Category Misc.

May the Fourth Be With You

This is the unofficial fun holiday May the 4th. This is the day you find out all the Star Wars movie fans and others make every Star Wars related pun or reference they can like the famous Star wars line…

First Year Back in Oregon

A year ago today, I made my journey back to Oregon. Autodesk hired me from Oregon 18 years ago and I moved to the San Francisco Bay area for many years followed by a couple years working remotely in Utah…

Mylar Balloons

Balloons are nice and fun, but do you ever think about where they go when you set them free up into the air? I have found them at mountain tops sitting in the in pristine vegetation and in alpine lakes…

Happy Equinox

In the Northern hemisphere spring started at 12:30 a.m. this morning and the sun is directly overhead at the equator in the spring equinox. To my friends in the Southern hemisphere, I wish you a nice Fall celebrating your autumnal…

Amazing Weather for a Meeting

I organized a meeting yesterday in Northern California with my team. What was amazing was the weather in addition to being with my team. It is usually not 74 degrees on the beach just North of the Golden Gate Bridge…

18 Years at Autodesk Today

Autodesk has since it’s founding been a well known dog friendly workplace in the Bay area so I think it is fair to say I have worked for Autodesk 18 years or 126 dog years (18 x 7.) I joined…

Nikola Tesla Helps You with Math

Not only was Nikola Tesla one of the most brilliant inventors in history so many scientific fields, he also figured out an interesting way look up solutions to mathematics. Reads More Long lost Nikola Tesla drawings reveal genius map for…