Got <3 for Tom Waits

Reading headlines, checking FB, packing shoes.
Sipping coffee in the brrr, currently listening:

Mishaps: missing a part to my SLR camera , cannot locate a rebellious external hard drive, black trench. Come back, coat, I must wear you!..

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New startup that I know some of you may find interest in: a natural language search engine! The startup is in private beta as of yday, and is Cambridge, UK-based. The story was broken by TechCrunchUK. [Yes, I do cite / link to plenty of Techcrunch coverage. Stories usually break there first.]

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I wanted to post a thing of beauty that unix friend Visnu made for me. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t do a proper copy / paste and my screen capture program is not performing. Grrr…

Separately, for the sake of clever wordplay, here is his nerdy ruby program:

The Crunchies: Startup Awards Ceremony

So you have your Grammys, Emmys, Webbys, and now…appropriate drumroll, please…the Crunchies, an annual startup awards ceremony and party that Techcrunch has launched in partnership with GigaOm, Read/WriteWeb and Venturebeat.

“More details will be coming soon, but the idea is to let the community decide who to nominate, and who wins, in a number of award categories. And the whole thing will be topped off with a big award ceremony and party in San Francisco,” writes Michael Arrington. “Who are the most compelling startups of the year? We’ll know soon.”

The Techcrunch announcement may be found here.