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The weekend sure was fun!  Our family gathering was very enjoyable, as was the conclusion of Tour of France (Evans won).  I preached on Sunday and no one rode me out on a rail, so I guess it was OK. … Continue reading →

Sort of an uninspiring day, but I did get a lot of rest.  I did no work today (though I did talk to work via Skype) and I haven’t gone outside as of yet (another 100 degree day).  I read … Continue reading →

Today was too hot to do much of anything.  The weather prognosticators said that it would be 100 degrees today.  It was 105 by noon.  My family spent the morning walking through a gorge near our house, and came back … Continue reading →

I actually worked much of the day – trying to modify a chip to send out.  As this was my first opportunity to really use my nifty new free layout tools, I… failed miserably.  I learned that there are many … Continue reading →

I know that I’m supposed to be on vacation, but a fair amount of the day was a work day.  There was a request for immediate work that came up overnight, and so I took care of it early. About … Continue reading →

Today was a travel day.  My family got up nice and early (4:30AM) to catch a plane from San Jose to Phoenix, and then from Phoenix to Buffalo. Sort of a funny story (?), but I went to print out … Continue reading →

Wow, I was so busy this week, I didn’t have time to blog, so here’s a summary: Tuesday:  I spent the day looking at how to improve one of my company’s chips.  It needs some sort of design guidance as … Continue reading →

Yeah, a successful visit with Pastor Matt; I was able to say good-bye to him today once he was done talking with the church staff.  Everyone seems to like him. At work, it was a lot of emails and a … Continue reading →

Yeah, today Pastor Matt and family will begin four days of getting to know who our church is.  I was able to have lunch with him at a Mexican restaurant (Colombus, Ohio, where he currently lives, has no good Mexican … Continue reading →

Sort of unusual for me – I drove around today to pick up parts (ICs), then get them decapped (tops removed) so I could look at them under a microscope.  At my last company, I wasn’t allowed to do this … Continue reading →