Keith's Hour Hash Browns The very best home-made hash browns.This is the first (and only) recipe I've developed from scratch and I'm pretty darned happy with it. It took a lot of potatoes to get here!
Another Ghost Blog Update A few months ago I started upgrading ghost and got distracted in the middle of it by class-work. I ended up retiring the (Amazon Linux) host it was on in favor of an
Sous Vide / Arduino I have been playing around with the Arduino again, finally getting my sous vide project completed. As much hype as there is on the topic I was underwhelmed by the outcome. The technology
Code Graphs in Python Here's a presentation I gave in December 2018 to the San Diego Python User Group on using different Python tools to look at graphs/networks. It was quite a bit of fun!
HabitatForHumanity Habitat For Humanity - San Diego Natasha and I spent another day helping build homes. This time here in Barrio San Diego. It felt good to be out in the sun all day with a hammer in hand, seeing
Volunteer Habitat For Humanity - Argentina My daughter and I are preparing for an upcoming trip to Bahia Blanca, Argentina, to participate in a Habitat For Humanity project. Along the way we'll spend a few days in Uruguay and
Volunteer Startup Week San Diego I helped coordinate ~500 volunteers over the course of five days at Startup Week San Diego for the Startup San Diego organization. We used VolunteerLocal for all the volunteer signups and scheduling but
The Red Car Car mystery I showed Tony from Autobahn Interiors a picture of my car's doors and he immediately said "That's a 1966." We bought the car in about 1993 and always knew it as
Luftgekühlt 2018 Just came back from Luftgekühlt 2018 (#LUFT5) and boy are my eyes tired. It was insane. So many beautiful and well used cars. A museum where most people drive the exhibits right on
The Red Car Red Car Clutch Replacement The "wrenching" gene came from my dad - I'm glad I have it. Replacing the clutch - hopefully everything will be back together for a drive this weekend. Pictures of progress.
Zion / Orchard Canyon on Oak Creek / Grand Canyon Pictures from our recent trip to Zion National Park, Utah, then down to Prescott, Arizona.
YOLO Favorite Paper I now have a new favorite paper. This technical report. Read it all the way through, it is amazing. The author's resumé is pretty tight too.
Sad and Angry I am so sad and so angry that this keeps happening. We have failed. These kids and teachers were slaughtered. The only things that worked well this day was the weapon and the
xkcd choropleth I love this. Such a better way of showing distributions. https://xkcd.com/1939/ p.s. From my computer's dictionary: choropleth map | ˈkôrəˌpleTH ˌmap | noun a map that uses differences in shading, coloring,
Code Data Center Optimization Project This was an assignment for an optimization (COMP 671) course. Problem Description The primary data center for Qualcomm Engineering is reaching its maximum capacity. There is a demand for more compute resources which
Code R Wide to long Here's another note to self on how to do something I do frequently enough to need to document but not often enough to memorize - transforming data from "wide" to "
Concert Xmas Danya's Xmas present to me was tickets to go see X, Meat Puppets, and Mike Watt. The concert was last night (Dec 22, 2017) at The Observatory in North Park, San Diego. What
IT Leadership Leadership: Mission Statement Mission Statement Teams often struggle with creating a Mission Statement. Too much over-think it, analysing every word and trying to cover every corner case. It shouldn't be that difficult. As I went from
Code Visualization: multipass This sketch was for a potential client that was trying to decide if COTS program was needed. I got an idea of what they were looking for and created this sketch. It uses
IT Leadership Management Style: Easy Sailing The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigator.Edmund Gibbon I love sailing. I've spent many hours blasting across Mission Bay. It's the perfect sport for someone
IT Leadership Management Motivation I'm continuing to write about my "management style." This post is the second one about what I look for when considering transitioning someone from individual contributor to manager. It's closely related
IT Leadership Management Calling Management is a calling. Your leads should be compelled by internal motivations to lead. There's a lot going on behind all the glamour (ha!) of management that many people aren't aware of. Beyond
Thoughts Social Media I realized is every single bad thing you've read about social media is true. The fake news, the trolls, the uninformed outrage, the bubbles, the "being the product, not the customer,"
IT Leadership Leadership Style: Another AFROTC Lesson A leader makes sure that everyone on their team understands what "the mission" is and how every individual has a critical role in accomplishing that mission. When I was on active
