Author Archives: Jeremy Cole

Well, The Generator Works

The Yahoo! Sunnyvale campus lost power today at 12:22 for a bit less than a minute. Apparently PG&E reported an “event” in South San Jose and our power was affected.

So, in any case, the generator works, and all of our desktops have been reboot-tested. :) The generator is really loud.

Weber Baby Q

Well, it turns out, sometimes I just have to be a follower instead of a leader. :)

Jeremy Zawodny recently mentioned that he really liked the Weber Baby Q grill, and I looked around a bit at that point. I really like the concept of the Baby Q, being really portable and quite a good grill.

It got almost completely 100% positive reviews on Amazon, and everyone seems to love it. It’s only $130 ($127.95 on Amazon, $129.99 at Sears) so I figured what the heck, I should get one. We happened to go by a Sears, so I picked one up yesterday. I’ll have to say, people were right, it’s really nice.

I’m looking forward to many trips this summer to “picnic” with a portable grill. :) I still need to pick up the adapter hose and a 20lb tank to go with mine, but I think one of the stronger points of this grill is that you can use either the big tank, or the super-portable 1lb tanks.

Grocery Shopping

California has a lot of freaks. I wouldn’t say that I’m the most normal guy in the world… but if you’re ever feeling abnormal, just move to California and all your fears of abnormalcy will subside. Tonight, while at the local Safeway, Adrienne and I saw the following:

  1. A drunk guy crashing his bike in the parking lot, then screaming and cursing at passing cars while he was trying (unsuccessfully) to get up.
  2. By far the weirdest thing of the night: There was a guy, whom we estimated to be around 35, with two girls that must’ve been maybe 18 at the most. He was taking them around the store and they were choosing food together. He was very friendly with them both, and they were giggling a lot. Sugar daddy? Nutritionist? Threesome? Father? I can’t figure it out.
  3. There was a homeless lady who had taken up camp at a table near one of the exits.
  4. Near the same exit with the homeless lady, we saw a completely done-up Elvis impersonator wandering around. He was cool.
  5. When we got in line to check out, the people behind us had spaghetti noodles and a container of sauce. We overheard the woman saying something like “should I put it up my shirt?”. When they got to the checkout, they paid for… just sauce. Spaghetti thieves?
  6. A guy renting a carpet cleaner, paying cash. Who rents a carpet cleaner at 10pm on a Friday night? A murderer?

Big Sur

Yesterday, Adrienne and I drove down to Monterey and took Highway 1 through Big Sur, down to San Simeon. Around San Simeon, we stopped at a Vista Point where there happened to be a large seal observation area, which was quite cool. In total, the day’s driving was around 350 miles, but quite worth it!

I posted plenty of new pictures in my gallery: Big Sur and Seals.

Skyline Drive to Golden Gate

Adrienne and I went on a picture-taking day today. We drove up Skyline Drive (Highway 35) and then on up to San Francisco for lunch in the city (at Lori’s Diner) and the Golden Gate Bridge. We then drove around Marin Headlands a little bit, and drove home.

Adrienne didn’t bring her camera, but I’ve posted my pictures for the day: Skyline Drive, Golden Gate, and Battery Mendel. Enjoy!