Tao Of Foo

Is anyone else as impressed as I am by the new color photos of Mars from the Spirit? Wow! The spirit of space travel and exploration it still alive and well.

My friend/coworker Jason pointed me to Maestro. I loaded it up and was blown away by the 3-D view. Incredible! It’s a resource hog though. It’s basically the same software the engineers use to navigate through all the visual terrain data the rovers generate. It’s pretty cool stuff. I can’t wait until they upload some real Mars data (should be today sometime).

Many things happened in 2003. I received a promotion at work. Amy and I had a baby. My parents moved to Ft Worth. Amy decided to stay home with Ben full-time and quit her job (that she dearly loved). Amy’s parents decided to move closer to us and here dad got a job in the area. Int he last few weeks Ben has started standing on his own. All in all it was a pretty busy year.

Now that 2004 is upon us, I can’t help but wonder what’s in store for this year. Ben will certainly start walking soon. Amy’s parents will probably be moving up here in the next few months. Hopefully some great company will recognize what an asset my sister is and she will find employment.

To all those who couldn’t make it to our place on Christmas Day, you were missed. There was lots of great food and even more great company.