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• Visiting Baltimore

  April 14, 2025

  I'm out of town traveling this week, as part of a plan from last year to visit my family a little more and keep an eye on my folks. It was mom's birthday (the 10th) earlier this week, and dad's coming up on the 14th, so a good time to visit and say hi. I'm…

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• April Sun

  April 8, 2025

  April is here and the sun and blue skies of Oakland have mostly returned, though it has still been a bit rainy and on the cool side. A lot has been going on in life... my investments are a complete mess due to the tariffs, and I'm down about $60k thanks to the president... I…

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• Middle March Angst

  March 26, 2025

  March is a transitional time of the year; rain falls, the sun comes out, warm wind blows, rain falls again, cold wind blows, repeat. It's the same way at work. I was overloaded in February, and even working on proposals for neuromorphic sensors while on vacation in Hawaii. The stress was a lot, d...

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• What Causes Those Sunday-Monday Blues?

  February 18, 2025

  One thing I'm trying to learn to get better at is my overall time management, especially when I end up with extra time on long weekends. Something about work the past 5-10 years has made me truly covet my private time and opportunities to have unscheduled relaxation. Maybe it was all the travel d...

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• Science Chaos, Hawaiian Chill

  February 9, 2025

  It has been a hectic few weeks, in part with work and in part with the news. On the work side, proposals were due this past Wednesday. In principal, we try to plan ahead and do as much writing and preparation as possible, but the reality is you have a lot to due before you're…

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• Busy times, and Dreams Notes to My 14 Year-Old Self

  January 31, 2025

  It's a busy time for me, hectic with projects at work and tasks that keep me stressed and buys. That said, looking back, I have come a long way since last year and learned a lot. Writing technical proposals is easy for me now, and I can helped newer members of the team figure out…

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• Monday Motivation

  January 13, 2025

  I have a lot going on these days at work, and this week the return from the holidays really ramps up. I've been a bit anxious about it, and anxious about solving some of the problems I'm working on. Our software for moon imaging has been tricky to get working, and I know some big…

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• Back to work, back in time

  January 7, 2025

  Going back to work, school, college... generally it's not something we look forward to after the holidays. But there have been periods of my life where it wasn't a big deal, or where I was even looking forward to getting back to my routine. Is it normal to dread the back to work experience? Somet...

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• Fears to Confront and Overcome in the New Year: Part 2

  January 5, 2025

  What fears have been holding me back, and how can I get past them? There are a few on the list, largely holdovers from graduate school and the oppression of academia. It's not that academia just crushes everybody. For some people, it's an incredible environment. But for many, a PhD is a psycholog...

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