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Pictures from Earth Day in Santa Monica and shopping in Venice, CA

May 1st, 2010 by alephnaught

Pictures from Earth Day in Santa Monica and shopping in Venice, CA

Many pictures taken during the Earth Day celebration on the Promenade in Santa Monica and a trip shopping in Venice, CA.

Wherein we take the in-laws to Chinatown (and a few other pictures too)

March 16th, 2010 by alephnaught

Wherein we take the in-laws to Chinatown (and a few other pictures too)

Aviva’s mom Lil and one of her brothers, Brian, came to visit us. I took a day off and we decided to go to Chinatown. In addition to pictures we took in Chinatown, there are a couple shots from a shopping trip at a garden supply shop and Aviva meeting the monster…

Weekend in Palm Desert

March 1st, 2010 by alephnaught

Weekend in Palm Desert

Lily doesn’t like dogs. They’re dirty, she says – they smell and they’re dangerous. After this weekend, Aviva’s mom changed her mind a little bit. She agreed we could bring our new puppy Iggy to her house as long as we brought his “cage,” a metal and plastic fence that can be shaped in many […]

How I got the nickname ‘wizard’

January 30th, 2010 by alephnaught

How I got the nickname ‘wizard’

A long long time ago I did real-time programming for a high energy physics research laboratory, KMS Fusion, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I programmed a Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) PDP-11/45, and I knew all the assembly instructions required to process an interrupt from the backplane to my code (eventually I wrote a multi-device driver […]

My new wedding ring and another shot of Iggy

January 9th, 2010 by alephnaught

My new wedding ring and another shot of Iggy

I love titanium wedding rings – they are light and typically of modern design.  But, my old one was getting a little tight and, due to its design (a small diamond leaving a hole in the back) I was getting dermatitis underneath. So we bought me a new ring (also titanium): I also took a […]

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Miscellaneous photos

November 2nd, 2009 by alephnaught

Miscellaneous photos

Some more photos I took around and about; all taken with my Blackberry Curve phone. Morning tea in an oriental bowl The sun over my office building A decorative work hanging in the middle of our local Nieman Marcus

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September 21st, 2009 by alephnaught

Fire extinguisher training

No kidding – we had fire extinguisher training at work a week ago; I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to post pictures yet. It was fun; I hadn’t fired off a fire extinguisher since I was a kid.  Now I need to get a couple for home and teach Aviva how to use […]

My new earring

August 17th, 2009 by alephnaught

My new earring

I just got this a few days ago from a vendor on Etsy, Simply Willow.  Her work is somewhat steampunk inspired, and I loved this one when I first saw it.  Its called  Red Key To My Heart Steampunk Earrings.  Here’s a picture of one of them (since I only have one ear pierced I […]

We bought a house

August 7th, 2009 by alephnaught

We bought a house

We finally bought a house in SoCal – its not as close to Los Angeles as we wanted (its in Woodland Hills), but its big and its ours; 5 bedrooms and 4 baths big. We bought a painting as our housewarming gift to ourselves – its about 42″ tall and done in a classic Spanish […]

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July 30th, 2009 by alephnaught

3 Videos: toys making music, a fountain, and bracelets

Three fun videos… This one is two Japanese toys from a Japanese toy band – Giant Robot carries the whole group, I hope to get them all: This one is a fountain at the Grove, a shopping complex in LA: And lastly this one is Aviva’s bracelets reflecting light off the ceiling of hte car:

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