Absolutely Andrew

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  • 1st Christmas

    This week I submitted my second guest post for Kara’s blog.  She’s doing a series on Christmas memories.  Check it out! Also, on a completely random side-note, lets see how MarsEdit does with embedded video:

  • The Legend of Pony Creek

    I have been busy for the past month or so on what you might call a “Side Project”.  This is really just my way of saying that I’m working on something that I’m not ready to announce to the world.  No, it is not a baby.  My father wrote this post for me about one…

  • The End of my Hippie Fascination

    Ever since I developed an appreciation for classic rock, I have had an embarrassingly powerful fascination with the hippie movement of the ‘70s.  How I longed to enter a time capsule and transport myself back to that era and hang out in Haight-Ashbury with the Grateful Dead.  I’d spend my days in the park smoking…

  • An anniversary trip to Wine Country

    Back in August, Tara and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary.  Since we did not have any thawed wedding cake this year, we decided to take a mini vacation. Last fall we had the idea to go on a weekend trip to Grand Junction, CO for wine tasting.  A year later, that idea came to fruition.…

  • Backpacking Granddaddy Basin

    For Labor Day weekend, Tara and I went on a backpacking trip in the High Uintas in Granddaddy Basin.  We managed to cover 25 miles in 3 days—our longest trip yet.  This is what happens when you live close to tons of backpacking.  You inadvertently become a weekend warrior and never take a trip longer…

  • Ben Visits Utah

    Fall is a busy time of year for Tara and me.  Taking full advantage of the nice weather just before winter, we tend to jam pack our weekends.  This year, we were also fortunate enough to have a few visitors from out-of-state, one of which was my brother, Ben, who stayed with us for a…

  • Random things to do at the Office (or not actually do)

      1.  If your boss has multiple email addresses that all go to the same inbox, when composing an email that is likely to become a lengthy thread, address it to all of his/her emails.  This way he/she can get several copies of each message. 2.  Talk at length about the food you prepared/ate the…

  • Photo of the Whatever

    Image Sensors, ready to be loaded into the Pick-N-Place machine.  

  • Video of the Whatever: Backpacking in the Uintas

    Video from the lake we camped by when we were backpacking in the Uintas over Labor Day.  

  • Awkward CPU

    Learning that one has “The Knack” is not unlike Luke Skywalker being told by Obi Wan that he is a Jedi, or Harry Potter learning that he is a wizard.  Let me be clear: by no means do I suggest that engineers are in any way superior to anyone else.  After all, Han Solo is…

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