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Feb 12 2007		PHP XML to nested array Parser Simple utility class for PHP that reads in XML input and returns a nested array. Takes input as a string, file, or URL.
Mar 26 2006		Crystal Springs Loop A nice rolling loop from Palo Alto up to Crystal Springs and back, with Paula, Rachel, Tracy, and James.
Mar 24 2006		Villa Vineyards A little wine and cheese shindig at my place! [Not pictured: Tom, Alysia, Paula, Aaron and Maile - got pics?]
Mar 23 2006		Villa Vineyards Red Room A sneak peak of the latest setup, complete with the new lounge - Red Room
Mar 18 2006		Farwell Dubs Pics from dinner with our Dublin teammates Trevor, Fergal, and Hunter
Mar 17 2006		Bliss Bar on St Patrick's Day Arun's Birthday, St. Patrick's, and the return of MGalli!
Mar 17 2006		Google fun A couple fun things I saw around the office.
Mar 11 2006		Black Diamond Mines Hike A gorgeous 8 mile hike through the Jurassic Park -like hills with John and friends in Antioch
Mar 10 2006		Levende Lounge Tasty food and drinks with some friends, in the Mission
Feb 26 2006		Stacked Not me, the dishes. ...but click the image to watch anyway!
Feb 18 2006		Tahoe with Brahm, Rob, Amy, and Mike Checked out Diamond Peak and Sugar Bowl with Amy, Brahm, Rob, and Mike - and the local ER when Brahm fractured his collarbone in three places ouch! (Check out this video I took flying down Eagle Run)
Feb 16 2006		B-Boy Dance Competition @ Element Second B-Boy dance competition at Element Lounge. Check out videos of third, second, and first place winners.
Feb 12 2006		Thanksgiving in February Huge two-turkey dinner whipped up by Crutcher and Theresa, shared with teammates and friends. Unexpectedly, there were swords.
Feb 11 2006		Asian Art Museum Lunch at Mangosteen's, tour of the SF Asian Art Museum with Jane, Adam, Patrick, and Jeff.
Feb 9 2006		Pyramid Delivery The pyramid our team made at The Crucible is delivered and fired up outside our office. Scary enough?
Feb 1 2006		Google Ski Trip Sno Daze - the 2006 annual Google ski trip, spent Wave 1 with Stephanie, Jay, and Kevin; and Wave 2 boarding with Sumit, Adam, Steve, and friends. Check out Mike's dance moves.
Jan 21 2006		LCA 2006 - New Zealand Linux Conf AU - a week in New Zealand attending fascinating talks, meeting awesome people, and recuiting for Google. I got to give two short talks there!
Jan 19 2006		Zen Sheep and Stitch Reunion Gisela's Zen Sheep and Stitch reunion party at Element Lounge in SF, B-Boy dance competition featured some awesome dance teams. (Sky and Flow video) (Iron Monk backflips video)
Jan 16 2006		Mount Diablo Hike Hiking around Mount Diablo with Paul, Jocelyn, Dan, and Jason. Check out the windmills.
Jan 15 2006		Windy Hill hike Hiking with John and friends through Windy Hill Open Space Preserve. There are awesome, 360 degree views of the bay and ocean from the top. Check out the coyote we saw
Dec 4 2005		DirtyFlirty30 Photos of a recent party celebrating my latest tussle with father time.
Nov 10 2005		Necesito Another GarageBand creation... late night content warning...
Sep 25 2005		La Dolce Villa Hopefully the great weather, house-made, strawberry infused vodka, and rum-cinnamon-honey grilled fruit skewers helped our ever-forgiving friends forget the two smoke flareups and the smell of my shoes burning! (Kumiko's awesome photos duplicated here, as well as Stephanie's) [Not pictured: Ian, Steven, Evan, Flo, Tolly, Nikhil, Colin, Darrell, Jeffrey. Got pics?]
Aug 22 2005		Quickchange 3 hours worth of procrastination! This sounds way better on my headphones than it does through my laptop speakers which may say something about substituting gimmickry for artistry... (I composed it at 160bpm and titled it "fast" but decided to slow it to 140bpm to stretch it to 3 minutes.)
Aug 4 2005		5AM Portland Watching the sun rise in Portland after a fun night out...
Aug 3 2005		Midnight Portland Exploring the Garage Band's loops labeled "Intense" to unwind from the plane flight to Portland
Jul 29 2005		Sunwhirl Relaxed country melody over dance and RnB lines. The original has a more pronounced rhythmic component.
Mar 26 2005		Skydiving Melissa is brave. (Two groups of photos here from different photographers, things are not in order yet!)
Mar 25 2005		Villa Warming Long overdue housewarming, a great excuse to bring friends together!
Feb 26 2005		London Trip Whirlwind touristing on near-zero sleep, hitting a local pub with some of Rudy's mates, nightime Jack the Ripper walk, riding the Underground all round, walking until my feet almost gave out (and my shoes finally did) Check out the huge video of a palace guard making a big ruckus of doing approximately nothing, the video of tourist ambiance, and the Petticoat Square snippet from our Jack the Ripper walk!

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This is my ever-morphing land of productions and diversions. Have we met? I'd love to hear from you! Send an email Click to contact me via email my way! In the meantime, take a look around, and... Enjoy!

-Eric

P.S. Don't worry, I did survive that skydiving jump, I am just WAY behind posting pictures. In the meantime, check out these Bay 2 Breakers photos. I have no comment on Kurt's "appendage". Also check out some photos from OSCON!

Productions (aka Work)

In this section you will find my resume, my portfolio, and software I've written that may be of use to you.

Diversions (aka Fun)

...And beyond what most reasonable people feel comfortable calling productivity, my interest has recently been held by various failed attempts at playing the athlete. Check out my current training schedule then join me for a bike ride, run, or swim! Art has also never been my strong suit, but check out these friendly matches of Website Tennis.

The web is always under construction, and unfortunately, my homepage is no exception. Most of the content I used to have up is still accessible at my old weblog. Finally, if you're wondering, "Hmm, why Normal Pencil?": 1) It's anagrammatically correct and 2) It's Googlicious!