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

Wood Sorrel

Spring is already on show in Houston.  A particularly warm day in February brought out the wood sorrel, which hangs around for a few months, showing itself on warm days.  There are so many species of Oxalis that I’m not even going to attempt to identify this one.  It does much better in the parts … Read more

Ain’t Gonna Play,… Sun City

My first exposure to the Sun City development north of Austin was via billboards in Austin in the mid 80s. They were really selling it up: lots of billboards. Of course, at the time, there was a Steven Van Zant protest song of the same name. I recall it protesting some gambling city being run … Read more

In the Hood

I was out for a bicycle ride in the neighborhood on Saturday. Actually, I was running up to the Credit Union on 19th. It’s always nice to check out what’s going on in the neighborhood. I went close to Evan and Emily’s place. Just got their birth announcement in the mail, but I decided to … Read more