http://www.saketvora.com there's always a siren, steering you to shipwreck... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:04:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Congrats to Peyton and his buddy Nathan, who wrapped up their climb on the Zodiac route on Tuesday. No real color commentary on Supertopos.com, but here's a nice shot of them after the climb: Peyton is looking pretty ripped! (P.S. For those who don't know, Peyton is the one on the right. ... http://www.saketvora.com/2008/07/02/peytons-1st-el-capitan-climb-finished/ Today's update by Tom Evans and Keith Thompson over at Supertopos.com: Zodiac: The NC boys are putting on a clinic!! Yesterday the made it to the start of the Nipple and by the time I got there today they were just finishing up cleaning the Nipple. The light was nice and ... http://www.saketvora.com/2008/06/30/peyton-on-el-capitan/ The past week at Apple was busy but productive. We had a good game of ultimate on Thursday but the turnout should be higher next week. The big event of the week was the kickoff of the executive speaker series for interns. This week the speaker was Steve Jobs himself. ... http://www.saketvora.com/2008/06/30/a-sunday-cookout-with-friends/ Two interns will be leaving this week, both from Northeastern. They have a summer quarter they must get back for, but both have been working since January. One of them, Ian, is working directly in our group, and I'll be taking over his project. Really, he has done the vast ... http://www.saketvora.com/2008/06/17/some-changes-at-work/ On Saturday, Nader and I planned an overnight hiking trip to Portola Redwoods State Park, nestled in Portola Valley about 12 or 15 miles south of Stanford. We had bought hiking packs and were going to hike in three miles to a backpackers' camp. Nader was very excited (i.e., insistent) ... http://www.saketvora.com/2008/06/15/a-hiking-trip-to-portola-valley-shortened/