Author Archives: DAK

The thing about places oter than California, you see, is that places other than California are cold this time of year. Granted, there are parts of California that get a little chilly, Mammoth for example; but that was by design. … Continue reading →

I would, if possible, give my cab driver from this morning a permanent high-paying position as my personal drvier. It’s the day before Christmas, and LAX is completely snarled, the line of cars extending far oout into civilian space, like … Continue reading →

When’s the last time you went ice-skating? Really? Because I went yesterday, and there is something I learned about myself: I am not a good ice-skater. I had fun, a lot of fun, actually. Winter-wonderland type fun with ADG. Neither … Continue reading →

Being a secret agent, you run into the strangest people. Yesterday I happened upon Saddam in an Undisclosed Location. He was in leg-irons with a Special Forces jamming an M-16 into the back of his head. No particular reason for … Continue reading →

I created my 1,341,456th internet password today. This time it was for a frequent flyer program. Luckily though, it asked me to think of a password question, that’s easy to remember, only I would know, and is unlikely to change … Continue reading →

Action Items From Most Recent All-Hands Meeting, A Summary: .: Proactively leverage synergies.: Address geographical distribution factor.: Be well-matrixed Also, from the VP of Engineering I’m responsible for everyone’s execution in this room. Ah, corporate goodness.

Ariel has some very convoluted vacation plans coming up, which I can’t rival in complexity… but possibly can in pain-in-the-assedness. .: flying to Washington D.C. to visit with the parents for a week over Christmas..: upon return, driving up to … Continue reading →

There’s a McDonald’s radio commercial that I’ve been hearing lately that, more or less, says something along the lines of: Now McDonald’s McNuggets are even better with even more white meat! Obviously, just another attempt by The Man to keep … Continue reading →

Of Engrish We make about 300 different kinds of probes for customers. No matter probes of U.S. standard , JIS standard , or European standard , all can be easily offered by us. Therefore if you need any kind of … Continue reading →

My hits have been steadily dropping, lately; most likely due to my steadily decreasing frequency of posting and always lackluster content. And so it goes. Kurt Vonnegut did this thing in one of his books. Most likely it’s one of … Continue reading →