Pumpkin carving (better late than never)

This is pretty much how I feel today. A few days ago I did some pumpkin carving with my friends Leah and John. Leah marinated the pumpkin seeds in soy sauce before baking, this was a very good idea... what's good with a pumpkin seed? salt, salt, and more salt... yum!

Nerd tour and wine country

Last week I attended a tour of the open source lab facilities at Oregon State University where I touched the Linus Kernel. Ah the energy, ah the excitement, ah the whirl, whistle and wind of the HVAC running furiously to cool down the busting rackmounted server city. Ahem, then for a leisurely jaunt to the Willamette vineyards on the way home. It was a spectrum in the extremes as usual: nerding out on wires and software to relaxing with a gorgeous pinot noir. Life is grand.

Pizza parté

Friends Camilo and Wesley have a mud oven in their backyard that is perfect for baking pizzas. They build a fire inside and let it burn for about 3 hours, sweep the coals off to the side and with the help of a well dusted pizza bottom shoot the dough and topping goodness into 800 degrees of hot love. These people know how to throw a fantastic party.