How Did I Get Here?

I’m sitting here at the counter running a resale co-op on Main Street Houston.  How did I get here? I’m a computer scientist by training, and my working career starts quite a ways back, but I was trying to do iPhone apps full time up until February of this year, when it became apparent that … Read more

New Venture

I’ve been working construction for months in an old building in Midtown, mostly installing, framing and trimming windows, with a variety of other miscellaneous tasks.  Once it’s open I will be managing one of the stores.

There was an article on the front page of the Sunday Business section of the Houston Chronicle.  Included below:

Midtown’s Continental Club is known for its live music and comfy Texas roadhouse feel.

The club, it turns out, is also an incubator for entrepreneurs who will soon open their doors one block away from the club at 3600 Main on Metro’s light rail line.

Most of the 3600 Main retailers have Continental Club connections: One tends bar and several play music there. Two helped build the club and another lives upstairs.

The soon-to-open shops at 3600 Main will not be mistaken for Highland Village. The barbershop Big Kat’s, for example, will feature a tattoo parlor with a 1940s sailor theme. Most stores will have a retro feel.

When Metro rail passengers look out the window, they may glimpse burgers grilling, a band playing and people dancing on the big patio of comfort food restaurant Natachee’s.

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In My Brain

So, this was some debugging output that I was going through yesterday. My whole day was like that. And this particular one, pointed me toward one of my problems. Rr2rrrrrrrrrBCDrr1w3wwww8wwwwwDww “10-14” = Wr2rrrrrrr0rBCrrr1w3wwWw8wwwwwDww; “15-19” = Wr2rrrrrrrrrBCDEr1wrwwWw8wwwwwDww; “16-19” = Wr2rrrrrrrrrBCDrF1wrwwWw8wwwwwDww; “8-12” = Wr2rrrrr8rrrrCDrr1w3wwWw8wwwwwDww; “9-13” = Wr2rrrrrr9rrBrDrr1w3wwWw8wwwwwDww; “9-14” = Wr2rrrrrr9rrBCrrr1w3wwWw8wwwwwDww; Yes, this is what I do during … Read more

Got a Job: FlipSide5

I recently left my internal enterprise programming position at ambulance manufacturer Frazer, located in southwest Houston. I am now currently working with FlipSide5 on iPhone application development. Two of the main guys there are old NeXTstep programmers I worked with at FannieMae in the mid 90s and in a software development tools company, Inline Software, … Read more

12 Mile Commute

I’m getting used to my commute.  It’s the longest commute I’ve ever had (NASA: 3 miles, WilTel: 5 miles, PanCanadian: 2 miles, FannieMae: 5 miles, InLine: 0 miles, Abraham Watkins: 3 miles). It’s odd in that the freeway seems quickest in the morning, and the surface streets in the evening. But I have lots of … Read more