AceOfSpuds: Technology, Life and Art ...blogged by Richard Berlin

Down with FASBism!

Today was Reality/Rally in the Valley, the "protest" event coinciding with the FASB roundtable on expensing options. For those who missed it, here are a few pictures courtesy of my Nokia 3650. (It takes quite decent snaps if the light is good...I just wish it had a zoom!)


Some sign wavers turned out en masse. I don't know whether they got any press coverage, but they did make it hard for me to get good pictures from that side. So I moved in order to get this:


I believe that's Peter Giles, president of the Tech Museum, in the white hat.

Some crowd shots:








I immediately noticed this (sculpture?) and was curious about it:


Once I walked all the way around it, I recognized that red box as a "Sunny Boy" inverter; I have two of them hanging on a wall outside my house. So this must be a work in progress. When finished I'm expecting to see photovoltaic panels in all of the holes. That would give it a maximum generating capacity of more than 2Kw of electricity, although since the panels face in all directions I think they may have traded off maximum capacity against consistent output. In any case it's very cool to see; way to go, Palo Alto!

And I can report one good thing that has happened already: for one afternoon, at least, stock options fed the homeless. (Picture omitted to keep me out of trouble on the off chance I'm wrong. :-))

Posted at 08:16PM Jun 24, 2004 by AceOfSpuds in General  |