my anus is godot http://pst.org "Nobody pooped, twice." The life and times of Paul Traina Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:09:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en software engineers shouldn’t use soldiering irons… After a brief hiatus of 15 years, I picked up a new soldiering iron and I am actually building hardware again. I’m slowly rebuilding my lab from scratch.  The new house is going to come in handy because I actually want space for a workbench and some decent magnifying glasses, and the usual crap.

As [...]]]> http://pst.org/2009/01/software-engineers-shouldnt-use-soldiering-irons/ house update In other news (tree death day), it’s time to update the house to-do list:

electrical: done roofing: done heating: done arborist: hired and in progress carpentry: install attic stairs painting: in progress decorating: decided to do it myself ]]> http://pst.org/2008/10/house-update-2/ tree death day Not a good day to be a tree in my life.

Last night, around midnight, this happened… it sounded like an explosion out back.

I had just called the dogs in 5 second earlier, they were going nuts, guess they knew the tree was giving way.

Tree guy came out this morning, then pointed at the tree out [...]]]> http://pst.org/2008/10/tree-death-day/ house update Almost six months have past and the list looks almost the same, but strangely enough, much has happened under the covers. New heating ducts and a furnace, rebuilt and insulated attic, deck rebuilt, new roof going on next week, plumbing fixed.

Todo:

electrical: ground/replace parlor outlet, add office outlet, add tv wall outlet (tomorrow) roofing: new tar [...]]]> http://pst.org/2008/09/house-update/ Earthquake country ride Heading down near Santa Margarita for the week to hang out with friends.

Someone suggested this route:

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Seems like a nice idea, explore earthquake country…

Parkfield is the most active part of the San Andreas fault. Almost constant tremors and quakes. I may skip the Parkfield loop if it’s too hot…

]]> http://pst.org/2008/08/earthquake-country-ride/ ridewithgps.com A friend of mine pointed me to this site, great tools for sharing proposed routes or actual tracks from motorcycle, car, and hiking trips.  It’s sort of a social networking site for trip sharing.

Unfortunately, most of the users seem to be from Oregon, so if you’re a Californian, get busy!  I’ve posted my favorites/recent trips.

]]> http://pst.org/2008/08/ridewithgpscom/ Emerald Bay photo.jpg Originally uploaded by Moloko Velocet

]]> http://pst.org/2008/08/emerald-bay/ Fiddletown, CA photo.jpg Originally uploaded by Moloko Velocet

]]> http://pst.org/2008/08/fiddletown/ proposed motorcycle route to tahoe I’m planning on heading up to Tahoe this week on the bike to stay with some friends at their cabin.

This is the route I’m considering –

cross the bridge to 84 east on tesla road to stockton (pashnit.com suggestion) north on 88 to ione hit sutter ione road (pashnit.com suggestion) hit fiddletown road (pashnit.com suggestion) up 88 to 89 [...]]]> http://pst.org/2008/08/motorcycle-to-tahoe/ baja route 3 baja 123 Originally uploaded by antonfulmen somewhere on Mexico route 3 in Baja…

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