But before embarking on this new journey, I needed to decide in what direction I should head to ensure that, however small my impact, it does benefit the poor. Any resources (expertise, manpower, funding, and time) I might share with the poor should improve their quality of life, be sustainable by them, and serve as a jumping-off point for their continuing development. If this is not the case, I would then have to question whether I was achieving anything worthwhile and enduring under the pretext of "helping the poor".

]]> http://www.inversin.com/2009/06/retirement-and-grim-realizatio.php http://www.inversin.com/2009/06/retirement-and-grim-realizatio.php Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:58:35 -0800
]]> http://www.inversin.com/2009/01/max-blastronaut.php http://www.inversin.com/2009/01/max-blastronaut.php Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:22:39 -0800 click on any pictures to see the original photo at its high resolution.....on November 24, 1793, English explorer George Vancouver, commender of an expedition to determine the extent of settlement of the northwest coast of America, named this rocky promontory "point Dume" afterhis Franciscon friend "Father Francisco Dumetiz. at Mission San Buenaventura. Pont DUme is the western terminus of Santa Monica bay and has been an important landmark for navigators since Vancouver voyage in 1793!

]]> http://www.inversin.com/2008/11/point-dume-hike.php http://www.inversin.com/2008/11/point-dume-hike.php Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:59:37 -0800 September 20, 2008 is the day that Aruna celebrated turning 31 years young..yah!! poor guy though, as the night before his birthday was "Martini night" at his work, so i came prepared..hehe.. I made him his hat & birthday badge for him to proudly wear the whole night at his works martini night party...i think he was just a teeny weeny bit embarrassed :)]]> http://www.inversin.com/2008/11/happy-birthday-aruna-spetember.php http://www.inversin.com/2008/11/happy-birthday-aruna-spetember.php Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:04:09 -0800 and again, another year has passed and we've now celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary so we had to do our anual "sit down and take a photo of ourselves"... Aruna had to work late that night, so we figured we wouldnt have time to go out to a restaurant for dinner (especially if he had some last minute Over Time to do) so i made his favorite foods for dinner at home, which we ate by candle light while using our beautiful wedding china to make it extra special! :)






]]> http://www.inversin.com/2008/10/august-21-20084-year-wedding-a.php http://www.inversin.com/2008/10/august-21-20084-year-wedding-a.php Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:12:48 -0800 well if its one thing thats REALLY easy to grow here in LA, its hot peppers. These things dont need any TLC at all, just a pot of soil, sunshine and water every day, and after 4 months, you'll have 6 plants worth of hot peppers..including lots of Habaneros, Caribbeans, Jalapenos, Cayenne Long, and 2 others...Since we have way to many for us to eat this year, we will be giving them away to our friends and neighbours to use in their hot dishes and salsas etc etc]]> http://www.inversin.com/2008/10/hot-peppers-from-the-patio.php http://www.inversin.com/2008/10/hot-peppers-from-the-patio.php Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:11:48 -0800 yup! believe it or not, but on August 7, Aruna and I celebrated 10 years together..time flies by VERY quickly when you're having fun..hehe :) So we decided to celebrate this big occasion by going to a VERY fancy and VERY expensive French restaurant here in Santa Monica called www.melisse.com you can check it out here at The meal was AWESOME and we would both highly recommend this place for very special occasions!





]]> http://www.inversin.com/2008/10/august-7th-2008-our-10-year-an.php http://www.inversin.com/2008/10/august-7th-2008-our-10-year-an.php Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:42:22 -0800 There aren't many options if you're in the videogame industry in Phoenix. I've nearly exhausted them all... well, really only the biggest one (Rainbow Studios). The last place I worked, 2XL Games, had just shipped their first game, Baja: Edge of Control. It was time to take the next step... founding a game studio! I'm working with a couple of colleagues that I had the pleasure of working with at 2XL, and now we're creating a name for ourselves. Our press release went out today:

http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/ex-rainbow-studios-developers-form-coin-app/?biz=1
http://www.edge-online.com/news/coin-app-anwers-indie-call

Check out the website, and subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up to date on the latest! ]]> http://www.inversin.com/2008/09/coin-app-llc.php http://www.inversin.com/2008/09/coin-app-llc.php Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:27:10 -0800 not ride a motorcycle in Los Angeles.

1. LA drivers.
2. LA roads.
3. LA traffic.
4. LA drivers.

The top four reasons to ride a motorcycle in Los Angeles.

1. LA traffic
2. Use less gas
3. Save time
4. Save money

I've been motorcycling to work almost every day now since I received my M1 endorsement from the DMV. I've been saving roughly $60 a month since then.. Usually it costs me between $80-$100 a month to fill up my car. Now that I've switched to commuting on a motorcycle, it's about $12-$25 a month. If I can get a garage and convert my bike to electric, that would save even more. :) For the first time ever, I finally braved the I-10, from Santa Monica to downtown Los Angeles (to the LA Convention Center). It's a 14 mile drive one way, at LA freeway speeds (from 0mph in standstill traffic, to 80mph!), so it got hairy at times, but I was pretty comfortable overall on the trip. It was pretty hot, and I'm glad I was constantly moving! If I was in a car, it would take me 15-20 minutes to get downtown, 45 to get back. On a motorcycle, 15 minutes downtown, 15 minutes back.]]> http://www.inversin.com/2008/08/traffic.php http://www.inversin.com/2008/08/traffic.php News Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:41:00 -0800 August 6th, 2008.....59 years young mom!! just wishing mom Inversin a very happy birthday today! we know that you're not at home right now to celebrate with Allen, but soon enough you'll be back home to go out for a very nice dinner or night out on the town :) ]]> http://www.inversin.com/2008/08/happy-59th-birthday-mom.php http://www.inversin.com/2008/08/happy-59th-birthday-mom.php Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:43:19 -0800 Hello friends and family! It's been a long time since I posted an entry on this blog.. I've been keeping busy updating my work blog, as that is what my life seems to consist of these days!

Given that, here's what has been happening so far this year.. Early in March, I worked on Speed Racer, the movie, which was an abysmal failure at the box office. While the computer generated imagery was top notch, the story and the audience definitely did not connect. I was only on the project for about five weeks, before jumping back onto my regularly scheduled show, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. This film comes out this Friday, so make sure to sit around for the credits to check my name! It's under Digital Domain. At the moment I am creating a presentation for SIGGraph 2008, to be held here in Los Angeles, between August 11th and 15th. This won't be the first SIGGraph I've attended, but it will be the first one where I have a significant role! I'll be speaking on behalf of Digital Domain at their booth, describing the work that we did in creating the dragon emperor, and the computer generated environments and characters in the film. Next up on my plate will be Star Trek, which I should be starting on in the next couple of weeks! ]]> http://www.inversin.com/2008/07/recent-events.php http://www.inversin.com/2008/07/recent-events.php News Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:43:00 -0800 Click here to see how close we actually were to the epicenter of the earthquake!]]> http://www.inversin.com/2008/07/shake-rattle-roll.php http://www.inversin.com/2008/07/shake-rattle-roll.php Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:18:42 -0800 For the past 2 summers now, Aruna and I have been trying to grow cucumbers on our patio, and for some strange reason we never got any to grow to full size ( or any size for that matter)...but this year, it finally worked...YAH! I made sure that the type of seeds that i purchased were of a smaller variety so that the large tub we would be using was enough for its root system. Now the first couple a cucumbers that grew were fine, but the next bunch were all mis-shapen, but we didnt care, as they still tasted fine in our salads! ]]> http://www.inversin.com/2008/07/growing-cucumbers-on-a-patio.php http://www.inversin.com/2008/07/growing-cucumbers-on-a-patio.php Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:33:28 -0800 wishing Mom & Dad Seidel a very Happy and fun filled 72nd birthday on July 9th and July 11th..yup! mom is exactly 2 days older than dad..way ta go mom, you robbed the cradle..hehe...hmm....wait I think I did that too! hehe...but I got 6 years on Aruna..oh well :)]]> http://www.inversin.com/2008/07/happy-72nd-birthday-mom-dad.php http://www.inversin.com/2008/07/happy-72nd-birthday-mom-dad.php Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:25:31 -0800