Monthly Archives: January 2012

For the second day in a row, I didn’t feel like chipping ice off my Honda, so I took the Porsche.  I really didn’t think I’d be using it this much in the winter.  It’s definitely a weekend/summer car, but … Continue reading →

My weekend was just hopping.  On Saturday, I had Elders, followed by layout work and preparing for Sunday’s mission team training.  In the evening, I watched the 49ers beat the New Orleans Saints.  Great game!  Sunday was church, the mission … Continue reading →

Yeah (?) new project on a new process:  the 450 page design manual is not well-organized, and doesn’t contain all the information I need.  Some of that information can be found in two other similar sized tomes.  How can anyone … Continue reading →

Today was a HIGHLY productive day at the home office.  Basically, I turned on the tunes and verified 11 chip projects (~1 hour per chip).  It’s too bad that I did the same work not too long ago on the … Continue reading →

One of my band buddies sent me a youtube link today and it was simply amazing.  An entire band was playing a single guitar, and they were playing it well.  I then found out that the two main singers were … Continue reading →

The weekend was not idle.  On Saturday, I had four major tasks to do, and any one of them could have easily consumed my entire day.  I started with the most important one, and strove for efficiency.  I finished that … Continue reading →

On this day, nothing happened.

Man, with this new medicine, I’m hungry all the time!  I’ll tell you though, I got the best sleep I’ve had in a while – I even slept through my alarm!

Long work day today: I spent all day verifying 10 chip projects, getting them ready for tapeout.  It takes approximately an hour per chip to do… if I’m moving at top speed, which I was today. For day one of … Continue reading →

One year ago today, I lost my job.  A year later, as I think on this, I am still mad, even though I knew my job was ending from far off.  I guess I just hate change, and I always … Continue reading →