Wow, sure has been a long time since I posted something here!

Wow, over six weeks since my last post. Miss me?

Summary: Alive and well; busy; working hard and playing even harder.

I have tons to write about but since I had lunch with savia consisting of Thai food, gelato, sunshine and laughs, all I've wanted to do is curl up and nap. So I'll write more later.

Here's my exercise regimen for this week:

1. Monday: ( Read more... )

I just love coming to work on a Sunday and setting up a detailed test environment in response to complaints that my software is crashing on some systems, ready to play detective and do the (often fun) forensic part of my job, only to discover that the problem is likely not in my code in the first place.

( For the C nerds out there )

I don't much like Southwest Airlines to begin with, but this incident and its later handling only increase my distaste.

As response aptly put it: "The whiners have all the power."

(Sent to me by cornfedlive)

The Canadian dollar briefly traded higher than the US dollar today. (story)

I now quote from the famous Molson ad of about five years ago:

( The Rant )

Just back from New York. Four shows, four cities, seven days, and great people to visit in each. Awesome!

The DJ for the Central Park show was not Oakenfold (yay!) and was pretty decent. As for the show itself: smallish outdoor venue; the track list was almost the same as Denver's show except no Moaner this time, but they did Rowla (a rare ( Read more... )

Phase three of my crazy four-stage pilgrimage chasing Underworld around the nation had me in Denver yesterday.

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Went rock climbing with shodoshan and Kayla tonight at Planet Granite in Sunnyvale. They also have a location in Belmont and will be opening one at Crissy Field in SF. I can see getting into this; I even shopped for a harness and shoes tonight. On the other hand, Berkeley Ironworks (near work) and Mission Cliffs (in SF) exchange memberships. Hmmm ( Read more... )

Underworld played the Hollywood Bowl last night. If it wasn't totally sold out, it certainly looked like it. Seeing them in an outdoor amphitheatre was terrific; cooler, fresh air is much better for dancing, and a clear night sky is much nicer than a roof. Paul Oakenfold opened but we showed up casually late since his set up here sounded so ( Read more... )

Underworld has returned to America in fine form, kicking off the US leg of their current tour at The Warfield. The highlight for me was certainly Kittens.

Could've done without Paul Oakenfold opening. He's never been as good for me as he was in his Tranceport days. And he looks like a hippie now. I far preferred the show when Dirty Vegas ( Read more... )