Author: Joel Gross

Joel Gross is the CEO of Coalition Technologies.

Resource Use

I go back and forth sometimes between two schools of thought on resource usage:

A) Conservation- resources are limited and must be saved (environmentalists, energy & water conservation, etc.)
B) Exploration & Development- the universe holds infinite resources and we should focus on finding new ways to exploit these rather than waste time on conservation.

Lately I have been leaning towards B. … read more “Resource Use”

Mount Si Take #6

Climbed Mount Si again today with Adam Leong. First time climbing it in the winter. Temperatures were well below freezing, especially close to the top. Probably about 15 degrees. I wore a shirt and two hoodies, jeans and a pair of shorts underneath, but I was still cold. The little birds up at the top were really hungry and a whole crew of them ate out of our hands.… read more “Mount Si Take #6”

Cascade Christian Football in WA State Championship Game!

My high school football team, the Cascade Christian Cougars, are in the state championship game.

http://www.maxpreps.com/news/9weHVsfSEd6tqwAcxJTdpg/washington-high-school-football-playoff-bracket–1a.htm

The game will be played at 1 pm at the Tacoma Dome on Saturday, December 5th.

The team’s head coach is now Randy Davis, who was the offensive coordinator my senior year.  I think we were 6-6 including a playoff loss that season, but I’m not sure since its been awhile.… read more “Cascade Christian Football in WA State Championship Game!”

New JoelX Site Features

I did some work and added some features to this site:

  • “Where’s Joel? page linked to at the top horizontal navigation bar.  This feature uses Google Latitude to display where I am physically located by tracking my iPhone’s GPS.
  • “Site Traffic” on the right hand side menu bar to the right of the “Topics” column.  This shows the how many unique visitors have come to my site in the last 30 days according to Google Analytics.  
… read more “New JoelX Site Features”

Trent Misses Me

My LA roomie Trent misses me… he posted these two funny articles on his blog about it.  I especially like the video in the second one:

I miss you too sweetheart. 🙂

Also, below is Tara’s response:

“I think i’ll have to send Trent some nude photos of you- it may just confirm his greatest fears, that you have indeed been kidnapped and raped.”