November 4th, 2009 by alephnaught
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
Title: The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb Author: R. Crumb Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.; 1 edition (October 19, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0393061027 ISBN-13: 978-0393061024 Not nearly so racy as you might be led to believe by ads and reviews, this is quite a nice book on Genesis. The […]
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
November 1st, 2009 by alephnaught
The Numerati
Title: The Numerati Author: Stephen Baker Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition (September 9, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0547247931 ISBN-13: 978-0547247939 I found this book at the Book Beat on our last trip to Detroit for Aviva’s mom’s 80th birthday; that store is a must-visit if you’re in the Detroit area. The Numerati […]
October 25th, 2009 by alephnaught
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 […]
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 […]
August 13th, 2009 by alephnaught
Learning Rails
Title: Learning Rails Author: Simon St. Laurent, Edd Dumbill Paperback: 442 pages Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.; 1 edition (November 28, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0596518773 ISBN-13: 978-0596518776 I have a couple ideas for data-driven Twitter tools, and I read part of one book on Ruby on Rails before, so since that book’s in storage I […]
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 […]
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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- I'm a father and husband, have two schipperkes, like to read, compose music, travel. And I manage a couple software development teams at DIRECTV.
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November 21st, 2009 by alephnaught
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