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December 18
Breakfast sandwich from Sandwich Shop in downtown LA. Egg, cheese, and bacon on ciabatta. The interesting part is that it’s typically served “with vegetables,” which means grilled onions and peppers, jalapeños, and tomato. It’s very tasty and makes me wonder why I don’t see more jalapeños at breakfast. I’ve been making my own version of this sandwich the last couple weekends and I’ve been really happy with it. The peppers and onions take awhile to cook, but it’s worth it. My one regret is that I didn’t get a chance to try out the Bulgogi Cheesesteak at the Sandwich Shop… Next trip.

Breakfast sandwich from Sandwich Shop in downtown LA.

Egg, cheese, and bacon on ciabatta. The interesting part is that it’s typically served “with vegetables,” which means grilled onions and peppers, jalapeños, and tomato. It’s very tasty and makes me wonder why I don’t see more jalapeños at breakfast.

I’ve been making my own version of this sandwich the last couple weekends and I’ve been really happy with it.

The peppers and onions take awhile to cook, but it’s worth it.

My one regret is that I didn’t get a chance to try out the Bulgogi Cheesesteak at the Sandwich Shop… Next trip.

December 17
Cole’s Sandwiches in downtown LA. Cole’s sandwiches claims to be the originator of the French Dip sandwich. Of course, so does Philippe’s. Either way, it’s worth a stop. The sign says “since 1908” and the bar inside looks pretty authentic. It’s got a great feel. There’s a great draught beer list. The menu is simple: french dip sandwiches, with your choice of meat. They’re served with some ridiculously spicy mustard and an equally spicy pickle that’s been pickled alongside some jalapenos. There’s something about the spiciness that goes really well with a meaty/bready sandwich. It just works. I went here for lunch twice while I was in downtown LA. I ate at the bar: beef one day, and pastrami the next. I can’t recommend this place enough. The sandwiches are good, the beers are good, and the place itself has a great feel.

Cole’s Sandwiches in downtown LA.

Cole’s sandwiches claims to be the originator of the French Dip sandwich. Of course, so does Philippe’s.

Either way, it’s worth a stop. The sign says “since 1908” and the bar inside looks pretty authentic. It’s got a great feel. There’s a great draught beer list.

The menu is simple: french dip sandwiches, with your choice of meat. They’re served with some ridiculously spicy mustard and an equally spicy pickle that’s been pickled alongside some jalapenos. There’s something about the spiciness that goes really well with a meaty/bready sandwich. It just works.

I went here for lunch twice while I was in downtown LA. I ate at the bar: beef one day, and pastrami the next.

I can’t recommend this place enough. The sandwiches are good, the beers are good, and the place itself has a great feel.

February 26
I recently took a laser cutter class at the new techshop in sf. A few weeks later I booked some time on the machine and made a bunch of random things including these retro 8-bit space invader type characters.  They’re based on this design from thingaverse. They’ve just been sitting around on my desk, but today I finally decided to do something with them. I had some magnetic tape lying around and thought they would make great magnets.

I recently took a laser cutter class at the new techshop in sf.

A few weeks later I booked some time on the machine and made a bunch of random things including these retro 8-bit space invader type characters.  They’re based on this design from thingaverse. They’ve just been sitting around on my desk, but today I finally decided to do something with them. I had some magnetic tape lying around and thought they would make great magnets.

October 1
August 13
Made some cool, wireless analog meters for displaying web request stats. More info at my work blog.

Made some cool, wireless analog meters for displaying web request stats.

More info at my work blog.

June 28
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More arduino hacking…  got it to trigger my camera using an IR led.  pretty cool!  This is hooked up to a button, but I am thinking of hooking it up to a motion detector to get some random pictures of the cats throughout the day.

June 27
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Meters Sweeping

I got these cool analog meters… hooking them up to the arduino to test ‘em out…  

May 27
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Melissa and I went to the Maker Faire in San Mateo last weekend.  It was a lot of fun (I’ll post some pictures soon).  I was inspired to finally start messing around with some electronics projects.  I picked up an Andruino kit, and here’s the first example project — a simple push button controlling an LED.

May 13
bizo dev team is in town next week.  i put together these shirts.  they should be here on wednesday.  can’t wait.

bizo dev team is in town next week.  i put together these shirts.  they should be here on wednesday.  can’t wait.

May 3
I don’t think I ever linked to any of these photos, but Melissa and I took a trip out to the computer history museum last year.   I’m bringing it up because Time has a photo-essay up showcasing photos from Core Memory.  I really love looking at photos of old computers.  I pre-ordered that book a couple of years ago as soon as I could. Mine did not turn out quite as nice as the book, but I think there are a couple of interesting ones.  I’m really glad we took the trip when we did, I think they’re changing quite a bit, and don’t think they are planning to keep all of these computers out in the open.

I don’t think I ever linked to any of these photos, but Melissa and I took a trip out to the computer history museum last year.  

I’m bringing it up because Time has a photo-essay up showcasing photos from Core Memory.  I really love looking at photos of old computers.  I pre-ordered that book a couple of years ago as soon as I could.

Mine did not turn out quite as nice as the book, but I think there are a couple of interesting ones.  I’m really glad we took the trip when we did, I think they’re changing quite a bit, and don’t think they are planning to keep all of these computers out in the open.