WheresMyStuff

Yep, the truck showed up and all our stuff is now in the Orinda house…

Can’t believe that we had 14,400 pounds. Took 3 trips with the shuttle to get the stuff up the hill. Joe, the driver, is an amateur motorcycle racer so he had the priviledge of cruising the BMW up the hill.

The beds are setup and the homeowners project experience is about to start over again…

Did the inspection on the DosPosos house last week. Nothing new on the radar screen

As such, we spent the whole Thanksgiving weekend packing and weeding out our possessions. Scary how much stuff (‘junk’) gets piled up. After a couple of trips to the recycling center and goodwill, we’re making a good dent in the clutter.

Found out that a couple of backup offers have come in on the property. This weakens our negotiating power with Relo.

Hopelijks kijkt ge nu en dan een keer naar de nieuwe berichtjes. Lees verder
voor een fotoke van den boot.

De boot is de haven van Richmond, CA. Oostkant van de SF bay, niet
te ver van het werk. Het is ook bekent omdat het lijk van de Peterson vrouw
en de ongeboren kindje daar was gevonden. Ze hebben den kloot deze
week schuldig gevonden en zal waarschijnlijk op den “stoel” zijn pijp uitblazen

Hier is den boot (klik op fototje voor grote versie). 50ft, twin diesel, 3 slaapkamers, 2badkamers.

The end of the year is near and the move is starting to get near.

We’ve started escrow last week on our Del Mar home (3013 Caminito Sagunto) and have found a place in Orinda that we started escrow this monday.

Interestingly, the real estate agent has the weblink for the address. Gives you an idea to get your URL in case you want to sell your house…
Check it out www.32dosposos.com located near the orinda country club (which, of course, we can’t afford…)

bookmark the maplinkif you want to find your way there!

Maybe the resolution of the presidential election re-invigorated the real estate activity? we did get an offer on our lovely del mar house!! Now the quest is on to find something in the bay area…

went and came so quickly. Finally got some pictures to remember the trick or treaters…

Michael Phelps (Nicholas) and Princess Natalie

Who’s the scariest of them all??

Work has started in the bay area. While we are pondering the move, I’ve been shacking up on the bay. A look at the back patio overlooking the Richmond point marina.

Starting on the real nanotechnology crusade, 1 nanometer carbon nanotubes instead of 80 micron electrodes. Should be fun…

Here’s the Nanomix website link to the announcement and entry in case they “purge” me…

Christian Valcke, Ph.D., Appointed as Nanomix Vice President of Research & Development

Emeryville, CA. – September 7, 2004 – Nanomix, Incorporated, today confirmed the appointment of Christian Valcke, Ph.D., as Vice President of Research and Development to lead the company’s research and development activities and product commercialization agenda. In this position, Dr. Valcke will report to David Macdonald, President and CEO of Nanomix.

Dr. Valcke has over 17 years experience in commercial research and development including many projects related to FDA regulated diagnostic and drug delivery systems. Born in Belgium, Dr. Valcke obtained his undergraduate degree at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. His professional preparation continued with M.S. in Systems Sciences and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles. He also completed a postdoctoral program in Anesthesiology and an executive management program at UCSD. Dr. Valcke holds a number of publications, patents and awards.

His early career was spent developing a closed-loop drug delivery system for pharmacological stress testing. Dr. Valcke’s most recent appointment was as Vice President of Systems Development at Nanogen in San Diego, CA. Prior to this he served as the Director of Biomedical Development, Gensia Automedics in San Diego, CA.

“Chris Valcke is a valuable addition to our team at Nanomix,” said David Macdonald. “The combination of his academic training and business experience are an excellent match for Nanomix. Chris brings a tremendous set of scientific, leadership and business skills that are critical as we move the company into product development and commercialization”.

Another year has slipped by. First birthday in a long time without a job! (left Nanogen on Thursday, start new job on Tuesday). Had a great end of summer beach bash with wonderful friends, SoCal weather and some awesome waves.

Today was the last day of my 6 years at Nanogen. Since this is a publicly accessible blog with a publicly traded company, my comments are limited to the appreciation of all the friends, past and present, I have enjoyed at the ngen.

I will have to get used to not seeing Lance every week for the last 8 years, fortunately webcams, IM and blogs will narrow the gap for a while…