Fiesta de Artes: Exploring Los Gatos’ Finest Arts, Food & Wine
Potato heads at the Los Gatos art & wine festival. Last weekend, Clint and I were fortunate enough to catch the Los Gatos’ Fiesta de…
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Michael Phelps Chasing Destiny and Thoughts About The Olympic Summer Games in Beijing
We’re enjoying the Olympics a lot. The opening ceremony was an incredible spectacle, despite emerging stories now about a Chinese Milli Vanilli (the lip-syncing little…
8.8.08 Ways to Go Green
Two themes have dominated marketing for 2008: green and the summer Olympics. Buffeted by the high price of oil, the green theme has permeated consumer,…
Solar Update: July 2008, SunPower’s Beta Program
Horizon Energy Systems truck on our driveway. This was the company that installed our solar system. They were back to install the additional equipment for…
Randy Pausch’s Childhood Dreams and Inspirational Last Lecture
Over lunch today I learned about the death of Randy Pausch (Carnegie Mellon page) and his last lecture. Curious, I was able to read some…
Sailing the San Francisco Bay
Clint and I at the bow of the boat. Clint and I spent this Saturday with our friends Jay and Judy out on a Hunter…
Who the Dickens is Pickens?
Amidst all the TV coverage of Obama and McCain for Election ’08, I did a double take last night while watching CNN. Our home theatre…
The Stark and Sir Sean Connery Connection: Shining Coffins in Scotland
"Mr. Connery also revealed that during his time as a coffin-polisher, he had regularly bleached mahogany coffins to make them look like oak."
Solar Update: May 2008
Taking off to Rome tomorrow morning. I think I have everything I need except for the conversion plug for Italy - will probably have to...
Sichuan Earthquake: Reflections on the Week
I think I have finally recovered from an extremely hectic, albeit interesting, week. Often times, during the latter part of a busy work week, I...