This is our dog Sherlock. Sherlock is 8 ½ months old, so it was time for him to have the “procedure” (which he had last Thursday, so it has been exactly one week). The procedure…
Date Archives August 2024
My Career – Part 7: Microsoft – The Early Years (1996 – 2001)
Working at Microsoft was a different experience. I quickly learned that while everybody was smart and didn’t suffer fools with any amount of patience, my fellow developers were very cool and very fun to work…
My Career – Part 6: Cirrus Logic Liaison to Microsoft (Bellevue, WA)
So I moved to Bellevue to work more closely with Microsoft, and the first things that we did was setup a meeting with the DirectX team to ask them to add a new DirectDraw feature…
My Career – Part 5: Cirrus Logic (Plano, TX)
Switching from Pixel to Cirrus Logic was not a drastic change, but it was impactful in that we moved from creating separate video processors to integrating our video technologies into existing Cirrus Logic graphics chips….
My Career – Part 3: What I learned at Compaq
Probably my biggest claim to fame while at Compaq was that while debugging code that I wrote that interacted with NVRAM, I inadvertently welded my power cable to my motherboard. But I did learn some…
My Career – Part 2: My first job at Compaq Computer Corporation (Houston, TX)
In 1989 Houston was an oil town that had very little tech presence. When Compaq started (and quickly became huge), it was Houston’s darling. It had great benefits and everybody wanted to work there. They…
My Career – Part 1: How I got into tech
I never really knew what I wanted to be when I was growing up. In 8th grade I said it was a toss up between being a doctor or a cabinet maker. When I graduated…
Book: The Righteous Mind: Why good people are divided by politics and religion
I just finished reading The Righteous Mind: Why good people are divided by politics and religion by Jonathan Haidt, published in 2012. I bought this book on a whim while browsing at Powell’s Books in…
Robert Pant & Allison Krause Concert
Last Friday (August 16th) my daughter Madeline and I attended a Robert Plant & Allison Krause concert at Chateau Michelle Winery in Woodinville. The show was sold out long before I heard about it, but…