Categories Misc.

Mylar Balloons

Balloons are nice and fun, but do you ever think about where they go when you set them free up into the air? I have found them at mountain tops sitting in the in pristine vegetation and in alpine lakes where they can cause problems for the wildlife.…

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Categories Misc.

Wonderful Weekend in the Columbia Gorge

I hope you enjoyed your weekend, I certainly did enjoy mine. It has been almost a year since I moved back to Oregon. I am certainly enjoying the outdoors and being back here after 18 long years away. Yesterday I spent the day hiking up Eagle Creek just…

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Categories Misc.

Happy Equinox

In the Northern hemisphere spring started at 12:30 a.m. this morning and the sun is directly overhead at the equator in the spring equinox. To my friends in the Southern hemisphere, I wish you a nice Fall celebrating your autumnal equinox. The sun does rise exactly in the…

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Categories Misc.

Amazing Weather for a Meeting

I organized a meeting yesterday in Northern California with my team. What was amazing was the weather in addition to being with my team. It is usually not 74 degrees on the beach just North of the Golden Gate Bridge and it felt like Summer in February.  I…

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Categories Misc.

18 Years at Autodesk Today

Autodesk has since it’s founding been a well known dog friendly workplace in the Bay area so I think it is fair to say I have worked for Autodesk 18 years or 126 dog years (18 x 7.) I joined Autodesk back in 1998 after being an Autodesk…

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Categories Misc.

Nikola Tesla Helps You with Math

Not only was Nikola Tesla one of the most brilliant inventors in history so many scientific fields, he also figured out an interesting way look up solutions to mathematics. Reads More Long lost Nikola Tesla drawings reveal genius map for multiplication  

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Categories Design

Golden Gate Bridge is 83 Years Old Today

Happy Birthday Golden Gate Bridge! It was 83 years ago today that the Golden Gate Bridge construction was started. I am so proud that about 20 year ago and just before I joined Autodesk I got to work on the design and testing seismic structural changes that were…

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Categories Misc.

Hurley’s Amazing Moon Crater

At first I thought I had received some more odd spam email or from Marvin the Martian to finally blow up Earth’s moon, but it wasn't. The ominous email started with the subject line of “LROC :: Moon target acquired notice” and filled with cryptic text: ”LRO/LROC ::…

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Happy Holidays from Autodesk

All of us at Autodesk wish you and your family and loved ones a very happy and safe holiday and New Year. Many of us at Autodesk are taking our annual week of rest from December 24th until January 4th to spend with our families and friends and…

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Categories Misc.

SF Run to High Five Yoda

I am in the San Francisco Office this week and got up early for a run.. I love running in SF as there are so many things to see, routes to run, and comfortable chilled air. This morning I started from near the Autodesk One Market office and…

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