This website reflects my Love of Macaws, Wolves and Dogs. You can see pics of my two Macaws Buddy and Lance, and pictures of my late Dogs McQuaid and Cody, and pictures of my current dogs Sophie, Grant, Vixen and Tommy. I also have put together a montage of my favorite Wolf Art. I also express my opinions on various subjects here
First the animals in my life
Lance
and Buddy (After a shower) |
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Lance is a Blue & Gold
Macaw |
Buddy is a
Calico Macaw (a mixture of a Military and Green Wing Macaw) |
McQuaid
and Cody, doing their cooperative digging thing. |
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McQuaid
was 75% Timber Wolf and Malamute mix |
Cody
was a Siberian Husky. |
Sophie
and Grant chewing together |
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Sophie
is probably a White German Shepherd and Husky Mix |
Grant
is a blind Siberian Husky. He passed away on 1/21/2008 at about 12 years old |
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Here all four, Vixen in the front, Tommy to the left,
Sophie to the right and Grant at the back |
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About Me
I am a veteran of the software industry.
Having done robotics research at QMC London University, worked at DeBeers in R&D, Atari Games (Coin Op), Silicon Graphics, 3DO and various startups, I think I have seen and done most everything in this weird industry.
Claims to “fame” are:
- I wrote “The Last Starfigher” Arcade game (never shipped). See clip
- Did the 3D engine used in Hardrivin’, Stun Runner and Steel Talons Arcade games.
- I managed the group that shipped OpenGL and IrisGL for the Indy and Indigo workstations.
- Wrote Splash the perl-like c++ class Library
- Wrote the voice and graphics engines for Multitude’s FireTeam the first online game with realtime full duplex voice team play.
- Was chief architect for the Firetalk voice chat program
- Founder and programmer for the e4 Networks voice chat and voice conferencing system.
Other than spending time with my feathered and furry family, I spend a lot of time at the offleash dog parks, I play squash at the Decathlon Club, sail big boats (38+’), hike, shop at Fry’s and Home Depot, and work on geeky projects
My favorite Dog poems
A Malamute Dog by Pat O’Cotter
You can’t tell me God would have Heaven
So a man couldn’t mix with his friends -
That we are doomed to meet disappointment
When we come to the place the trail ends.
That would be a low-grade sort of Heaven
And I’d never regret a damned sin
If I rush up to the gates white and pearly
And they don’t let my Malamute in.
For I know it would never be homelike
No matter how golden the strand,
If I lose out that pal-loving feeling
Of a Malamute’s nose on my hand.
Revisionist author unknown
What a piece of work is a wolf!...in form, in
moving, how express and admirable! In action,
how like an angel, in apprehension, how like a god!
The beauty of the world, the paragon of animals!
Here I voice my opinions on various issues that bug me, remember these are my opinions, you are also welcome to your own opinions 
Following are the most recent ones…
Correct me if I’m wrong ;)
It seems to me that San Jose has become one of the most dog un-friendly cities. I was watching a program called Dog Friendly Cities, and it seems that many large Cities (San Francisco, Miami, New York etc) are very dog friendly.
On the other hand San Jose is terrible by comparison.
For a start there are very few dog parks, and the ones that there are are very small, and are unlit, and close too early. In fact District 6 has NO dog parks at all! Everytime they try to open one someone complains.
The recent change in the Title 7 Animal control laws are prohibitive, dog unfriendly, and probably unconstitutional.
All San Jose Street fairs ban dogs, even though, last time I looked, dogs are allowed on City streets when on a leash.
You can get your dog seized by Animal Control if it pee’s on someones lawn and they complain, I hate to think what would happen if the dog were to poop on someones lawn! (Regardless of whether you pick up or not).
Most City parks ban dogs, even on leash. All school fields ban dogs, even though our tax dollars pay for those fields.
All establishments (except a few pet stores) ban dogs, and I have never seen tie outs or loops outside where you can tie your dog up if you want to go inside (to get coffee etc).
So I vote San Jose as THE MOST DOG UN-FRIENDLY CITY.
Thanks San Jose, I’ll be thinking about that next time you want to hike my taxes or have me vote for you.
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Posted by wolfmanjm on Jan 26, 2008
Grant had been diagnosed with liver cancer. He had one tumor removed but the other was inoperable. He was on various medications which were designed to prolong his quality of life for a while.He did very well for a few months, and had a good few months.
Grant passed away Monday morning at 2am 1/21/2008. He was OK in the morning but sometime in the late afternoon something was bothering him. He seemed disoriented and was uncomfortable. I took him to the emergency vet at around 1am, they said he was going into shock, but couldn’t say why but it could be due to the cancer. I made one of the hardest decisions any owner has to make for their pet, and had them put him to sleep while he was in my arms. I couldn’t bear to see him suffer any longer, and it was pretty clear he was not going to make it through the night.
RIP by dear friend, I’ll love you forever.
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Posted by wolfmanjm on Jan 22, 2008
Here are the dogs I have fostered and are now in their own homes with new families.
Jaeger and Moose – my first foster dogs, both Siberian Huskies and they were brothers. Really sweet and affectionate.
Tundra – Another good boy, a Woolly Malamute.
Misty – A Siberian mix and a really sweet girl.
Taz – A red and white Siberian, a real character.
Tonka – A Mal mix, great dog played well with all dogs, a little mouthy with people but very affectionate.
Kodi- A 5 month old Malamute puppy, he was HUGE for his age. Really sweet puppy.
Summit – A 1 year old Husky/something mix, really a huggable and kissey dog, loved to sleep on top of you all night! and cuddle up to you.
Shadow – A smallish Malamute, almost a perfect dog, happiest when sleeping on the bed, loved my dogs and fitted in really well. I got him back after 6 Months. Reportedly has some major issues. I have him now, and he does have a few issues, but is still a really sweet guy although now he must sleep on the bed otherwise none of us gets any sleep!
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Posted by wolfmanjm on Aug 18, 2007
Recently I started helping a couple of rescue groups in my area BASH and MUSH.
I foster Huskies and Malamutes.
I have to say this is incredibly rewarding, even though it is really hard to let the fosters go, and can be quite stressful figuring out if the potential adopter is right for the dog.
So far I have fostered 6 dogs, and all have been adopted out.
I think it helps that I already have 4 dogs of my own and know I simply can’t cope with more on a long term basis. So keeping them is out of the question.
If you can do this I highly recommend it.
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Posted by wolfmanjm on Aug 02, 2007
This new site is a social networking site for Snow Dog owners and friends of Snow Dogs.
It is a user contributed site where you can show pictures of your dogs, recommend places that are dog friendly,
and organize events for your Snow Dogs.
Check it out at snowdogsr.us
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Posted by wolfmanjm on Jun 21, 2007
