It was a long, dark, rainy software release.  Car doors were slammed, gun shots were fired.  QA engineers wept.  And somewhere in the middle of the night while waiting for another build, our QA

More sound clips from last year’s trip to Spain.  I can give you the sound of the rain at 5 pm in the cathedral courtyard, the sound of the birds and the bells and the horse drawn carriages for the

Some sound clips for last year’s trip to Spain.  We start at dawn with a walk in the Plaza de Oriente in front of the Palacio Real, listen to the bells of the Convento de las Descalzas Reales, and

We drove from Los Angeles to Silicon Valley in the middle of the end-of-July heat wave.  Temperatures peaking at 117 degrees Fahrenheit, a hot wind.  My husband’s SUV on its last legs, 150,000

A mid-winter ski trip to Lake Tahoe.