current tool set needs to drop down to second position, and that's what is coming... Show Notes Newsletter Don't forget, our show notes are published in newsletter form, delivered to your inbox or visible as web pages! Visi...