Surrealism, Duplo-style
Doesn't get more relaxing than this; it's like doodling in 3-D.…
Monthly recap (October 2018)
Major updates: * Ran a 10K! (Stevens Creek Trailblazer at Shoreline Park) * Fun weekend trip to Seattle * Visited the Monterey Aquarium and finally saw the Giant Pacific Octopus moving around! Mi…
Plumbing adventures
About a month ago, the faucet in one of the bathrooms started leaking. I ignored it, until I couldn’t … and then I turned off the water supply to the faucet, thinking I’d get to it later. All I was a…
Why you should join Pure
I thought I’d share a few thoughts about why Pure Storage is a good place to consider working. There’s no “one size fits all” answer for everyone, I’m not really aiming this at everyone … but I’m sur…
Interesting links: September 2018
* A 73,000 year old cave painting * A piece in Nautlius (along with Quanta and Aeon my best source of “science” stuff) on time. * Historical piece of the month: the Mamluks * Matt Taibbi talks abo…
New movie trailers!
Decided to relax a bit tonight and catch up on trailers of upcoming movies, here are the ones I’m excited about: * The House with a Clock in its Walls (suspenseful!) * Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen!) *…
Monthly recap (September 2018)
Major updates: * Fun times in Maui! (Spent a lot of time in the pool, half of the road to Hana, small submarine tour(!), a Luau, lots of eating) Minor updates: * Spent most of a week alone with T…
General interesting links: August 2018
Last month’s bunch of interesting links: * A psychedelic temple * William Gibson on recent dystopias * Creating the dreamscapes of Ghost in the Shell * Ted Chiang (of the book behind Arrival) sha…
Monthly recap (August 2018)
Major updates: * Mostly a lot of Tara-related milestones :-) * I quit coffee for a month! (and then went back …) Minor updates: * Tara got a new bike * First board game with Tara * A day at Ha…
General interesting links: July 2018
Last month’s bunch of random stuff: * Predator as an unacknowledged masterpiece Predator * The oldest stone tools outside Africa have been found in … China! * I agree with the rhetorical questio…
Monthly recap (July 2018)
Major updates: * My parents were here for a couple of weeks, we had a mid-week trip to Monterey around 4th July, where we stayed near the beach. Good walks, good food, good fun. * Visited the Legio…
Revisiting blog post categories
I’ve been writing three monthly posts for a while now (a couple of years, maybe?): a monthly summary of what I’ve been up to, and then two sets of “interesting links”. These have been (arbitrarily, t…