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The Price is Right!

When the Price is Wrong!

July 2, 2012by Mat Ellis Leave a comment

I have three small children and like to get them interesting things to play with. Sometimes they ask “Where did you get this Daddy?”. For an easy life I’m almost […]

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Beam me up Siri!

From Star Trek to Siri: Giving Your Computer a Say

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I always loved this scene from Star Trek when Scotty tries to talk to a 1980s computer. Even as a kid I wondered how we’d get there. You see, great […]

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Other Tech, Ramblings
Choose Your Model S Tesla

Livin’ in the future and lovin’ it

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Sci-fi is one of my favorite things. I don’t know exactly when it happened but at some point after I left high school I stopped thinking about the future as […]

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Typhoon & C-130 (Hercules) Get to Know Each Other

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I’m told this is the RAF at work (play?) but based on what I know about military types it could be pretty much any service! These photos were taken during […]

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Kansas City weather forecast for 12/14/08

When you KNOW it’s winter

December 14, 2008by Mat Ellis Leave a comment

One of the things I prefer about living in the mid-west (versus California) is the weather is much more interesting here. One might describe the weather in California as boring […]

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Paul Graham on Cuil

Cuil it now…

July 30, 2008by Mat Ellis Leave a comment

It must be tough. You’re part of the brain trust that made Google great. You leave and publicly announce you’re going to out-Google Google with your new search engine. You […]

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Humour, Ramblings

First four engineers

October 24, 2007by Mat Ellis

First four engineers at my last employer: (left to right) Jon Frisby, Mat Ellis, Bob Falkenberg & Derek Chan. Jon was one of the founders, the rest of us joined […]

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Ramblings

Upgraded…

December 8, 2004by Mat Ellis

…to MovableType 3.12. Enjoy!

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Ramblings

Attitude

January 26, 2004by Mat Ellis

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than […]

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Wise Old Zappa

January 12, 2004by Mat Ellis

“Remember, Information is not Knowledge; Knowledge is not Wisdom; Wisdom is not Truth; Truth is not Beauty; Beauty is not Love; Love is not Music; Music is the best.” Frank […]

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Formerly from the UK, I now live in Portland, OR. I'm dad to three lovely kids and in my spare time I'm also the CEO & Founder of Cloudability.

What you'll find here: personal thoughts on stuff like technology, living in America and anything else I find interesting.

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