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Well, it’s number 88 in the queue, but at least my proposal for a PyCon presentation is in before the deadline, if only by a few hours. I’d love to be able to present there again, especially since this time my bosses will let me talk about some technically interesting things instead of being […]

German School sells imported from Germany advent calendars filled with German chocolate as a fundraiser. They are $2 each. If you are interested in one, let me know, I’d be happy to pick one, two, ten, etc. for you.

Mood: cold

I can’t believe it’s almost the end of October! I also can’t believe I haven’t posted in almost a month.
Update on the goals for this fall:– pass all three of my exams in November in one try, (In progress)– turn in one paper, (In progress)– pass and stay awake for the first level Master […]

Still no time to dig through the San Francisco/Napa/Alexander Valley/Sonoma/wedding photos to find the good stuff, as work and other extra-curriculars continue to absorb all available free time. Hopefully I’ll be able to get to some of that this weekend.
Today’s victory: got the green light from The Powers That Be for the topic […]

Just a quick post for now… We are back safely from San Francisco. Thankfully, the house is still standing–no exploding water heaters, no massive wake of feline destruction, nothing. I suppose it’s a good thing we got in when we did, as the news now tells us a plane got diverted to […]

After a Monday night of drinking high-end sake and feasting on exquisitely delicious sushi with my high school buddy Josh, we hauled our sleepy behinds up to Napa for the kick-off of the week’s wine country adventures.
We spent pretty much all day Tuesday at Tres Sabores, getting a tour by way of working for the […]

To celebrate our launch and the start of vacation, I took my team-mates out to Melt for beer and tasty food, and a good time was had by all. Of course, then I had to go home and pack, and then didn’t sleep much that night (I never manage to sleep well before a […]