The Cranky Engineer

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I am a software engineer/data analyst. After many years in the LA area I have relocated to the Eastside region of Seattle to work for MSN. (This web page clearly shows that I am NOT a professional web page designer though! I'm all about basic functionality with web pages. And yes - I modify these in vi) I live with Heather, our two daughters (Noelle and Lily) and 3 cats. You can also see pictures of me and the cats if you want to.

We live in a 5 bedroom house we recently purchased in Bellevue, Washington. We have installed new windows and a hot tub (Heather had to have somewhere to labor for Lily's delivery). There are still some projects we would like to do ( kitchen remodel and replace the galvanized piping with copper) - but we don't anticipate doing nearly as much to it as we did on the San Dimas house we purchased in 1993.

You can find my resume here. If I were looking for another job - it would have to be in the Seattle area. [this is old - I need to update it :)]

Here's a link to my thoughts on software engineering . It also includes code showing my coding and commenting style and a list of the software engineering books on my shelves. [this is old - I need to update it :)]

You can read about me here. (It is pretty much a resume supplement :)

Here are pictures of our latest project - our second daughter Lily.

Here are some pictures of my new toy. (well it *was* new 5 years ago.)

Here are some pictures from some of our trips.

Here are some pictures of the pool we put in at the San Dimas house.

I read a fair amount (that's why there is a "books" link at the bottom of this page). [NOTE: having a child significantly reduces the amount you get read :-) ] Besides books I also read the following weekly magazines (The Economist, The Week, Business Week, Christian Science Monitor) and a few monthly ones as well.

I normally listen to KEXP and here is a DJ whose mixes I've been downloading for almost 2 years now - Seth Dillan Gavin