Busy monday at work.. build soem things for an overseas show.. As much as I love the science part of my job, I still enjoy making models that help explain the stuff we do.. 

Hilight of today was a fun dinner with freind mike, judy, brian and brook.
Interesting meeting Brian again.. we know so many of the same people .. and yet have only recently met.. 

it’s a small world until its not

nite all, nite sam
-me

חג שמח (Chag Sameach .. ) .. its Peasach.. I didnt do much this year.,., did eart some matzah and gefilte fish.. does that count ? 

Diane and I began the day with a quick hike up duxbury widnwo.. Still a little wintery

Ice is now gone underneath our ‘floating rock’.. we’d put a smastone on the ice.. wonder when it fell through.. a little like joes pond !

Later in the day my freinds mike and tessa came by beta for a quick tour.. was fun to show them around. Tessa is actually a natural pilot !

One fund thing that happened this weekedn was the Houston art car parade. My brother Billy had rigged up an old 1984 BMW by remote control. I helped him with the electronics… He made all the 3-D printed control interfaces. The idea was that he could put his old English sheepdog and in the car and drive it remotely. It was a huge hit. Here’s a piece of it off of the TV that evening !

super cute !

nite all, nite sam

-me

First a shoutotu to my leeeeetle seeeester Mary..whos ebirthday it is today. Hapy birthday SPG !

 

We left Boston early and headed west. We decided to drop in on our nephew Vincent and hs family in Longmeadow MA.. it’s only about 30 minutes further to go that way..    

Trisha and vince moved into a new house last fall. this is our first time visiting.. it’s layed out perfectly for kids.. there are tons of toys for gabrieal and his sister viviene.. and the rest of us.. to play.. 

Heres on of my favorite.. it’s like jenga on a time bomb. 

NIce visit.. drive home was nice too.. political podcasts for the win !

nite all, nite sam
_me

I spent the day talking to Akassh’s team and learning more about what they do .  I’m really impressed with all of the team. Around noon my good friends David W  and Elpida came in from POK. They  were there to understand how they might also work with  Red Hat. I felt privileged to be there to hear the brainstorming . 

Meanwhile, A few hundred miles away my old boss Dario was at his Senate Confirmation hearing to be the new Undersecretary of Sceince for the US.    He’s a great guy.. and is exactly the type of person we need to advocate  science in these crazy times. 

Dario did a good job answering questions. He got questions from both left and right leaning senators… One  even brought his dog in the appeal for burning more coal… (Which i think is crazy). I was so proud of Dario.. and happy for him that things went well. 

That night we had a great dinner at Akash and Erikas and got to meet their dog Ladoo .. 

Wonderful to see them all in their natural habitat !!

nite all, nite sam
-me