Archive for 2006
Latte’s X-Mas Toy
Latte scored big this X-mas, receiving a big, scrumptious stuffed bone from Allen’s dog Abbey. Click the pic above to see the full-size pic and short video.
Elfin Judy
This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a really long time. I was laughing so hard that my abs started to hurt! I don’t think Judy found it quite as amusing as I did. This is a great site that anyone can upload a picture to and have some fun with. The [...]
MacBook Pro
I’ve been longing to be able to run Pro/E (the 3D mechanical CAD software that I use for product design) on a Mac for many years, basically ever since I started using Pro/E. With Apple’s move to the Intel architecture, it’s subsequent public beta of Boot Camp (which runs Windows in a separate partition and [...]
White TiVoGlo Remote
A white version of the TiVo Glo remote is now available for sale on the TiVo store. Functionally, this remote is identical to the black TiVo Glo remote. The difference is purely cosmetic – instead of glossy black, the front and back housings are glossy white. In addition, the keys are a dark gray instead [...]
TiVo Glo Remote
TiVo is now selling the Series3 remote as an accessory on the TiVo Store. Actually, we started selling it around Oct. 27, but I’ve been so busy that I haven’t been able to post about it until now. Hey, I’ve been preoccupied designing our next great products! This remote is essentially the same remote that [...]
Joe’s Valley and Moab
The last time Judy and went to Joe’s Valley, we weren’t able to spend enough time there. There’s so much good bouldering at Joe’s that several more trips there were easily justified. And the last two times we were in Moab, we didn’t get to ride the famous Porcupine Rim trail. A return trip to [...]
Grouse Slabs & Emigrant Trail
Judy and I headed up to Tahoe this weekend for some bouldering and mountain biking. Our plan was to boulder at the Grouse Slabs on Saturday and then ride the Emigrant Trail on Sunday. Unfortunately, we got kind of a late start to Tahoe on Saturday and then spent a bit too much time trying [...]
NY Times Series3 Video
David Pogue of the NY Times created this short video espousing our new Series3 product. The video is unabashedly corny and cheesy, but that’s what makes it so humorous, especially when you consider that it comes from one of the most respected and widely read consumer electronics reviewers. We’re definitely not going to complain about [...]
Tuolumne, Cloud’s Rest, Half Dome
I’ve been itching to go backpacking for some time now as it’s been nearly 3 years since my last trip. The last few years have just been really busy. While Judy had gone backpacking twice last year during her short hiatus from work, she nevertheless looked forward to this trip as well. Brian helped suggest [...]
TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder
Today, TiVo introduced the long-awaited Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder (DMR). This product is the culmination of a lot of hard work by the TiVo team, and I’m excited, not only in the product itself, but because it’s shipping with my baby – the substantially redesigned Series3 remote control which represents the fruits of my [...]
Humboldt
Humboldt has been on our list of places to visit for some time, but for some reason we just never got around to going. From what we had read about Moonstone Beach (which is in Humboldt County), it just seemed like a really awesome place to boulder. After all, how many places can you boulder [...]
Summer Update
Site updates have been few and far between during these dog days of summer. Judy and I haven’t gone on any trips in a while, but we’ve stayed really busy. Judy sold her piano (Craigslist rocks!) because she just didn’t have the time to play it much and it was taking up a lot of [...]
Road Bike Weekend
Well, this 4th of July weekend turned out to have a strong road biking theme to it. Not only was the Tour de France kicked off on Saturday, but there were plenty of road biking activities around here as well. Our friend Dave from San Diego is training for a trip that he will be [...]
Bend the Lines
I was surfing around on YouTube, the king of time-wasting sites, and found this great song. Not only do I find it catchy, but I really like the lyrics too. For you acoustic guitar types, this is a really easy song to play. The chords are just G, C, and D, standard tuning. I prefer [...]
Santa Barbara
Ruben, Judy’s friend from college, and Kim tied the knot this weekend so we headed down to Santa Barbara for the wedding. The Ocean’s 11 guidebook, which Judy had bought for our previous trips to Pine Mountain, describes lots of good bouldering in the near vicinity so we decided to try to squeeze some climbing [...]
