Author Archives: drdzoe

After four years, I’m back in Bangalore, once more a tool for global outsourcing.  (When I leave Mixx, a team of UberMedia developers out here will be taking over my code.  I’m here preparing them for that moment.  And a … Continue reading →

Okay, I lied.  I actually did do one more trip in 2010.  Well, a trip that started in 2010 and then ran over into 2011.  The family went to Puerto Rico again this year.  I like it there – see … Continue reading →

I’m falling behind on this rather dreadfully.  Let me see if I can summarize the other trips I’ve taken since fall. Back in fall, Julie and I went: – To New York city, to see Sara, Gary, and Marjorie.  This … Continue reading →

For various reasons, work slowed down drastically in the fall.  I took the opportunity of going on several short trips. The first of these was a road trip to Civil War sites in Tennessee.  I’ve wanted to try a road … Continue reading →

A long list to catch up with. Audiobooks first: – Star Island by Carl Hiaasen.  I’m a big fan of Hiaasen’s stuff, which is always funny, set in Florida, and generally angry about how people are despoiling a place that … Continue reading →

Why hello, blog.  It’s been a while.  What have you been up to?  Really?  How interesting! I’ve actually had a fairly eventful, and fairly busy, few months.  These have included much reading, and quite a bit of traveling.  I’m going … Continue reading →

I’m keeping up the reading tear… Audiobooks first: – The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman.  The second and third volumes of His Dark Materials, the series that started with The Golden Compass. I enjoyed both, though … Continue reading →

I’ve recently gotten an iPad.  I’ll write on it at some point, but for now it’s worth noting that it’s led to my reading more.  So there’s quite a few volumes here to discuss.  Audiobooks first, then on with my … Continue reading →

I knew I was forgetting something in that last post.  I also read these over the last couple of months: – General of the Army: George C> Marshall, Soldier and Statesman, by Ed Cray.  A biography of George Marshall, Army … Continue reading →