Wow, what a fabulous weekend. I only wish it could have lasted longer. My friend Clive's Jellypus exceeded all expectations... as expected. He let me dance with his iPad. (He had the LED controls hooked up to the accelerometer/gyroscope so that dancing with it caused the lights to come on in different colors/patterns.) It was hilarious to see the ( Read more... )

So it appears I'm the only qualified candidate for a summer position that pays obscenely well. (i.e. a higher rate than I have ever before earned.) I'm not well qualified, mind you, but it appears I'm the only one in my class with a BSEE/CS. Or in the class at Hastings or Stanford. I think that says as much about the economy and how strong the ( Read more... )

A number of friends have posted long lists of accomplishments of things they did over the last year. I am trepidatious about this, as there are a number of very ugly things I had to overcome that I would have to count as successes.

However, it is a bad spot when you consider your successes more horrifying than not accomplishing anything. I have ( Read more... )

I split with my latest paramour a little over a month ago. I spent much of New Years day with him, as a result of mutual friends, among other things. It made me sad to realize this, but my decision to split is even more resolute ( Read more... )

The other day I went to a round-table led by a local congresscritter focusing on the state of the net. It was an interesting discussion about how these really broken laws get enacted in Congress. Of course, the folks representing California are getting a lot on both sides of the issue, what with both the content industry and the tech industry both ( Read more... )

Some folks 'round here have heard of the G+ nymwars. I made a post on G+, but then realized that I can't set it so that those who have accounts suspended can see it, so here it is in all its glory ( Read more... )

I have spent the last few months at least emotionally, if not otherwise, completely buried in frustration with the worst bureaucracy I think I have ever had to deal with in my life. This is pretty remarkable, considering I was raised military (i.e. I learned to write by filling out forms ( Read more... )

So I have a new boyfriend and have been spending quite a lot of time at his place. Because of that and all the traveling I've been doing lately, last night I was home for the first time in two weeks. I slept 11 hours, sleeping through the event I stayed home in order to make. When I awoke I was so swollen and stiff that I could barely move, despite ( Read more... )

I'm following the Prop8 trial today. They're trying to decide if a gay judge can fairly decide the case, or if he should have recused himself ( Read more... )

So for this latest outing I hopped on a 46 foot sailing vessel to head upriver for a floating festival. (That some dear readers may know as not being Ephemerisle ( Read more... )