I recently finished up a project for the UCSF schools of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Biophysics PhD programs. I have a vague understanding of the work they are doing, just enough to have a rudimentary conversation about the research. Lucky for me, that is enough to get them excited and talking about their research […]
Category: school
The Post About My Kids Going to College
It has been a while since I posted anything. Getting the kids off to school, moved into the dorms and all that. It was not as terrifying for me as I thought it would be. The kids seem to be adjusting to their new lives, although they are homesick. I miss the noise and chaos […]
Hey, look, my kids have graduated from high school!
Can you see them? They are wearing the red (or is it crimson? scarlet? auburn? bright maroon? carmine? carnelian? cinnabar? or if you prefer RGB r251 g57 b22, or HEX color codes, fa4727 or fe3313 or fe2d16 depending on where I place the color picker, isn’t color theory fun!) Ok, lets just agree to red. […]
When your physics class gives you an assignment, make a guitar
Leif and a few fellow students had to make something for their physics final project. I can not really say how they came up with the idea to make an electric guitar, but I do know it was mostly Leif’s idea. When I first heard of his idea to make an electric guitar I thought […]
Mr. Tam tells it like it is
My kids had their first reunion, Jefferson Elementary where they went from K-5th Grade. Mr. Tam the principle of the school at the time, most of the teachers, a good chunk of the kids and parents all went to see how the past few years has been, humble brag about what they are doing after […]
Why context is important
Today’s photograph is from a photo shoot I was doing for an interior design company. Nothing terribly profound about the photo, just a bunch of stuff the painters wrapped in plastic to protect it as they painted and moved stuff around. I did like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle looking as if he was trying […]