A new era in photography…for me anyway
Since moving to the west coast in September I’ve basically given up photography. Every once in awhile I’d snap a picture or two with my iphone, but I didn’t break out my DSLR once. I did wander around...
View ArticleSilly Programming Mistakes Episode 1
Well, I feel pretty dumb at the moment. I just spent the last 6 hours trying to figure out why I couldn’t seem to use a Ruby Hash correctly and I just could not make it work. I’ve been using ruby for...
View ArticleSoftware Development Guilds
This past weekend I came across a very interesting blog post at the Object Mentor Blog entitled Master Craftsman Teams. The meat of the post concerns organizing software development teams around a...
View Articlesingletasking - A Whiteboard to Live By!
Came across this image the other day. Sounds like a good goal to have. Quality vs. Quantity Check Email ONLY 10am 1pm 4pm Send anytime No email on evenings No email on weekends Emergency? Use phone...
View ArticleThere is no such thing as nuclear waste
Read this editorial in the Wall Street Journal that highlights the realities of “nuclear waste”. Nuclear power is safe an extremely environmentally friendly and new reactors designs are almost 100%...
View ArticleA Dickensian URL
“http://dickensurl.com/81ba/ No_one_is_useless_in_this_world_retorted_the_Secretary_who_lightens_the_burden_of_it_for_any_one_else” That’s the URL for this site courtesy of dickensurl.com. Fun.
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Point Reyes Day Trip
On Memorial Day Liz and I went for a nice drive up route 1 north of San Francisco. We stopped at the Muir Beach Overlook and then at Point Reyes. Beautiful drive and fun roads despite the really slow...
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Our new SoMA Loft!
Today Liz and I signed a lease for a nice big loft in SoMA! We’re very very excited about it for a lot of reasons. First, it’s at least twice the size of our current place, if not more. Second, the...
View ArticlePacific Northwest (PNW) Road Trip, Day 1: SF, CA -> Anderson, CA - 224 mi
After a hearty meal of salad, fried talapia fillet, and chicken nuggets Liz and I set out from San Francisco on our road trip. We decided to go the “long way” around the bay across the Golden Gate...
View ArticlePNW Road Trip, Day 2: Anderson, CA -> Bend OR - 328 mi
After a nice continental breakfast at the Fireside restaurant next to the Gaia Hotel we jumped in the car and headed off for day 2. We were both nervous about the state of the transmission, but again...
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