We're New Homeowners
October 08, 2012 by Eric Richardson
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Kathy and I are now homeowners. The last week of September we closed on a townhouse in Vinings, a neighborhood tucked just inside the 285 perimeter to the northwest of downtown.
If you look at our map from back in June, Vinings wasn't really on it (and neither were townhouses), but over the summer my work relocated there from midtown. That took away the idea of looking for something near transit, and instead we ended up asking ourselves how you could really do better than somewhere in walking distance of the new office.
We decided you couldn't. — Continue Reading...
Looking for a place to settle into Atlanta
June 29, 2012 by Eric Richardson
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Two weeks ago today Kathy and I landed in Atlanta, kicking off our new post-California life. It's an auspicious anniversary: today's high is either 103 or 105, depending on which forecast you look at.
We're starting to get used to our new routines, but won't really be able to get settled in until we find a house and can get the rest of our things out of the storage unit we dropped them off in when the moving truck arrived. Last weekend we put in some major miles toward that process, driving a big chunk of the city to get a feel for where we might be looking. — Continue Reading...
Looking to the Future of AssetHost
May 31, 2012 by Eric Richardson
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When I left KPCC earlier this month, I left behind two systems that I was particularly proud of having developed: AssetHost, a Rails engine that serves up all of the station's web image and video assets, and StreamMachine, a Node.JS streaming audio broadcast system.
Both will live on, since the station was generous enough to allow me to open-source them. There's a thin line between a live open-source project and abandonware that just happens to have code online, though, so it remains to be seen whether either generates the kind of momentum needed to create a life beyond KPCC's uses.
Tour of California Zips Past
May 21, 2012 by Eric Richardson
The eighth and final stage of the 2012 Tour of California rolled through Downtown L.A. on Sunday, part of a busy day that included Kings and Clippers playoff games at L.A. Live. Kathy and I didn't go down there for any of that, but we couldn't help but take in a little of the bike race: our apartment was dead in the middle of the five-lap sprint loop that finished out the stage. — Continue Reading...
Starting a New Chapter and Moving East
May 14, 2012 by Eric Richardson
It has been a whirlwind month for Kathy and me, starting with a vacation back east and culminating with my last day at KPCC just over one week ago. Next month we'll be backing our bags and moving to Atlanta after a decade here in L.A.
Yesterday I bought the plane tickets: our time as Angelenos ends at 1:10pm on June 15. — Continue Reading...