Wiring

So I've been tiring of the pure software thing for a long time, and upon visiting a friend in Atlanta who showed me his newly acquired Arudino PIC, a thousand doors were opened. I shopped around a bit and finally settled on the Wiring PIC. Its largely the

Calling All Masochists

I need someone to join me in trying to hike rim-to-rim-to-rim (ie, round-trip) on the Grand Canyon in 24-hours. It can be done. Others have done it. It's called "The Death March". If you don't camp down there, then you don't need

Half Dome

I was out in California for several days and joined a cousin of mine and some of his friends on a trip to Yosemite for the purpose of hiking Half Dome. As is the case with any hiking group comprised of more than one person, they tend to split up

Jubilee

I just stopped by the grocery store that is ACROSS THE STREET from my new apartment to pick up some food. I was eager to find out whether this would be a good place to shop regularly (when I'm not using Fresh Direct). It's great. They

Moving

I'm moving ... out of midtown and into downtown ... 100 John Street. It's a nice place. I was looking at two apartments in this building. Both studios; one a bit larger than the other. The smaller one had a wrap-around terrace. The larger one has the most

Blood

I got a call from the NY blood donation people yesterday, asking me if I was willing to make another donation. So, I went in this afternoon. Given my recent high-altitude trip, I figured that some blood-testing-tech guy, some days off in the future, would get a kick out of

Sorry

I'm back. I'm safe. And I'm catching up on work. Or trying to catch up on work. I'm sorry if I haven't contacted you to let you know that I'm back and I'm safe. I'

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 30

Travel to New York I made it to Salt Lake City. I got a decent amount of sleep on that rather long flight. The bummer of this all is that I usually look forward to the complimentary drinks that are provided in first class, but aside from the flight from

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 29

Flight-Seeing Tour & Talkeetna to Anchorage to New York That was a very nice night's sleep. Except that someone in New York (212 area code) decided to call me at 6am. I guess that's noon their time. It only figures that my first night back in

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 28

Camp 3 to Base Camp to Talkeetna Well, it's 3am and a little dark-ish out (it never really gets very dark here), which makes it a little difficult to see the contours in the snow, which consequently makes it a little hard to walk without tripping, but that&