Friends, I’m not ok, and this is a call for help. I’m not in danger, and I’m not thinking about hurting anyone or myself. For a long time I’ve been depressed, though the optimist in me always found reasons that it wasn’t depression and that it would just be ok once ___ was over. But…
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It’s the time to disco – reception video
At our reception in August 2019 we commissioned a choreographed bollywood dance number, then had a few classes and trained a bunch of people to do it. Here’s the video of the final result:
Holiday Cards 2019
Our holiday cards for this year. Front: Back:
Holiday Cards 2018
Front: Back:
There should be more love in our politics, like there is at the library
The news has been filled with hate and anger lately. My normal sources of information are overflowing with it, and it makes the world seem like a terrible place. This weekend I went to the Verona Public Library on a tour. My friend was so proud of it and wanted to show it off. I’ve been…
Nerd Nite January 2017
I had the honor of presenting at Nerd Nite Madison in January of 2017. Here’s my talk:
Creating an Automated Optical Inspector for $50
In the world of electronics assembly, parts are really small, quantities are really large, and equipment is really expensive. The process of putting all the components onto circuit boards thousands of times per hour with really high accuracy is challenging, but tools are getting easier and cheaper every day. At my job (Quietyme), we’re doing…
Post-China update
Yep, I haven’t updated in a while. So what happened in the last year? Went to china to participate in HAXLR8R, the first hardware startup accelerator, which took place in Shenzhen. Read about it here! Came back a few weeks early because I couldn’t get what I needed there, went to San Francisco for demo…
I’m going to China!
A couple months ago I applied for a program in its first year for hardware startup companies. Called HAXLR8R, the goal of the program is to make manufacturing in China more accessible to startups by providing workspace and tools and mentors and experts to ten teams for three months in Shenzhen. After those three months,…
The Plan
It occurred to me that a lot of people may be out of the loop with what has been and will be happening over the next while. Here’s a short description of the plan: Erin is going to graduate school in Madison, WI, and I am moving with her. On July 31 our apartment lease…