Friday night I went out with Earl, Matthew, and Phil. I saw Earl & Matt's place in the city, very nice. I also met their dog and cat. Now there cat is one I can respect, it actually can command the dog, which is about 20 times larger than it (a chocolate lab). I have nothing against cats, just totally dumb ones. They also had a beautiful plasma tv ( Read more... )

Sunday afternoon I went into the Castro to meet up with Luke. We caught up on all the stuff that has happened over the past two-three years. It was good to see him again.

Monday was H-Day (hair day). Last week, upon requesting a suggestion for how to change my hair, Derrick (shawath) decided I should get a "high and tight" cut. The decision was ratified ( Read more... )

Thursday morning started really early. I had a 6AM flight to Portland, Oregon for a day at the Intel facility up there. Although most of the stuff I saw is covered under my NDA (non-disclosure agreement), I can say I met some really smart people, including David Tennenhouse who is the Director of Research for Intel. He also happens to be one of the ( Read more... )

So lately I have this little issue with the afternoon security guard at the PowerBar building. It started a few weeks ago when the power went out in the building. I started talking to her seeing what was up, etc. Over the next few days she always stopped me on my way out and we started chatting. I thought nothing of it, since being a security guard ( Read more... )

July 4th started off slow. For most of the day I was reading or doing work, but by evening the day quickly improved. I headed over to TADs (aka DATs) with Patrick (pach00ey) and Christian. We arrive to find Phox and Dan already there. Derrick (shawath) is mastering the amazing shrinking machine (aka the BBQ). After a wonderful meal we go to the roof to watch the ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a good day at work. I debugged a number of key things. My undergrad got his desk/computer setup. And I was also informed I have two more trips to go on now. One trip is in August to MIT/Boston, and then the other is in September (after the Berlin trip) to Seattle. So that would make five academic related trips in one year ( Read more... )

Wednesday night I saw Legally Blonde 2 with Patrick (pach00ey), Andrew (eomsam), Derrick (shawath), Jay (xaoz), Brian, Phox and three of his friends. After playing musical chairs for awhile I was sitting next to Brian. He didn't seem to be happy about that (jokingly of course). When Patrick suggested we switch, Brian objected even more, in an attempt to make me feel a ( Read more... )

Monday morning a bunch of us (Patrick (pach00ey) and Steve (cheerfulchaotic)) got up early Monday to help Aaron (radi0actv) move to his new abode in El Cerrito. We got to his old place around 7AM. Adric (vintagebanana) comes out to greet us and he looks like a walking zombie. He calmly informs us the Aaron is asleep and the keys to the UHaul van are locked inside the van ( Read more... )

Pink Saturday
The fun began at Jay's xaoz, Brian's, and Brian's house. After an hour or so we walked to the Castro and went to the main event at Phil's house. Due to some miscommunications, we had to get 3 additional people into the party who were not on the list. It turned out to be easier than expected ( Read more... )

So far this week I've seen two good movies. The Hulk was on Monday with Patrick (pach00ey), Andrew (eomsam), Christian, and David. Christian and Patrick did not seem to like it very much, but I thought it was good. The cinematography was interesting, but I will admit by the end it got a little annoying. They tried to make it seem like a comic book sometimes, ( Read more... )