July 2006 Archives

Katherine and Vincent enjoy the show at the Yahoo summer picnic in Pasadena.

After 4 days without power, a blown transformer in the neighborhood, we are back! The refrigerator is empty, the house is stuffy, but the fans are spinning, the lights are shining and the air conditioning is blowing. That and an internet connection will get you this post.

Thanks to Suzy's parents, who live just blocks away, this four day outage was more a vacation than hell's sauna. We spent our time there in air conditioned, swimming pool goodness.

I am Vincent! Hear me roar!!

The curious incident of the gameboy in the water bowl ... 36 hours after being accidentally dropped in the dogs' water bowl, the gameboy has recovered. Mario is dry and ready to save the princess.

P.S.

If you haven't read the linked book above, you really should. One of my recent favorites, the story follows an autistic boy who investigates a curious incident involving a dog in the night-time.

With the world so uncertain, it's time to be prudent. With both of us working at two leading internet companies, why put all our eggs in one basket. Let's diversify, just a little. So here's my proposal: 50% of my stock options for 50% of your stock options?

Deal or no deal?

It's one of the hotter years on record, with the Valley seeing 90-100's for the last month. How do you keep cool? Between air conditioning, watering "the plants" and swimming, I've managed not to melt. But what if you live in the zoo?

Gohgo the polar bear licks ice cubes encased with apples at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, western Japan, on Saturday July 15, 2006. Some parts of the Japanese archipelago has been gripped by high pressure system in the Pacific Ocean that zoomed the mercury to 38.2 degrees Celsius (100.7 degrees F) at Hamamatsu, central Japan, on Friday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Muneyoshi Someya)

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