My family went for a little boat ride in the Bay today with my son's Weblos pack (Weblos is sort of like Boy Scout).  Great weather, a bit windy, short of sleep, and in need of a shave.  Here are some pictures from the trip.  The shot of Golden Gate Bridge from below was the best one of the bunch.  Pretty, eh?

Update: Dave was apparently taking pictures on shore as I was in the Bay waters.  BTW, I was in a powered boat named SSS Intrepid (I think SSS stands for Sea Scout Something) which was built for the Korean War.  I wasn't really sailing, but my hair was.

I woke up yesterday with these thought.

Blogs will fade away within two years.  What we know now as blogs will not be recognized by web users of tommorrow, not as blogs, but as websites.  Website technologies and blogging technologies will converge into one.  People take it for granted that webpages can be edited using their browser.  People will also take it for granted that any webpages can be subscribed to with a single-click.  Web browsers will be changed to support all this and more like highlighting of changes.

Joi stepped on an interesting blog-related problem when he was preparing to migrate his blog to TypePad.  It is a common problem, but it took me by surprise too.  Duh.  The problem is, as I call it, not-really-permalinks.  When you change blogging service provider/software or domain, your permalinks no longer points to your old posts, causing links from all the posts that reference your posts to be broken.

While most engineers would reach for a solution by reflex, I am busy thinking about how effective it is as a barrier-to-entry.  Opposite side is just as important: how effective an incentive is zero hassle migration?  So far, my answer for personal blogs is "important only to a small fraction of the market", meaning it is a serious problem only for blogging elites.  For business blogs, my answer is "important but less important than price."

Note that marketing can inflate the seriousness of the problem or the solution.

I am planning to have dinner at Jing Jing tommorrow at 7pm.  Be there if you feel like yelling at me with your mouth full of spicy noodles, have me punch holes in your ideas, receive lessons on the virtues of Selfish Pig in person, or just to enjoy my irresistable charm with soy sauce.