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iPhone hype

I hope it’s worth it! I’m sitting in line about a block away from the entrance of the Apple store on Stockton and Market and am going to try to stay here all day if I can convince my boss it’s a worthwhile effort… Follow my status through updates to this blog, or check out [...]

Summiting Mt. Shasta

Last weekend, my friend Paul, most of his family, and myself went on a trek to climb Mt. Shasta. After living in Redding and seeing the mountain every day for about 16 years, I’ve been itching to climb it – and jumped at the chance! The chance finally came, and we wound up making the [...]

I’m famous (sort of)

I was waiting in line for the Apple Store on Stockton to open last Friday when a nice young woman approached me and asked if I would be open to be interviewed. Never one to be shy, I agreed and divulged some personal details such as my name, job, etc… and some thoughts about the [...]

GPS on the table

Another update for my linux powered autonomous car project :) After I successfully björked the USB and bluetooth connections for the gumstix motherboard with one config file write, I’ve had no way to connect to the gumstix motherboard. I bought a few of the 60 pin headers to try to make my own breakout board, [...]

viva las vegas

After a successful beta launch of Movable Type 4 (which garnered 16,000 downloads in its first 24 hours), I hopped on a plane on last Friday with a final destination of Las Vegas. I came out here for the weekend to help celebrate Stassia’s 21′st birthday because if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right! [...]