Tony and I just adopted two very lovable and playful 3 month old kittens named Beemer (left) and Big Bear (right).


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My motorcycle, a.k.a. Slider, has had this really strange problem of late where the fuel pump wouldn't run and I couldn't find any reason why. I know the pump itself worked since it would pump nicely if I jumped it directly to the battery but for some reason the computer that was supposed to turn it on just wasn't despite all the inputs being ( Read more... )

It's official, I now work at HP in their Enterprise Security Products division and an electrical engineer designing the next generation of hardware that is used to protect some really neat and important things like your ATM transactions. Wow ( Read more... )

It was on this date 20 years ago that I arrived here in the Bay Area which was the first place I ever visited that really felt like home. My only regret is not moving here sooner than I did ( Read more... )

'Nuff said.

My employer, which had been on life support for a little while, finally made it official today and laid off everyone. It might still come back to life, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

It's a shame, though. We were within about 6 months of actually being profitable but it's just a bad time to be in solar power.

Oh well.

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I work at a solar power company and saw this on the car of a new employee today. I expect my geek friends to get this.


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As a human being, Bin Laden may have deserved compassion and even forgiveness, the Dalai Lama said in answer to a question about the assassination of the Al Qaeda leader. But, he said, "Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened. ... If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures."

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