About Eric
at Google on their driverless car project.
He lives in a giant home in Woodside with nine great friends: some from college, some from high school. They share cooking & cleaning chores and go on lots of fun outings together.
He bought [only] two new vehicles this year:
an electric motorcycle and a very cute
small blue diesel pickup truck.
Last Spring he and his high school sweetie Elle reunited, and the two of them took a fun trip
to Japan. He clearly enjoyed the cuisine.
Then in December he and Elle joined the trip to Tanzania
to visit with his sister at the end of her stay there.
Below, the driver made him get out of the jeep to stand
near the Wildebeests.
During the year he transitioned from a contractor working full time at Google to a full time employee,
which means he gets more benefits and is a first class Googler.
He continues to help Google with their long term vision to take [bad] drivers off the road
and replace them with small, slow, expensive, bubble-shaped cars.
Lots more biking this year. In addition to
biking to work most of the time Eric did really well on
the Death Ride in the
Sierras (129 miles & 15,000 feet of climbing; picture
below left), and also did a Low-key Hill
Climb ("Inclined to Suffer"; picture below right) up
nearby Mount Hamilton as well.
Elle has become an expert at acro
yoga and taught Eric a few moves at Burning Man,
below.
He and his house mates had lots of fun parties, including
this one for Halloween
Preparations for Burning Man involved steel
beams, lots of wood, PVC tubing, and
many hours of planning.
Here's Eric at burning man, installing the
slide off the top of the bus
Several new outfits, hats and hairstyles were
modeled by Eric throughout 2015
