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I HEART New York

When I worked at AboveNet, we had a data center in NYC– so i was there quite a bit and really fell for this city.  I love New York.

I’m so fortunate in life, as I have a great family, work for a company that treats me good, have great hobbies & passions and I have found extra time to go back to NYC…. 

Anissa and I leave early Friday morning for a weekend trip (by the way this started because i found a great buy 1 get 1 free deal on Virgin America Airlines.) We’re staying right by Times Square, and we’re also going to a Broadway show…

I’ve never been to a Broadway show and, hell, we never could afford those kinda things.  I feel so fortunate, as I remember the times when Anissa and I were soooo poor back in the day. Being uneducated and with us starting from nothing, Im proud to say that hard work really pays off– and i appreciate the opportunities I had to prove myself and the people who gave me a shot.  New York City, here we come…..

Tonight the boss from Yahoo invited the team over to his place for a holiday dinner and gift exchange party.  I really work with a great group of folks, so it was cool.  Food was excellent and we had a good time. I think we have a pretty damn good team…

Just thumbed through my friend Steve Caballero’s new book.  It kicks ass.  Maybe i’ll write about that in a future post, to give him his props.

Off to bed, so i can rise early to work out with Anissa (5:30am– and im sure as hell not a morning person, so it doesnt come easy.)

-scott noteboom

Add comment December 13th, 2007

TechShop is cool

OK, I found a place that im totally stoked on– it’s called TechShop.  Basically it’s a fully equipped shop, with all the top tooling and machinery including: mills, lathes, cnc machines, plasma cnc, casting foundry, welders, full metal shop, etc.  Totally bad ass.  You join as a member and you can come in anytime 9am-midnight, 7 days a week to use the shop.  They also have classes (so far i’ve taken the english wheel, shrinking/stretching, phlanishing hammer metal working class, and the gas welding class.)

I like this place both professionally and personally.  At Yahoo we can use it to innovate new stuff (we fortunately get to invent and patent things quite a bit.)  Personally, it helps my car/motorcycle projects greatly.

http://www.techshop.ws

First project:  I’m building a rear fender for my 1951 Norton Dominator….

-scott noteboom

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