There’s a store a mile or so away called Mr. Stuff. It’s got all kinds of one of a kind and small amounts of well, stuff for sale. A few weeks ago I was in there and they had a rice cooker for $15. I was on my bike so I had no place to put it. Today Betty and I were out getting a new light for out front and I suggested we should see if they still had the rice cooker. They did. We bought it and I cooked some rice when we got home. I think we got a good deal.
Sunday September 27, 2009
Rice Cooker
Sunday September 13, 2009
Back to Work
I’m headed back to work tomorrow. I’ve accepted a job with ThinKom down in Torrance. They make antennas that are small and lightweight and fairly low cost compared to similar performing antennas. The founder of the company invented this antenna while he was working at Hughes in the early 90s. He formed ThinKom in 2000 and they have been growing since then. They finally got some larger contracts and decided they needed a Test Engineer. I interviewed with them on July 23rd and they made me the offer around the beginning of September.
I would have preferred to find something in the valley but I think ThinKom has a potential to be a pretty good thing for us. The fact they are growing at a time when everyone else is shrinking is a really good indicator.
Friday September 11, 2009
Tuesday September 1, 2009
Station Fire Smoke
Here are a couple of pictures of the smoke from the Station fire. The first one is looking northeast towards the Angeles Forest and the fire itself.
This next one is to the northwest. You can see the “edge” of the smoke. It’s actually smoky everywhere but you can kind of see the sky in the far west. We can’t even see the mountains at the north end of the valley. This is one of the worst visual days I can remember.
