So I'm sitting here working from home on this conference call since 8:30 this morning for a vendor demonstration and it's about the most painful presentation I've ever been in.

This "Security Incident Event Management" solution seems more like vapor ware then any enterprise ready product. They keep stating, over the next couple of months.

Because of this I started playing with some of the photos from this weekend's party.

Here's a picture of Jen from this weekend.

 Here are some pictures from my birthday "potluck".

I had a really good time, and am glad for all of those who were able to make it.

For those of you in the Silicon Valley who think I'm too far away, please keep in mind that Stefano and Jen live up in the Santa Cruz mountains, and Matthew came up from Merced.

I used to have an iPhone, and would play this game with friends and strangers as well as my wife. Back in September, I switched to the Samsung Captivate Android based platform, and this is the only app that I wish was ported when I switched. There was an announcement that the app would be coming to the Android platform.

Well, my wait is finally over. I just installed "Words with Friends Free" from the Android market published by Zynga with friends.

An updated version of my Dark Blue Mean image from 2005.

Last night, I decided to dig out the camera when I saw the light hitting my pool table a certain way. I have some ideas for imagery, and here's the first of them.

Enjoying a glass of my favorite Merlot, while this is certainly not the most expensive wine on the market. Well... it's pretty cheap actually. Here in California, you can get it for less than $10 per half gallon. (1.5 liters). But, to me, it has a good taste and goes well with pasta or steak. Here I am, sitting on the couch, watching TV, playing with my camera looking at this glass.

Here is a drawing of a "Mech"

Here is a picture of Santa I just drew