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I am currently a software engineer at Google, where as a member of the Android platform team I build frameworks and user interfaces.

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Archive for June 26th, 2003

I need to force myself to draw more.

June 26th, 2003

I need to force myself to draw more.

My line of work and time commitments have reduced me to doodling on the sides
of source-code printouts and on Post-It notes.

This has got to stop. It’s just not right.

I have proof that I’m letting this part of my brain go to seed: I’ve had the
same sketchbook for almost three years. You’re supposed to go through
them faster than that. At least, I’d like to go through them faster.

For your viewing displeasure, and my unending shame, I took some truly
miserable photographs of select pages
and drawings
from the book. The autogallery is set to preserve the
order, so you can see the progression from eVilla
(2000)
to
dieselsweeties
sketch (2001)
(cf. the finished product), to some figure
drawings (2002)
(1, 2, 3, 4), to the arrival of the
Zelda Master Quest (2003)
(0, 1, 2).

eVilla, December 2000
Diesel Sweeties sketch, November 2001
Invented nude sketch, September 2002
Notes from Zelda: Ocarina of Time: Master Quest, Feb. 11, 2003

You win some, you lose some.

June 26th, 2003

You win some, you lose some. Internet is back up — has been since
midday — but digital cable is out again. Well, I won’t be disabusing
Time-Warner of the notion that I’m experiencing a complete outage; at
least, not until they come out tomorrow morning. It’s like Darryl says: do not tell tech
support the truth if you want service.

From Jenny.

June 26th, 2003

Senator Palpatine, meet Senator Lieberman.  Oh, um, have you guys met already?

From Jenny. I pass it on without
further comment.

Hmm.

June 26th, 2003


Hmm.

Red 6/26/2003
7:21 AM TW-HOUSTON

Road Runner is currently experiencing issues
with the cable network. Subscribers in the affected area(s) may
experience a loss of connectivity, usually indicated by flashing
modem lights and/or a loss of video services. Our engineers are
working quickly to resolve this issue. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.

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