http://broxtronix.org/log Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:53:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Most of you who know me well are familiar with my bizarre sleep habits. I'm a night owl. Always have been. It's a highly productive part of my day when the chatter of email and phone calls die down, the "checkpoints" of meetings and social engagements on ... http://broxtronix.org/log/?p=63 Greetings, Internet! This year has been very, very busy, and so much time has passed since the last post to this blog. Routine writing has never been one of my strong suits, but it's been hard to keep up the blog these days, especially when there are so ... http://broxtronix.org/log/?p=53 Wow! Another eight months has gone by with no updates to the ol' blog. No surprise, really... summer in California is always a very busy time for me, and this summer was no exception. Fortunately everything is busy in a good way -- I think that ... http://broxtronix.org/log/?p=46 *tap, tap* Anyone still out there? It has been a long break from the blog, but I'm going to try to hop back in the saddle here after nearly 4 months of relative silence. Thanks to any dedicated readers who are still checking back here from time to ... http://broxtronix.org/log/?p=41 I've been traveling a lot lately, and when I pass through airports on these business trips, I am usually bleary eyed and fuzzy brained. Amidst the sea of diverse people, the repetitious buzz of PA announcements, and the downright irony of the ever-present cable-news and airport terminal advertisements, it ... http://broxtronix.org/log/?p=40 A very, very busy summer is drawing to a close, and we've been wrapping up some exciting projects at work. Our latest effort has been to prepare map data and educational content for a new version of Google Moon! Although it lacks the cheese of the original ... http://broxtronix.org/log/?p=38 For years now, I have been trying to go to Burning Man, but life always conspires against me, and for one reason or another I have had to call off my plans. Well, this year I finally made it. And it was awesome. I hardly know where to begin ... http://broxtronix.org/log/?p=36 Just a quick update to announce that we have released our first batch of data for Google Earth in the form of a new NASA featured content layer! Simply fire up Google Earth, go to the layers pane in the lower left and select NASA under the "Featured Content" ... http://broxtronix.org/log/?p=35 Summer is full of many pleasantries, but our recent trip to Hidden Villa to hike with baby goats was surely one of the nicest weekend outings of the year. Hidden Villa is a locally owned and operated farm where Claire works. The occasion for this particular visit was ... http://broxtronix.org/log/?p=33 The summer has arrived, and with it, the fog. Yes, Mark Twain's old adage, "The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco," has taken on a whole new meaning of late. The weather had the good grace to lift over this past weekend (and the ... http://broxtronix.org/log/?p=32