Ken Weiner
About: Director of Engineering at Experian Interactive Media, a Lead Generator for Mortgage, Education, and other verticals.
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MacBook to HDTV via Mini DVI to DVI to HDMI
--Since the MacBook is so good at playing different kinds of media, I plan to make it the media center of my life. I will store all music, videos, a...
Giving In and Buying a MacBook
--I finally caved in to the marketing pressure from Apple and a lot of my Apple-religious friends. I bought a MacBook. Why would I do this after ma...
Walking L.A. #20 - Lower Beachwood Canyon
--Again, Erin Mahoney, the author of our guide book, took us back to Hollywood. This time we visited Lower Beachwood Canyon which is just a little b...
Walking L.A. #20 - Lower Beachwood Canyon
--Again, Erin Mahoney, the author of our guide book, took us back to Hollywood. This time we visited Lower Beachwood Canyon which is just a little b...
Walking L.A. #19 - Whitley Heights and Hollywood Boulevard
--This walk was just on the other side of Highland Ave from the last walk. You can tell that Whitley Heights was once a very prestigious neighborhoo...
Walking L.A. #19 - Whitley Heights and Hollywood Boulevard
--This walk was just on the other side of Highland Ave from the last walk. You can tell that Whitley Heights was once a very prestigious neighborhoo...
Walking L.A. #18 - High Tower and the Hollywood Bowl
--Before the walk, we stopped for breakfast at the Mar Vista Farmers Market getting omelettes and French toast from Cafe Laurent. Two good friends w...
Walking L.A. #18 - High Tower and the Hollywood Bowl
--Before the walk, we stopped for breakfast at the Mar Vista Farmers Market getting omelettes and French toast from Cafe Laurent. Two good friends w...
My Twitter Account Has Disappeared!
--I was about to Twitter just now and for some reason Twitter wouldn't let me login. I tried visiting my Twitter feed page at http://twitter.com/kwe...
My Twitter Account Has Disappeared!
--I was about to Twitter just now and for some reason Twitter wouldn't let me login. I tried visiting my Twitter feed page at http://twitter.com/kwe...
Walking L.A. #17 - Carthay Circle and South Carthay
--There wasn't anything that exciting about today's walk which was a little south of last week's walk in the Miracle Mile area. We explored 2 of 3 n...
Walking L.A. #17 - Carthay Circle and South Carthay
--There wasn't anything that exciting about today's walk which was a little south of last week's walk in the Miracle Mile area. We explored 2 of 3 n...
Walking L.A. #16 - Miracle Mile
--Our friend Kevin joined us for this walk which meandered through the Miracle Mile district where he works at E! Networks.The walk began at Hancock ...
Walking L.A. #16 - Miracle Mile
--Our friend Kevin joined us for this walk which meandered through the Miracle Mile district where he works at E! Networks.The walk began at Hancock ...
Cloud Studio Released
--Cloud Services just launched Cloud Studio which is a java-based desktop application for managing images and instances in Amazon's EC2. I've yet to...
Cloud Studio Released
--Cloud Services just launched Cloud Studio which is a java-based desktop application for managing images and instances in Amazon's EC2. I've yet to...
ejabberd on Amazon EC2 Ubuntu AMI
--It turned out to be harder that I expected to setup a Jabber (XMPP) server on an Ubuntu virtual machine (ami-ce44a1a7) within Amazon EC2. I chose ...
ejabberd on Amazon EC2 Ubuntu AMI
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Amazon EC2 - My First Step into the Cloud
--Ever since returning from the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, I have been excited about learning how to setup a machine in the Amazon Ela...
Amazon EC2 - My First Step into the Cloud
--Ever since returning from the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, I have been excited about learning how to setup a machine in the Amazon Ela...
Server-Side Language Detection with Ruby + Google Language API
--Have you ever wanted to detect the language of a piece of text? Google's AJAX Language API makes this possible on the client side. This Belgian s...
Server-Side Language Detection with Ruby + Google Language API
--Have you ever wanted to detect the language of a piece of text? Google's AJAX Language API makes this possible on the client side. This Belgian s...
Reverse Tinyurl with Ruby
--I was searching for a way to reverse TinyURL's using Ruby. First, I went to TinyURL.com to see if there was actually an API to do this. Unfortuna...
Reverse Tinyurl with Ruby
--I was searching for a way to reverse TinyURL's using Ruby. First, I went to TinyURL.com to see if there was actually an API to do this. Unfortuna...
Getting Twitter4R to Work on Ubuntu 7.10
--Tonight I set out to try the Twitter4R ruby library so I could play around with Twitter data. I am not a ruby expert by any means, but I thought i...
Getting Twitter4R to Work on Ubuntu 7.10
--Tonight I set out to try the Twitter4R ruby library so I could play around with Twitter data. I am not a ruby expert by any means, but I thought i...
Walking L.A. #15 - West Hollywood
--This week's walk was about 2 miles - much longer than some of the previous ones. We were joined by our 2 friends and their 2 kids who rode along i...
Walking L.A. #15 - West Hollywood
--This week's walk was about 2 miles - much longer than some of the previous ones. We were joined by our 2 friends and their 2 kids who rode along i...
Scrum from the Trenches
--Vaibhav, a friend and colleague at work, decided to start blogging about Scrum. I suggested the title Scrum from the Trenches, and he went with it...
Scrum from the Trenches
--Vaibhav, a friend and colleague at work, decided to start blogging about Scrum. I suggested the title Scrum from the Trenches, and he went with it...
Jungle Disk on Linux
--I first heard about Jungle Disk on the Linux Action Show. It is a client that manages files on Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3). The client i...
Jungle Disk on Linux
--I first heard about Jungle Disk on the Linux Action Show. It is a client that manages files on Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3). The client i...
Walking L.A. #14 - Sunset Strip
--My in-laws joined us for this 1 mile walk along Sunset Blvd and the adjacent residential neighborhood in West Hollywood. I have been to this part ...
Walking L.A. #14 - Sunset Strip
--My in-laws joined us for this 1 mile walk along Sunset Blvd and the adjacent residential neighborhood in West Hollywood. I have been to this part ...
Twitter Is Killing My Blogging
--I started twittering about 3 weeks ago just to see what all the hype was about. I have known about Twitter for over a year, but before now, I just...
Twitter Is Killing My Blogging
--I started twittering about 3 weeks ago just to see what all the hype was about. I have known about Twitter for over a year, but before now, I just...
Walking L.A. #13 - Laurel Canyon
--This was one of the shortest walks in the book which was too bad because it was such a nice day in such a nice location nestled in the canyon.The w...
Walking L.A. #13 - Laurel Canyon
--This was one of the shortest walks in the book which was too bad because it was such a nice day in such a nice location nestled in the canyon.The w...
Walking L.A. #12 - Studio City's Woodbridge Park
--This walk was a nice, casual 1.5 miles. The walk began on Tujunga Ave just south of Mookpark St where a lot of nice neighborhood restaurants, cafe...
Walking L.A. #12 - Studio City's Woodbridge Park
--This walk was a nice, casual 1.5 miles. The walk began on Tujunga Ave just south of Mookpark St where a lot of nice neighborhood restaurants, cafe...
Walking L.A. #11 - NoHo Arts District
--It is a shame that we had to drive all the way to North Hollywood for such a short walk - only 3/4 of a mile. The one positive thing about it bein...
Walking L.A. #11 - NoHo Arts District
--It is a shame that we had to drive all the way to North Hollywood for such a short walk - only 3/4 of a mile. The one positive thing about it bein...
Walking L.A. #10 - Leimert Park Village
--These walks were supposed to be weekly, but we had to skip a few weeks due to rain and a Linux conference I attended. This short walk in Leimert P...
Walking L.A. #10 - Leimert Park Village
--These walks were supposed to be weekly, but we had to skip a few weeks due to rain and a Linux conference I attended. This short walk in Leimert P...
SCaLE 6x 2008 - Linux in LA
--I attended the 6th annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE 6x) this weekend at the Westin hotel on Century Blvd near LAX. It was my second yea...
SCaLE 6x 2008 - Linux in LA
--I attended the 6th annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE 6x) this weekend at the Westin hotel on Century Blvd near LAX. It was my second yea...
Influence LA Bike Planning
--Attention all bike-riding Angelinos! Now is your chance to influence the future of biking in Los Angeles by participating in an upcoming workshop ...
Influence LA Bike Planning
--Attention all bike-riding Angelinos! Now is your chance to influence the future of biking in Los Angeles by participating in an upcoming workshop ...
Mutt Mitts for the Neighborhood
--Have you ever used a dog bag from one of those publicly available dog bag dispensers often found in parks and high-end private communities?I have a...
Walking L.A. #9 - Downtown Culver City
--We continued the walks today with a tour of Downtown Culver City. There were 6 of us including a new couple (and their baby girl) my wife met thro...
Presedential Candidates on Public Transit
--Have you wondered: To what extent does transportation factor into the political discourse of the 2008 U.S. presidential candidates?This blog post f...
Walking L.A. #8 - North Culver City
--It has been almost a full year since our last walk, Walk#7 at UCLA. We are happy to resume the walks now that our son is 3+ months old and can joi...
Space Pen
--The Chrome Bullet Space Pen I ordered from Amazon finally arrived today. I learned about Space Pens from my brother who asked for one for Xmas. Sp...
New Bus Bench and Trash Can on Centinela and Washington
--Finally! Culver City has installed a new bus bench and trash can on the northeast corner of Washington Blvd and Centinela Ave. I've been waiting ...
Facebook Has No Love for Linux
--ABC News and Facebook recently added the US Politics application which tracks what's happening right now in the world of politics. As the 2008 pre...
A Quiet Day in Del Rey
--To kick off the new year, we went for a neighborhood walk today. It was beautiful outside. A few minutes into the walk, we noticed that it was al...
Parallel Play for Adults
--You've probably heard about the concept of parallel play which is when 2-3 year-old children play side by side with little or no interaction. Well...
We Read Reaches 200 Users
--As of today, We Read has 201 users that have added at least one book. There are also 1301 books among those 201 users. The app hasn't exactly gon...
The Spinning Lady
--My mom sent me this picture of a spinning lady. If you see her spinning clockwise, you are supposedly right-brained (random, intuitive, subjective...
What's Your Walk Score?
--I punched my address into the Walk Score web site, and found out that my neighborhood, which is in Del Rey, CA, isn't too bad, but could be better....
Suite Deal in Vegas
--I am in Las Vegas right now for a 2-day Leadership Training Camp that my boss wanted me to attend. I am staying at Bally's.I was supposed to get a...
My First Facebook App
--I have been working on writing a Facebook application since September, and I'm excited to say that today, it has been approved by Facebook and is n...
Ubuntu Baby
--max-week2-019Originally uploaded by kweiner From early on, Max is learning to love Ubuntu!A good friend of mine made this onesie with his comput...
