Spoke at Ignite SF last night which was at jwz's awesome DNA Lounge. Spoke about Scuba Diving robots. Ignite is an interesting format as it is a series of 5-minute lightening talks, twenty slides per talk which change automatically every fifteen seconds. If you're looking for a speaking challenge, I definitely recommend you try it out.

Went diving yesterday with brad and whitaker. Weather was awesome and the ocean was quite calm. Great day for diving! Dove around Butterfly House in Monterey,, first dive was really great (despite having to scale a cliff in scuba gear to get to it) and the second the swell had picked up a bit but we still managed to find a neat kelp forest.

Whitaker and I then cooked some great yellowfin tuna from Whole Foods and oysters on the barbecue. Cooked the fish in a mixture of olive oil, lemon, garlic, butter, salt, and pepper and it turned out really nice. Was a bit beyond seared, but certainly wasn't overcooked.

Back home after being in Portland for four days for my cousin's wedding.  Finally have working internet at home now, so spent the day catching up on work/life email.  Woke up early to take my car in for service around Hyde and O'Farrel, walked home, dealt with getting internet, walked back, drove car home.  Early flight in the morning, watching Fight Club though ready to pass out.  whitaker, we should go scuba diving this weekend.

My new scuba bling card!

Oh the things you find on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/Russian-Military-Scuba-Nitrox-Rebreather-IDA-71_W0QQitemZ7184625774QQcategoryZ1300QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Webzine seems fairly dead today compared to yesterday. Thinking I may take off pretty soon. Need to do laundry and homework when I get home today though. Not looking forward to doing either. Slept like 14 hours last night and still tired. Scuba class next weekend which should kick ass. Also need to do "homework" for that. Need to deal with getting a hotel down there. Think I need to get out of the city every weekend and do something. This weekend hasn't been boring, but not stimulating either. Wish Monterey wasn't so damn far away or there was diving closer. Maybe I'll go for a nice drive this afternoon, except traffic seems sucky. Bleh.

So I just read about a Monterey Bay cleanup that apparently happens every year. Bunch of divers get together and bring up trash from the bottom from around the wharf. Is this Saturday, would be cool to go so am thinking about it. Only thing is scsi, brad, and whitaker are all busy. Also need to move shit from Whitaker's place to ours, but I should be back by mid-afternoon. I dunno, would be nice to sleep in. then again this sounds pretty cool. http://www.sfreefdivers.org/cleanupdive_2005.html