Yes, we ski, climb, bike, run and fish. We also get our fair share of marathon sales and RnD meetings holed up in conference rooms. So, at a recent BD RnD meeting – they sent us on a field trip. Lunch time Day 2 we hiked all the way past Design and Quality Assurance to [...]
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The NYTimes Will Never Die
Why, you ask? Because of brilliant journalism such as this. Photo from Christoph Bangert Click here for the link to the FULL STORY APPENZELL, Switzerland — The Swiss like their secrecy, particularly in banking. At other times, they are more open. Take hiking. Skip to next paragraph In recent years, it has become fashionable for [...]
Reality Revival
As a twenty-something woman, I cannot help but notice the stellar reality programming that is aimed at my demographic on prime-time channels lately. The Bachelor, The Hills, that one with the celebrity addicts, and isn’t there still the show with Flava Flave trying to find love? I do kinda of like that midget family though, [...]
Why Design Matters
Autodesk is a 2D and 3D software used for design, engineering, manufacturing, architecture, and entertainment. BD designer Paul Terry, whose previous work experience ranges from Porsche to Birdhouse skateboards, recently attended a display of various Autodesk creations in San Francisco. Included in the display, which runs through October at One Embarcadero Plaza , is the [...]
Climbing Mount Olympus
This summer I had the opportunity to climb Mt. Olympus in Washington with Summit for Someone, the fundraising arm of Big City Mountaineers. Below is an image of my friend Lane and I on the top. The trip was fantastic, and a great experience for anyone who wants to get out on a guided mountaineering [...]
Chape Goes Grand
I’m a proud father no doubt. My eleven-year-old son Chapin, my wife Kir and I summitted the Grand Teton on Sunday in perfect weather via the Upper Exum Route. How would I describe it? Awesome, scary, humbling, burly, proud, beautiful, stunning, funny and a bit stressful. Chape would describe it as WICKED cool! We camped [...]
