thane November 30th, 2008
Dad: And who sends Angels to talk to people?
Girl: Jesus!
D: Right
Mom: Jesus wasn’t born yet. God sent the Angels.
D: God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit - the Triune. Three in one - they are all the same.
M: I don’t think that the cover the trinity in the [youngest Sunday school class].
D: We can try to teach her about the inscrutable. We tried to teach her about the election.
thane November 1st, 2008
My office is nearing completion. Yesterday I bought flooring. Cork snap together with a wool pad. Mmmmmm. Today was paint. Tonight I hope to put two coats on the ceiling. Once that is done, Tory and I will paint the walls. Then Joh and I do the trim. Some collection of people will then put down the floor. Unfortunately, I am off to Cupertino for the 10th thru the 14th, so I may not get to move in till the 15th or so. I am still hopefull that we can get it all done and I can start moving in by Thursday or Friday. Keep your fingers crossed.
thane October 26th, 2008
Tony didn’t quite get done on Saturday. Maybe Tuesday. Maybe not.
thane October 23rd, 2008
Got the word from Tony that he will finish up my office Saturday. Wool hooo!
Now we just have to find time to paint and set it up. It will be nice to finally be able to spread out.
thane October 21st, 2008
These days seem to be a continuous struggle to find the time I need to get my stuff done. There is work, where I am juggling deadlines for multiple projects. Then there is class, where I have let myself fall behind on my reading. Will I ever catch up? Somehow, I doubt it. Then there is the house work, time with the kids, cooking, and my relationship win my wife. It’s times like these when working from home is not really a plus. *sigh*
thane October 21st, 2008
Well, it finally happened. I got an iPhone. Maybe this will get me post more frequently. Probably there will just be a burst of short posts followed by total silence. You should be used to that by now.
thane April 4th, 2008
My world has changed. It will never go back to the way it was before. As a means of explanation, I need to give you some background.
Half a year ago or so, Wacom was experiencing some growing pains. This took the form of planning a new building where everyone involved in the planning was getting very irritated with the totally opaque and nonsensical process. Multiple people in Engineering were talking about leaving (almost half the department) at various times, and others were talking about collective bargaining. I got fed up and started putting out feelers and digging around for a new job. On 12/4/2007 I got a bite from a friend at Apple, asking if I was still looking. I sent him my resume, along with that of a friend, noting that neither of us was interested in moving. On 1/18 his old boss called me and decided I was a good candidate for the job. 2/1 I had two phone interviews with engineers. 2/18 I took a trip to Cupertino where I interviewed with nine different people in half a day. 3/7 was another day trip to California where I interviewed with five more people. At this point I have talked with almost everyone I could talk to in ‘my’ management chain, and with surrounding groups that I would have to interface with.
On 3/25, 113 days in and 17 interviewers later, they offered me a job working from my own home. As of 4/21, I will be an Apple employe, an I/O Kit Kernel Engineer. I will have to spend a lot of the next 6 months in California, trying to develop the network that will allow me to succeed at the job. Even doing that, my success is not guaranteed. This is going to be the hardest and most challenging job I have ever taken, from a professional standpoint, from a personal standpoint, and from a family standpoint. It is also one of the most exciting, most thrilling jobs I can imagine having. When I started looking, low those many months ago, I came up with a list of things the perfect job would have. This has all of them. It is even more perfect than the job I had imagined. It is like a dream.
People, if this is a dream, don’t wake me. I will kick your ass.
thane March 28th, 2008
*ring*
“Hello?”
“Mr. Thane?”
“Yes.”
“This is Kathy.”
“Oh. OK. How are you?”
“I’m doing great.”
“Cool…. Which Kathy?”
“How many Kathy’s do you send cute pictures of dogs to?”
“What? Ah, none.”
“Is this Frank Bane from Match?”
“No. This is Thane Norton.”
“Why did you say you were Mr. Bane?”
“I thought you said Mr. Thane.”
“Oh. Sorry. I guess I have the wrong number.”
*laughter*
“Well, I guess you will have a story to tell. Talk to you later. No, I guess not. have a nice day.”
“You too. Goodbye.”
*click*
thane August 30th, 2006
“Did you read my blog today?”
“No, not yet. I haven’t yet added it to my blog list.”
“You should.”
“Now the tender question of A list or B list.”
[much laughing]
“Oh no! You’re going to blog this, aren’t you? I read about this in other people’s blogs. It’s not supposed to happen to me.”
thane August 30th, 2006
So, I have a dream car. Take a Subaru Outback, put a hybrid engine in it. Now strech the thing out about 3′. With all this extra room, we will be widening the doors. Either sliding doors (both sides) or double doors with no central column. Front doors remain conventional. Now, add two rear facing seats begind the two front seats, so that they share footspace with the rear bench. Bench and second row both fold down to make a big trunk.