As of today, I'm now working full-time for Barnes & Noble in their Palo Alto offices as a Program Manager for nook ( Read more... )

After only three hours of struggling, I managed to get my xbox connected to the internet!  Really, it wasn't meant to connect to hotel-style wifi where you need to log into a browser and accept the terms/conditions before being granted access.

The basic instructions are here: http://sacramentocomputerhelp.com/xbox360answers.html#troubleshooting.  At ( Read more... )

Work is sending me to the Bay Area for the next two weeks (8/17 - 8/28 to be exact).  I'll be staying in Mountain View.  Anyone want to meet up at some point?

Puffin is on a diet to see if she has any food allergies. That set me on a quest for a wheat free, egg free, dairy free, soy free, corn free, potato free, sugar free Bread. Because, you know, I like challenges.

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I had my eye exam today.  Nothing terribly new.  A bit of astigmatism in my left eye, otherwise everything is the same as it was 3 years ago ( Read more... )

In a surprising burst of activity, yesterday I got the ball rolling on a mortgage refinance (courtesy of Mr. Obama's "Making Homes Affordable" initiative), scheduled a dental appointment (it's been 3 years, basically since I bought my new house and haven't gotten around to finding a new dentist), and scheduled an eye exam (um, same reason as dental ( Read more... )

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Anyone free for dinner and/or games?

Okay, I've made this recipe twice and both times turned out great!  I tweaked it a bit by adding:
1T powdered milk
1t molasses
2t honey
1T flour

Tastes like the bread from Cheesecake factory.  They add caramel color, so it doesn't look the same, but boy does it taste great!

:)  Enjoy!

I really like this game.  I've played it once with M&M and Swami, and once with those three plus Puffin (yeah, we know it's only a four player game, but we're still learning).  I've also played two solitaire four-player games so that I could try to figure out a strategy ( Read more... )