Trip to San Diego
Aviva and I decided to drive to San Diego on July 24 and spend three nights there. It was Aviva’s first time in San Diego. We stayed at the Best Western Plus Bayside Inn. After checking in, we walked to Little Italy and had a good dinner at Buon Appetito. The meal was really good. […]
August 3rd, 2013 by alephnaught
Cardboard dragon kit assembly from d-torso (pictures)
I recently purchased another d-torso kit, this time from Fab. This kit looked really cool – a red dragon (of Hannibal Lecter and William Blake fame). I love making things, I’ve made a few of these before (1, 2). Here are pictures of the finished kit – I think it’s fabulous!
July 28th, 2013 by alephnaught
California Science Center
My company, DIRECTV, rented the California Science Center for the night – we’d never been there before so this was a great chance for Aviva and I to check it out. This is where the space shuttle Endeavor ended up; it’s in a huge hanger-like structure with a lot of related material surrounding it. It’s […]
July 14th, 2013 by alephnaught
Anime Expo and other recent stuff
A lot has happened over the last month; I was promoted at work to Director and have about half of DIRECTV’s CRM systems (and now that I’ve counted a heck of a lot of folks). My son came to visit on my birthday – we spent two days at Anime Expo, it was amazing – […]
June 23rd, 2013 by alephnaught
More photos of Iggy
Iggy wanted attention this morning; he brought a carrot with him, I gave it back to him and he decided to hold it for a while. And he did his “I’m so relaxed I’m going to stick my tongue out” bit. And a couple other pictures I haven’t posted before (Aviva and I laughingly call […]
June 19th, 2013 by alephnaught
Delegation 101
At work, I get asked all the time how to delegate more effectively; I hope it’s because I do it well and not because they want me to self-examine…. I think I’ve come up with how to get into that discussion now. I start with the common questions we should ask about most things: Who […]
June 14th, 2013 by alephnaught
Iggy moonwalking
Finally got a short video of Iggy moonwalking. You see, he’s become afraid of walking on some parts of the floors, and sometimes he’ll back over a section he doesn’t like. No, I don’t understand either; he’s a dog and he won’t tell me what’s up. Here’s the video:
June 2nd, 2013 by alephnaught
Vince, the cardboard skull kit
I saw what looked like a cool cardboard skull kit on Fab, so I ordered it. This weekend I had time to put it together. The instructions were simple and clear, and assembly was pretty easy. The parts were numbered with little etched numbers on one side, so I punched them out and arranged them […]
June 2nd, 2013 by alephnaught
Koreatown
Saturday we decided to drive to Koreatown – we’d seen Anthony Bourdain’s latest CNN show and wanted to check some of the places out. We hit two of the malls, then had dinner at a place Bourdain recommended, Restaurant Dong Il Jang. We loved dinner – the food was really good and there was just […]
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+Bob Hays
- 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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August 9th, 2013 by alephnaught
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