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Author: J.J. Toothman

  • Photos From Italy Coming Soon

    One of things I’ve been lagging on in the past month are photos I took on my Italy. I came home with about 800 photos on my Nikon DSLR alone. There’s some great shots of Tuscan hill towns like Pienza, Siena, Montepulciano, and Cortona. Also managed to do some night shoots in Florence and Lucca. …

  • The Boss

    Keturah and I went and saw Bruce Sprinsteen and The E Street Band to kick off our vacation a few weeks ago. It was pretty fun observing Keturah’s reaction when she realized that Steve Van Zandt (Bruce’s guitarist) is Sil from “The Sopranos”. Bruce is getting a bit older, so his shows aren’t the 3…

  • Home Sweet Home

    The family and I are back from an amazing two weeks in Italy. We actually got back Sunday night (or was it Monday morning?) and it’s taken a few days for all of us to overcome jet-lag and get back into our schedules and routines. That’s especially not an easy task when one of the…

  • Help With My Italy Itinerary

    I’m headed to Italy with my family in less than two weeks and I’m beginning to feel a bit unprepared. I’ve got the basics covered – plane tickets, lodging, rental car. But have yet to flesh out the itinerary with things to do, places to visit, and most importantly… where to eat. Here’s an outline…

  • Leaving NASA

    “This has all been wonderful, but now I’m on my way…” – Phish Has it really been six years that I’ve been working at NASA Ames Research Center? Wow. That’s a long time to be doing anything. If I think about the things I’ve been doing for six years or more, the list gets short…

  • The Red Sox have clinched a playoff spot. Why the hell am I so worried about them?

    It’s an odd feeling to be a Red Sox fan this morning. My beloved team has clinched its playoff spot so there’s at least another week of baseball to look forward. Problem is they’re hanging onto their division lead by a thread over the dreaded Yankees. Why do I care so much? The division isn’t…

  • Getting Up and Out

    Comrade and co-conspirator heathervescent recent posted an insightful commentary about attending a recent VC panel held by the Los Angeles Venture Association. What Heather got me thinking about is the importance of getting outside your comfort area, extending your reach, and communicating upward and outward.  Heather isn’t one to run with the VC types, but…

  • Presentations Added to Google Docs

    Just saw the announcement on Google presentations feature on the Official Google Blog gave it VERY quick test drive and I can already tell that the online presentations feature is going to be super useful.  It would appear that you can share the presentation URL with other people on the web and then drive the…

  • The New York Times Tears Down Its Walls

    Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site – New York Times Great, great news. The best newspaper in the world setting its information free.

  • 3 Key Features Added to Google Reader

    Total happiness. That pretty much sums up I feel about the new features in Google Reader. Simple yet critical to making it a kick-ass RSS consumer. Search box Remembering state so you can use forward and back buttons on your browser to navigate within your feeds you’ve navigated to just like they were web pages…