At http://winebarsf.com drinking a glass of Gigondas. Delish. Greg says it's the busiest Monday in months. Summer is out. Autumn is in.

Swim this morning was very chilly. The summer-folk are disappearing. No more sharing lanes for nine months. Yay!

All day on the 'puter. Given all the nasties that were knocked off the to-do list, it was a great day.

Back at http://theplantcafe on the Embarcadero waiting for Petter and Ane.

Back from lunch at http://theplantcafe.com on the Embarcadero with Matthew Fuchs of http://paideiacomputing.com - the speech recognizers.

Nice, productive day. Watching beautiful sunset over San Francisco bay. Ate in moderation and enjoyed a full workout. Life is good.

At Varnish talking to critically acclaimed author and professional cynic Craig Clevenger. http://twitpic.com/dt35h

At the ZipCar event in the Minna Gallery. Boisterous and lively crowd. I'm probably the oldest person here. http://twitpic.com/dt0jy

On my way out for errands on this lovely warm day in SF

Coding in 3D. There's nothing quite like it for warming the blood. Yay Hypercosm!

Operating Systems - Big and Small

If you don't  like Microsoft, you'll like this:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32269698/ns/business-motley_fool/

If you don't like Apple, you'll like this:

http://calacanis.com/2009/08/08/the-case-against-apple-in-five-parts/

And if you do like Google, you'll like this:

http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=23140&channel=web&section=

All three are big articles about big companies doing big things.

Now look at this blog:

http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/

Small articles about small people doing small things.

Linus Torvalds is the founder and leader of Linux. Linux is what is putting the mainframe out out of business. Linux is the operating system used by the web site you are reading this on. Linux is the operating system used to write this post.

I cannot really say or even imagine where this is all heading, but I am reminded of the title of a book famous in the 1970's:

Small is Beautiful

Waiting for my turn with Bill Sario - best Puerto Rican barber in San Francisco. http://twitpic.com/dg7uf

The San Francisco fog slithering between Alcatraz and Angel Island. http://twitpic.com/dfwlo