It has been awhile since I posted here.  However, I am pretty impressed with Google’s buzz and its ability to syndicate wordpress sites, making this blog less of black a hole for content.  Combined with the nice wordpress app that was just released for Android, you might expect some more regularity in my updates in the future.

I am sure my fans (aka, the members of my family that are forced to read this blog by law) have been crying nightly wondering where I have gone.  Since I last posted, the most notable thing that has happened is that I passed my qualifying exam.  I also just finished writing a chapter with my advisor for a book on the fundamentals of semiconductors that should be out some time in the next year.  In the next month, I am going to be doing two physics related demos for a middle school physical science program with the Novato public library system.  At the first one, I am going to be getting the kids to build little electric motors out of paperclips, which was my favorite physics lab back in the day.  Hopefully I don’t end up getting beat up by a bunch of 12 year olds.

I am headed to Portland in a few weeks to to present at the APS meeting.  I am pretty excited to see Portland.  I have heard a lot of good things about the city (including its brewery scene) and am considering spending at least one afternoon after my talk stalking Linus Torvalds until he signs my Nexus One.  Perhaps I will be back for OSCON this summer.

The LUG has really taken off lately with very little effort on my behalf.  Berkeley has a pretty vibrant community of people interested in open-source software.  I am looking forward to some of upcoming events seeing how the Lucid Lynx release turns out.  Here is a picture of our booth at the Solano Stroll.

Testing buzz syndication for my blog.

But this picture will last forever:

Just got back from Yosemite with Lisa last night.  Here are the pics of the trip:  Yosemite Pics

Here is a teaser:

I just got back from a few summer trips.  First off I was in Winnipeg and participated in the Manitoba Marathon with family (10K Walk).

Then I went to the CSGF Fellows conference in DC.  After which, Lisa and I went to visit my parents in Florida.  It was pretty good – set up a new computer, got my Dad set up with MLB.tv and then hit the beach for a day.  I had forgotten how much I like the beach.    The whole trip the G1 Android did well.  Loves Android.

Anyway, here are some pics:

BerkeleyLUG

DC/Florida