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(from Toby's perspective)

*2012-03-06* - Cleaning out Mom's house and I found my old class pictures from elementary school: ParkClassPix

*2012-01-28* - I upgraded the operating system that this website runs on.  Please let me know if anything's broken.

*2012-01-19* - Vic's in la-la land raising money for [[http://www.harvard.edu/][WGU]].  When I'm on business trips I usually end up with a crappy small rental car.  [[https://www.caboteria.org/wiki/pub/Main/MiscPix2012/little_red_corvette.jpg][Not Vic]].

*2012-01* - I can't say I'm sad to see the end of 2011.  Here's to an uneventful 2012!

*2011-12-26* - Happy Boxing Day!  Tory is spending the week at an intensive driver's ed program.  Wish she was as motivated about the SAT's.

*2011-10* - Mom died in late October after an 8-year battle with ovarian cancer.  It's been a rough couple of years here at the Caboteria.

*2011-08-30* - First day of school!  Woo hoo!

*2011-08-28* - We made it through tropical storm Irene with no damage, although both my Mom and Vicky's Mom lost power for a while.

*2011-07-24* - Katharine's at [[http://www.campbirchhill.com/][Camp Birch Hill]] for the next two weeks.  It's an old-fashioned overnight camp on a lake in NH.  Tory's too old to be a camper, and she's too busy scooping at Ron's.

*2011-07-19* - I've been empaneled on a jury for a civil trial in Norfolk County Superior Court.  I've been called for jury duty twice before but never chosen.  It will be interesting to see how it works out.  _Update:_ the trial took 6 days and, quite frankly, everybody lost (except for the lawyers).

*2011-07-10* - Tory tells me that I should update this log more often, so let's see if I do.

*2011-06* - Tory has a Summer job contributing to the American obesity epidemic at [[http://ronsicecream.com/][Ron's Ice Cream]] in Dedham Square.  Just kidding, Ron's is actually the 3rd best ice cream in the entire world.  Tory is looking forward to having one powerful scooping arm and one shriveled little dinosaur arm by the end of the summer.

*2011-02* - My Dad, TonyCabot, passed away in early February.  I've added a few links to online remembrances of him on [[TonyCabot][his page]].

*2010-10-21* - got my first [[http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/fdfc8e3b9c4905057677fd009f463a377be60b93][two]] [[http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/bdfddb09d7a87498a9733617d186378ab829dac5][patches]] accepted into Ruby On Rails: [[https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/1108-find_or_create-causes-caching-anomalies][it's a small bug fix]] but it's nice to see that random small contributions in old maintenance branches are still being looked after.

*2010-10-19* - I hear through the grapevine that Reva Systems is shutting down.  That's very disappointing; I really thought that company had everything going for it: good idea, good timing, good funding, great people.  I guess the whole RFID thing just wasn't as good an idea as the 2004 hype would have led you to believe.

*2010-06-29* - It's been tough sledding in 2010 so far but things are definitely looking up!  I started work at [[http://www.mitre.org/][The MITRE Corporation]] yesterday working on open-source healthcare applications.  Great tech and scary-smart folks, I like it already.

*2009-12-14* - I upgraded the software that I use to run the site - please let me know if anything's amiss.

*2009-12-08* - Cut loose from Sermo, looking for a new job.

*2009-11-14* - The empty space in the garage didn't last long: it's been filled by an old BMW: FallDayNewBike.  It's a *very* different bike than the Duc and it proves that you don't have to make a lot of noise to have a lot of fun!

*2009-11-04* - Just sold the Interceptor.  It was a sad sight seeing it drive away in the back of a pickup but the guy who bought it plans to give it some love over the winter for his daughter to ride next spring.  Cool Dad!

*2009-11-01* - I've decided to sell my first motorcycle: InterceptorForSale

*2009-10-30* - found out that one of the patents for stuff I worked on at Reva was awarded: http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT7567179

*2009-09-30* - Last track day, with http://bostonmoto.com/.  A good day, about 100 miles on the track, but a lot of crashes (not me!), especially in the morning.  Cold track + cold tires = chaos.

*2009-04-28* - First track day of the summer, with the [[http://www.fishtailridingschool.com/][Fishtail Riding School]].  Had a great time and improved on turns 3, 11, and 11a, but now I'll be sore for the next two days...

*2009-04-06* - I had fun assembling a few blinky GameOfLife kits from the cool folks at http://adafruit.com/, and the bezel I made was featured on their blog today: http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2009/04/06/acrylic-bezel-for-game-of-life-kit/

*2008-05-12* - Toby went to work for http://www.sermo.com/ !  It's in Kendall Square which is a nice change from the greater Lowell metropolitan area, and it's a dog-friendly office so Jet will be able to come in to work with me.  Vic is still having a great time at Harvard.

*2008-03-13* - Many new pix in the PhotoAlbum.

*2008-03-08* - upgraded this wiki to the latest and greatest version. If you're reading this then it's evidently not working too badly.

*2008-02-12* - Home sick, and so is Katharine.<br /> I just renewed my FSF membership; If you use computers then you should seriously consider becoming a member. Joining is easy, just click on the button! <a href="http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=825"><img width="88" alt="[FSF Associate Member]" src="/wiki/pub/Main/WhatsNew/fsf-member-button.png" height="31" /></a>

*2008-02-04* - 19 and *d'oh!* <br /> Oh well, thanks Pats for a fun, if disappointing season. Pitchers and catchers report in a couple of weeks...

*2008-01-15* Long time, no update. Let's see...<br /> Katharine's doing well, at her last appointment her antigen level was within the normal range! Tory's grades are much improved over last year, so she earned herself a case of her favorite "vitamin water". Vic is busy lightening the wallets of the members of the 5 Harvard classes that she's responsible for, and I'm *still* gainfully employed at Reva. Oh yeah, Jet's still got a serious attitude but we love him none the less.

*2007-05-23* Keep Milton Academy's lower and middle schools! http://www.miltonk-12.org/

*2007-02-12* It's a big day in the Caboteria as Vic heads back to work for the first time since we moved back to MA. She's working as a fundraiser for [[http://www.harvard.edu/][WGU]] so if you went there you'd better watch your wallet! The only bummer is that Jet will have to get used to spending the day alone :(


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