Given that Sunday will not exist for me (I leave Los Angeles before midnight on Saturday and arrive in Singapore at midday on Monday, God do I hate the date line) I thought it would make sense to reflect in advance on my latest purchase. I normally buy...

A gentle build today in preparation for a very long trip. I head for the airport this evening and thence via Los Angeles and Hong Kong to Singapore. Given the date line II loose the weekend which somehow adds to the horror of over 30 hours between...

A quick day trip to Seattle today to meet with our patent lawyers (I still surprise myself every time I say that). I got the light rail out to San Jose Airport, then the new light rail in Seattle. The first cost me $2.00, the second $2.5 for fast...

An odd feeling at KM World today as its the last time in San Jose, next year its going to Washington. The right decision, but I will miss the annual trip, especially as I now know the light rail system backwards. I'll also miss one of the best places...

I spent yesterday teaching at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterrey on the the Homeland Security Course. Its a lovely set of grounds with some wonderful buildings and a few too many prefabs! One is named after the mathematician Root whose name,...