Thursday, November 15, 2007
Yay work
nerd it up
Been doing some cool stuff at work lately. First have been learning how to script Ubuntu installations using Debian Installer preseeds. Pretty awesome stuff, and way better than Fedora. Also have been learning about profiling using OProfile and IBM's Visual Performance Analyzer. Very cool to be able to actually see where programs spend their time.
I just checked out Eclipse for the first time yesterday and I'm pretty impressed. I know a lot of Java people have been using it for years now, but since I really only did C programming in my upper-division CPE classes, I never had a need for much more than a text editor and a makefile. I loaded up the C and Ruby environments, and both seem pretty cool. I have usually avoided IDE's for programming because I always feel like they're getting in my way, but Eclipse seems to be a reasonable balance of useful tools and letting you do your work.
Have been testing out some really cool hardware lately, though can't go into too much detail. Most of the people on my team are software guys, so I'm happy to test out the cool, new hardware. :)
Other than that, just keeping busy playing ogame (3 attempts and still no moon!), reading the tale of 1337 on xkcd and trying not to miss anything major on osnews. Today Jen and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary. I brought home roses and we went to Del Taco. Man are we awesome or what?
Current Music: Cake - Love You Madly (stuck in my head)
Link of the Day: If I know you I'm sure you've already seen Kenya . Now see Brazil! Marcos says's that's pretty much how it is there. Forget Norway.
Random Picture:
Also awesome: (thanks for the link, Matt)
Been doing some cool stuff at work lately. First have been learning how to script Ubuntu installations using Debian Installer preseeds. Pretty awesome stuff, and way better than Fedora. Also have been learning about profiling using OProfile and IBM's Visual Performance Analyzer. Very cool to be able to actually see where programs spend their time.
I just checked out Eclipse for the first time yesterday and I'm pretty impressed. I know a lot of Java people have been using it for years now, but since I really only did C programming in my upper-division CPE classes, I never had a need for much more than a text editor and a makefile. I loaded up the C and Ruby environments, and both seem pretty cool. I have usually avoided IDE's for programming because I always feel like they're getting in my way, but Eclipse seems to be a reasonable balance of useful tools and letting you do your work.
Have been testing out some really cool hardware lately, though can't go into too much detail. Most of the people on my team are software guys, so I'm happy to test out the cool, new hardware. :)
Other than that, just keeping busy playing ogame (3 attempts and still no moon!), reading the tale of 1337 on xkcd and trying not to miss anything major on osnews. Today Jen and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary. I brought home roses and we went to Del Taco. Man are we awesome or what?
Current Music: Cake - Love You Madly (stuck in my head)
Link of the Day: If I know you I'm sure you've already seen Kenya . Now see Brazil! Marcos says's that's pretty much how it is there. Forget Norway.
Random Picture:
Also awesome: (thanks for the link, Matt)
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
I am now an old man
It's probably about time for a quarter-life crisis...
I kinda forgot about the whole having-a-blog thing, and the idea of how you're supposed to update it. Perhaps I'll go through a phase of updating again. We shall see. I had to figure out what the heck my FTP upload account info was again (thanks Jeff for keeping the site up and around) and figure out how to convert my Blogger account to use my *Google Account* (oooh, shiny)
Anyway, it was my birthday a couple days ago- thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday via Facebook! I know it reminds you that my birthday is coming up, but it's better than a kick in the ass. Or nobody wishing you happy birthday. :) Speaking of Facebook I suppose I should get back on that... Jen and a bunch of people are on a trivia team and I am slacking off- the only points I have are those that Jen earned while signed in as me...
My new job at ProCurve is going really well and my job is definitely really interesting. It's way different than being at a small company, but everyone is really friendly and easygoing. Jen is interviewing with a couple places in the area, so she's pretty excited about that. Riley (our dog, I guess I haven't written about him here yet) is doing pretty well... he is getting better about listening to us, although he is still pretty hyper sometimes. Fortunately the 110+ degree weather of summer is over and most days it's in the 70's or so.
Well anyway... enough for now, I'm off to play some Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on my DS (Thanks Jen!)
Random Quote: A witty saying proves nothing. -Voltaire (seen on a random Slashdot sig)
Current Music: Ratatat - Remixes Volume II
Link of the Day: ogame.org - A text-based space sim game. I like it because you can log in like once or twice a day, do stuff for 10 minutes, then let things build/research/etc for several hours.
Random Picture:
I kinda forgot about the whole having-a-blog thing, and the idea of how you're supposed to update it. Perhaps I'll go through a phase of updating again. We shall see. I had to figure out what the heck my FTP upload account info was again (thanks Jeff for keeping the site up and around) and figure out how to convert my Blogger account to use my *Google Account* (oooh, shiny)
Anyway, it was my birthday a couple days ago- thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday via Facebook! I know it reminds you that my birthday is coming up, but it's better than a kick in the ass. Or nobody wishing you happy birthday. :) Speaking of Facebook I suppose I should get back on that... Jen and a bunch of people are on a trivia team and I am slacking off- the only points I have are those that Jen earned while signed in as me...
My new job at ProCurve is going really well and my job is definitely really interesting. It's way different than being at a small company, but everyone is really friendly and easygoing. Jen is interviewing with a couple places in the area, so she's pretty excited about that. Riley (our dog, I guess I haven't written about him here yet) is doing pretty well... he is getting better about listening to us, although he is still pretty hyper sometimes. Fortunately the 110+ degree weather of summer is over and most days it's in the 70's or so.
Well anyway... enough for now, I'm off to play some Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on my DS (Thanks Jen!)
Random Quote: A witty saying proves nothing. -Voltaire (seen on a random Slashdot sig)
Current Music: Ratatat - Remixes Volume II
Link of the Day: ogame.org - A text-based space sim game. I like it because you can log in like once or twice a day, do stuff for 10 minutes, then let things build/research/etc for several hours.
Random Picture:
Monday, April 03, 2006
Update on Life
Graduating in June!?
Yeah, holy crap. It's crazy.
I asked Jen how she would describe Boston in two words. She said "Very cold"
Boston was sweet. So much good food. I made my pilgrimage to Nerd Mecca (MIT), and we checked out quite a bit of the city. Also, I experienced Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in it's best form - A laser show!
I have been crowned King of the Nerds
Clark Turner, a Software Engineering professor was sitting behind me in Computer Security today. He noticed I was taking notes in LaTeX and thought that was pretty hardcore.
"I thought I was king of the nerds, but it seems I have to hand my crown over to you."
pwned.
Nothing makes you feel old like your little brother facebooking you.
Bryan is coming to Cal Poly next year, so apparently he somehow got his email account set up already. I check my email only to find that he has facebooked me!
Current Music: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Purple Stain
Link of the Day: OMG Ponies!!!
Yeah, holy crap. It's crazy.
I asked Jen how she would describe Boston in two words. She said "Very cold"
Boston was sweet. So much good food. I made my pilgrimage to Nerd Mecca (MIT), and we checked out quite a bit of the city. Also, I experienced Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in it's best form - A laser show!
I have been crowned King of the Nerds
Clark Turner, a Software Engineering professor was sitting behind me in Computer Security today. He noticed I was taking notes in LaTeX and thought that was pretty hardcore.
"I thought I was king of the nerds, but it seems I have to hand my crown over to you."
pwned.
Nothing makes you feel old like your little brother facebooking you.
Bryan is coming to Cal Poly next year, so apparently he somehow got his email account set up already. I check my email only to find that he has facebooked me!
Current Music: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Purple Stain
Link of the Day: OMG Ponies!!!
Friday, September 09, 2005
A post for the non-nerds
Lake & Bake
We just got back from the lake (Berryessa), where we went for Labor Day weekend. It was pretty sweet, although we barely made it out for any morning runs. It was weird wakeboarding for the first time in two years. I managed to avoid sunburn the entire time except for the last day. The last day Bryan and I went out with our friends who have a cabin up at the lake. We left at like 8 and didn't come back until after 12. As our campground check-out time was noon, Jen was obviously not a fan of me leaving her to pack up our stuff on her own (eek!) Despite my last-minute stupidity, the weekend was a lot of fun.
We're currently on a tour-de-California, as we came back from the lake, then left the next morning to go to the beautiful city of Temecula! Yeah, it's great. And I love malls. :) I guess I kinda owe Jen after putting up with the lake for three days. Tomorrow morning we're leaving at 8am for Las Vegas. That should be a good time- I'll probably play more arcade games than casino games, but hopefully we can find a good sushi buffet
Random Picture: This is Sam, the World's Ugliest Dog. I was watching the new while writing this post and the lady who owned the dog came on was holding him and talking about him. The dog was barking and growling all vicious-like. :::shudder::: So creepy, so very creepy.
We just got back from the lake (Berryessa), where we went for Labor Day weekend. It was pretty sweet, although we barely made it out for any morning runs. It was weird wakeboarding for the first time in two years. I managed to avoid sunburn the entire time except for the last day. The last day Bryan and I went out with our friends who have a cabin up at the lake. We left at like 8 and didn't come back until after 12. As our campground check-out time was noon, Jen was obviously not a fan of me leaving her to pack up our stuff on her own (eek!) Despite my last-minute stupidity, the weekend was a lot of fun.
We're currently on a tour-de-California, as we came back from the lake, then left the next morning to go to the beautiful city of Temecula! Yeah, it's great. And I love malls. :) I guess I kinda owe Jen after putting up with the lake for three days. Tomorrow morning we're leaving at 8am for Las Vegas. That should be a good time- I'll probably play more arcade games than casino games, but hopefully we can find a good sushi buffet
Random Picture: This is Sam, the World's Ugliest Dog. I was watching the new while writing this post and the lady who owned the dog came on was holding him and talking about him. The dog was barking and growling all vicious-like. :::shudder::: So creepy, so very creepy.
Labels: life
Sunday, May 29, 2005
I'm alive!
But I have no life...
The lack of updates to my blog this quarter has been stupifying, I know. There's something about going to work 8am-noon, then school 1pm-5:30pm, then homework 6-10pm that doesn't leave much room for blogging. Here are a few of the things I have been meaning to put up here for a while:
Great quote from one of Marcos and my lab reports:
"In this lab, we learned a great deal about equipment reliability. Our measurements, while generally seemingly correct, were probably slightly erroneous. "
Proof I am with the right woman:
JenJollyJen: why is internet explorer such a slow peice of shit
K DoubleUp: haha
K DoubleUp: i love you
JenJollyJen: i love you too
JenJollyJen: but i HATE ie
Life Update: I bought a 12" Powerbook
Conversation of the Day:
Jen: So what kind of food do you want?
Brynn: Food that makes my vagina not hurt.
Carrie: What about pineapple juice? Oh wait, that's something different.
(note, Brynn had gone on a bike ride to Avila)
Current Music: Coheed & Cambria - Blood Red Summer
Random Pictures:
The lack of updates to my blog this quarter has been stupifying, I know. There's something about going to work 8am-noon, then school 1pm-5:30pm, then homework 6-10pm that doesn't leave much room for blogging. Here are a few of the things I have been meaning to put up here for a while:
Great quote from one of Marcos and my lab reports:
"In this lab, we learned a great deal about equipment reliability. Our measurements, while generally seemingly correct, were probably slightly erroneous. "
Proof I am with the right woman:
JenJollyJen: why is internet explorer such a slow peice of shit
K DoubleUp: haha
K DoubleUp: i love you
JenJollyJen: i love you too
JenJollyJen: but i HATE ie
Life Update: I bought a 12" Powerbook
Conversation of the Day:
Jen: So what kind of food do you want?
Brynn: Food that makes my vagina not hurt.
Carrie: What about pineapple juice? Oh wait, that's something different.
(note, Brynn had gone on a bike ride to Avila)
Current Music: Coheed & Cambria - Blood Red Summer
Random Pictures:
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
I'm back!
When you get a new computer, you forget that you can do non-gaming things, like updating your blog.
Well so far this quarter has been pretty nuts. I'm working from 8am-12pm MTW, then going to school 1pm-5:30pm MTWF and working all day Thursday. When I come home from school it feels like it's been a whole day since I was at work. Last week was really hard for me and seemed so long. This week has seemed really long too (it's only Wednesday?!) but I'm learning to handle it.
Kevin Roberts has a new nickname... K-Bob
It all started when we were making chicken shishkabobs. Well, it's not exactly a long story. Someone (was it me? I forget), was like "Kevin Roberts... K-Bob?" That's about it. Sorry the story isn't cooler. The true sign that Kevin accepted it was that he changed his name in Smash Bros. to "KBOB".
Today I heard the saddest news ever
Maynard James Keenan (lead singer of Tool and A Perfect Circle) has "found Jesus."
When Jen told me this on the phone, my first question was "where, tied up in his basement?" Unfortunately, this was not the case. I then asked "Is it an April Fool's joke?" and apparantely a post was made to toolband.com on March 31st and was no joke. Worst of all, he is stopping work on the current album (possibly permanently). I think this is worse than him dying.
Damned Christianity... always getting in my way.
April is: Math Awareness Month!
Current Music: Jay-Z - The Threat
Link of the Day: A breadtangle of pizza
Random Picture:
Well so far this quarter has been pretty nuts. I'm working from 8am-12pm MTW, then going to school 1pm-5:30pm MTWF and working all day Thursday. When I come home from school it feels like it's been a whole day since I was at work. Last week was really hard for me and seemed so long. This week has seemed really long too (it's only Wednesday?!) but I'm learning to handle it.
Kevin Roberts has a new nickname... K-Bob
It all started when we were making chicken shishkabobs. Well, it's not exactly a long story. Someone (was it me? I forget), was like "Kevin Roberts... K-Bob?" That's about it. Sorry the story isn't cooler. The true sign that Kevin accepted it was that he changed his name in Smash Bros. to "KBOB".
Today I heard the saddest news ever
Maynard James Keenan (lead singer of Tool and A Perfect Circle) has "found Jesus."
When Jen told me this on the phone, my first question was "where, tied up in his basement?" Unfortunately, this was not the case. I then asked "Is it an April Fool's joke?" and apparantely a post was made to toolband.com on March 31st and was no joke. Worst of all, he is stopping work on the current album (possibly permanently). I think this is worse than him dying.
Damned Christianity... always getting in my way.
April is: Math Awareness Month!
Current Music: Jay-Z - The Threat
Link of the Day: A breadtangle of pizza
Random Picture:
