This is just my first post to this blog. I plan to write about a variety of topics ranging from programming to philosophy to baseball. I'm currently a quality engineer in the high-end servers business unit at Sun Microsystems, Inc. I am blessed with what I find to be a very interesting and challenging job. Where else would I get to blend my interest in cutting edge computer hardware, statistics, web programming, and web design? I also get to learn new programming and scripting languages and develop better UNIX skills. Right now I'm working on web tools that aggregate manufacturing test data into useful summaries for product engineers (my previous position). I love to automate and simplify things in general, so this is right up my alley.