For those who don’t spend time clicking on random words in my posts (since I don’t distinguish hyperlinks), you might not have noticed that Lightly Organized Chaos now has a storefront. Powered by Amazon Stores, the Lightly Organized Store has a variety of products mentioned in recent blog posts as well as some stuff that’s …
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Travel Gear: Ultralight
I love to travel, but I don’t like carrying a bunch of luggage. Unfortunately, the geek in me needs a few tools to make it through the day. In this first travel kit entry I’d like to present my choices for trips where computing isn’t meant to play a large role. When travelling to destinations …
The High Price of Nostalgia
I can tell that I’ve hit that time of life where people start looking back and pining for younger days. How do I know? I’ve been surfing eBay looking for artifacts of my youth, and the prices make me wish I had been more careful with my stuff. The Rubik’s Cube picture above is very …
R/C Cars: Stampede & RC10B4
With the Blade MCX buzzing around the house Kim mentioned that she had felt deprived one christmas long ago. It seems that her brothers got radio control trucks and she didn’t. I tried to make it up to her by giving her a r/c car for Christmas. Based on lots of information on the Internet, …
R/C Heli: Blade MCX
While stuck in Kim’s basement immediately following my first surgery, I was looking for something to keep me entertained (besides CNN and the election). After some Internet research I settled on an E-Flite Blade MCX radio control helicopter. I’ll go over the in’s and out’s of this little heli and provide a small review in …
New Year’s Update
Happy New Year! I suppose now is as good a time to post a general update as any. Here’s a potpourri of random things going on in my world. Health: I’m fighting a cold (that I’ve also managed to give to Kim), but otherwise I’m doing pretty well. I start cardiac rehab next week (delayed …
I’m now on twitter. I’m going to try to be more proactive about writing updates by using twitter. Since they’re smaller and more lightweight hopefully it’ll be easier for me to generate posts. You can follow my exploits in the sidebar to the right, or at: http://www.twitter.com/SandroFouche. Also, if anyone wants to recommend twitter tools …
Home again
Back home. It was a long, tiring trip, but we’re safely back home now. I’d like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers over the last few days.
Back to New York
Kim’s uncle has lost his battle with cancer, and we’re headed to New York so she can be with her family. I expect we’ll be gone for a few days for the memorial service and funeral.
Engaged
Since Kim’s family has now been informed, I’m free to post this here. On October 30, 2008, I presented Kim with an engagement ring, and asked her to my wife. Surpisingly, she has agreed to marry me. We’ll be setting a date next year after I figure out my longer term work prospects.