Bill Nye the Lindy Guy

Please, consider the following:


No kidding. I just ran into Bill Nye at a lindy hop. He's the real deal. We talked about control systems and launching rockets. Then he had to go for a cha cha.

Christmas In Twain

Christmas 'Eve'

Christmas morning

While looking through old photos, I found these two from college. I bet some of you were there. A bunch of us in the dorm realized we missed the old (and new to some) custom of waking up at sunrise on Christmas morning, so we redid it in my room right before winter break. The night before, Christmas "eve", twenty four people crammed into a single room, got a tree and decorated it, placed gifts for each other and for donation, pulled out some carols, and shared a potluck of classic Christmas goodies, hot cider and cocoa. And on the morning of December 9th, we all woke up early (a feat for college students, you know) crammed back into the room and opened our gifts amidst smiles, laughs, and hugs. Afterward, we took the donations down to the local gift drive. It was one of the best and warmest memories of my life.

Sunset

hmmm...I'll let it speak for itself.
Hope you enjoy it too.

I'm Home!

I’ve moved in to my new place and am finally feeling at home. Let me introduce you to my new housemates, who are all wonderful: Casey, Jessica, and James.

They all work at SpaceX with me, so we commute together. Casey is in Dynamics, Jim in Propulsion, and Jess and I are in Avionics. You might remember them from a July 08 post as the house of crazy rocket scientists who jump in the ocean under a full moon at 4am.

This weekend Jim and Jess and I went out for dim sum together, after which we went up to Griffiths park and hiked around the observatory at the top of Mt. Hollywood (yes, that Mt. Hollywood). After a nice hike, we spend the rest of the afternoon at the observatory.

So here’s my new address:

200 Marine Av.

Manhattan Beach, CA 90622

If you’re ever in the area, please come on by. We would love to have you stay with us.

SpaceX is Orbital! (Video Update)

Flight 004 Mission was successful. We are officially a spacefaring company.

My project on the flight also worked. Updates and video: www.spacex.com. Thanks for the support.

Cheers, everyone.




Update: It's on video.

I Am Moved...again.

Note: this is a post from about two weeks ago.

That photo...that's my apartment, looking a lot like it did 2 months ago, with exception that this time I have one desk in addition to the sleeping bag on the floor.

Yup. I am moving again. But that's not a bad thing. I am moving in with some excellent friends into a house by the beach. Cozier place with more people around, the cure to my empty nesting.

Facebook

An odd thought dawned on me.

We will be the few to remember a time without wedding videos and baby pictures on Facebook.

We're growing up.