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Where my geeks at?

Nick Douglas — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:30:00 EDT

So Philip Kaplan's no longer running AdBrite — I think we established that. Where are all the other geeks moving?

Bloglines founder Mark Fletcher is leaving the RSS reader and diving into the conference scene. You'll probably — ugh — see him on a panel soon. [Personal blog]
Brent Woodward is headed to prison. The exec from San Jose hardware company Lightwave Microsystems got two years for selling a backup tape full of his employer's trade secrets, joining the throngs of guys throughout history who got in trouble for indiscreet mix tapes. [Mercury News]
Chicago-based superstar dev house 37signals is getting shot for an Apple Pro profile video (part of a series about sexy people using Apple stuff). [IM tip]
And according to a Time Inc. press release, one of Wired's senior editors is moving to Fortune. Everybody else getting booted in the Wired staff shuffle had best get their game plans straight. [E-mail]

Larry and Lucy spotted stuffing burritos

Nick Douglas — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:59:36 EDT

Now this is how to act when you bump into a Valley celeb! The blogger at Swanktastic spotted Google co-founder Larry Page and his brilliant Stanford love, Lucy Southworth, at a Palo Alto Taco Del Mar.

Larry was decked out in a plain white shirt and jeans, slightly graying hair (I feel your pain, L-Dog), and some excessively extreme to the max sunglasses. Both him and Lucy (who looks much better in person than in the few images which have been published of her) are eating burritos and sharing one of Taco Del Mar's giant vats of melted nacho cheese (aww). While trying not to gawk, I looked down to realize that I was, in fact, wearing my comfy, comfy red Google shirt. When I was near in line, I look over at Larry, who no doubt sees my vibrant Google shirt, and he shoots over a quick smirk. We share a moment. Sigh. (oh my heart is all a flutter).

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Spotted: Ponytail with Jon Schwartz attached

Nick Douglas — Fri, 19 May 2006 12:26:31 EDT

His hair can run, but it can't hide — the Sun CEO's ponytail precedes him in this celeb sighting.

I was at my kid's preschool teacher appreciation dinner tonight in San Francisco. I looked over and caught a glimpse of a man sporting a low-slung ponytail. I thought to myself, "Who the hell still wears their hair in a ponytail anymore?"

Yes, Jonathan Schwartz sends his kid to my child's school. All throughout the whole dinner my husband and I snickered to ourselves. I'm sure the other kids' parents think we are nutjobs.

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