February 27, 2005
Family Pictures
Running the family online photo gallery is kinda fun. I've accumulated a handful which are now available here...
As I mentioned in the previous entry, I've been reading Weapons of Choice and have just about finished it. If you're a history buff or enjoy alternate histories, I recommend it. The basic premise involves a battle group of near future naval vessels accidentally appearing in 1942 just before the battle of Midway. Chaos ensues.
February 17, 2005
Reading Material
One way I hope to keep myself motivated to update my journal will be to keep a list of the books I've been reading.
Recently finished:
Baxter falls into the hard-scifi category. He plays with universes built from the leading edge of theoretical astrophysics. If you like toying with the stuff the universe is made of, then you ought to be entertained.
Dune.. classics.. what can I say. I intend to continue the series soon, but Herbert writes incredibly complex and fast paced stories and I needed to read something lighter for a while.
Right now I'm reading:
Next on my list:
February 16, 2005
Another eternity
Well.. time to make another stab at keeping a my journal updated with some level of regularity. The last year has been a bit of a whirlwind, but I guess they all are.
Most of the year I was loaned from the Promotions team to the Your Account team at Amazon. They were in need of some a strong senior engineer to reshape the team and build up some team momentum. I helped get some major company initiatives rolling. During the course of the 9 months or so I was on that team we grew the team from 4 people up to 12. Simultaneously, the Promotions team also nearly doubled and I played a big role in bringing them up to speed.
Outside work, the most noteful event in the last many months was when I took all of December off and just relaxed, doing as little as possible. For one of those weeks, christmas, I went on a cruise with my family. It was really nice to be able to spend more than a day with them like usually happens. For the first time ever I got to actually get to know my step-brother's daughters, step-nieces, I guess. For trip and family pictures, take a look:
