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I don't want to grow up.... yet

The Hurting

So, as I had mentioned in a previous post, I quit my gig at Caustic (ironic, the name of the company given its also a characteristic of my disposition) back in September. Since then I have had the honour (or … Continue reading

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Wither the Arts

So, about 2 weeks ago, dutiful parent (along with my wife) that I am, took our 5 year old daughter and a girlfriend to the Lawrence Hall of Science in the Berkeley hills. Now it is important to me, being … Continue reading

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Moving on

Well it looks like I need to get serious about pursuing something outside of technology. Try as I might, I am no longer an engineer at heart. I’ll be a free agent in a few weeks, free of steady income … Continue reading

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The Mortgage Crisis

I don’t intend on writing much about this beyond that it is a shame. Instead, here are a couple of links to some podcasts, the first, from WHYY’s Fresh Air with Terry gross, the interview is with Michael Greenberger, from Univ … Continue reading

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The mortgage crisis

I don’t intend on writing much about this beyond that it is a shame. Instead, here are a couple of links to some podcasts, the first, from WHYY’s Fresh Air with Terry gross, the interview is with Michael Greenberger, from Univ … Continue reading

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Shows how far behind I have become

I haven’t posted in ages, new gig at caustic.com, yes we do fast ray tracing. My daughter turned 5 and we spent the day (yesterday) at Disneyland. It wasn’t all that painful given the locale…. 

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I bought Seventh Tree

And I love it, how many people 6’2″ tall, male, straight and black do you know who would do so….  

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You’ve got to pay to play aka gas, grass, content or ass, no one should ride for free

Ok, so I have been meaning to write this for a while. As I am sure a lot of people are aware, there is tons of “free” content, meaning video, audio, and text available on the internet. My question to … Continue reading

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“You may end up with a different math, but you’re entitled to your math” …”I’m entitled to ‘the’ math.” – So spake the lord Sith Rove in ’06

Well it looks like our higher learning skills are going to be put to the test now on the democratic side of the race. I know I promised not to turn this into a political blog but the and I … Continue reading

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I am starting to feel the love (or was Thursday’s Democratic debate the precursor to the final ticket)

This will be brief, first, I must say, that Thursday nights (January 31, 2008) Democratic debate was by far the most civil, and in fact illuminating on the somewhat minor differences between Obama and Clinton. Actually, given my stance on … Continue reading

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