Stone Zoo

The Kate and I took a trip to the Stone Zoo this afternoon. There were very few animals and most of the ones there were sleeping. It was still nice to walk around and I took some good pictures. We even got some gianormous freezees (blue's the best)! Here's the pics:

One sassy roadrunner

One lazy fox

One lazy zebu

One sleepy Canada lynx

"Daddy, daddy, I want a jaguar!!"

Leaves in front of a llama – this shot didn't turn out as well as I hoped

This Black-necked crane was chilling really close to the fence so I was able to get this nice closeup – unfortunately a blurred fence adds a gray haze to the left side

I also like this shot of the crane – the angle makes the crane really funky looking. I couldn't decide between this and the last pic – let me know which you prefer!

Flamingos – I like how each flamingo has a different colored number tag on its leg

Yeah, so the zoo has a "Dino Dig" station where kids can dig up "dino bones" in a sandbox. This statue was so funky it had to get captured by my CMOS sensor

Overall I'm pleased with this picture set. I may have gone a bit overboard with closeups and am sad I couldn't get a good shot of the spyder monkeys. Steve inspired me to get the Canon Rebel XT used to get these pics. I couldn't have been happier with my digital SLR choice.

Let me know what you think of the pics! Also, does posting all the pics on this page take too long to load? Would you prefer if I posted thumbnails?

-Bob

Bob’s career

Howdy,

Life's been a bit stressful over the last month as I've waited to hear back from grad school to determine my future plans.  My main objective was and still is to make a living designing display devices such as televisions and computer monitors.  I was hoping to start graduate school in the fall with Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen's "Nomadic Displays" group at the MIT Media Lab.  Dr. Jepsen is currently serving as Chief Technical Officer of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) non profit organization, with a goal to distribute government-subsidized $100 laptops to third world children.  She decided to delay the creation of her research group until Fall of 2007 so she could stay as CTO of OLPC through the launch of the laptops.

So what does that mean for me?  I have no graduate program to get into this year.  I can wait a year and go in Fall of 2007 but now I need to figure out what to do over the next year.  I enjoy my current job working in Optical Communications at Lincoln Laboratory and can gain some valuable optical testing and design experience but I don't feel very passionate about what I'm doing.  Lincoln doesn't have any display projects but I can get involved with testing of CCD digital imager sensors so that's at least kinda sorta related to what I want to do.  I'm wondering if I should put my career objectives on hold for a year or try for a job with a local display company.  It doesn't make much sense to go somewhere for just a year but then again, at least I would be heading in the right direction.  Dr. Jepsen said there was a chance OLPC would hire a display person in the Boston area.  That'd be great!

So yup, that's my dilemna.  What do you people think?
It's sunny outside and I need to do some picture taking!

-Bob 

I’m Back! With Ham!

Howdy, howdy, howdy!

It's been a long time and I have a lot of catching up to do. It's been a very very busy month since my last post and I will fill you in on the details in a timely manner.

But this post will focus on the fun Easter Kate and I had. We experimented in the kitchen and ended up with a surprisingly delicious Easter dinner. Our ham was juicy, our mashed potatoes were smooth and unlumpy, and our crescent rolls were crescently robust (ok, so I don't know what that means). Anyway, here are some pictures:

Kate makes a mean jello

We'll be eating ham for months

Jello ole!

Mmmm… artsy jello

Yum

That's it for now. I'll fill in the missing weeks soon,

-Bob