Things I'm thankful for

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This is a great excuse to end the title of a blog with a dangling preposition!

I'm thankful for a lot of things, so I'll make a mildly serious list as I watch the Macy's parade in HD.

- Page Rank

Page rank is what makes me visible in Google. I'd like to thank all of you who have added hyperlinks from your page to my page.

- Code Green Networks

They pay me to work on interesting computer science projects. I have to be greatful for that.

- Football

Football is the ultimate violent chess match. I am thankful for IM, college and pro football.

- Asparagus

Definitely the best vegetable. Makes great beef and asparagus stir fry.

- ddclient

This has saved me from having to explicitly update my IP address to DNS every few days. Horay!

- Stanford University

I learned an unbelievable amount from an incredible number of unbelievably talented people.

- Firefox Spellchecker

Spellchecking is so much more convenient on the client side rather than having to send my pourly spelled emails to GMail and back.

- Los Altos United Methodist Church

Definitely the best thing in Los Altos. Very key to my upbringing and my outlook on life.

- Giants' baseball

I know they are going to be dogmeat this year, but what is more enjoyable that being able to watch a game a day all summer. Here is hoping they get at least on bat in this offseason. I'd be willing to give up a wide variety of young pitchers to get a bat that is under contract for a few years.

- My family

As with every family, there are a lot of ups and downs but there are a lot more ups than downs.

I hope you all enjoy a couple of days off work.