{"id":140,"date":"2008-04-22T06:41:16","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T13:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/?p=140"},"modified":"2013-12-14T12:25:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T17:25:30","slug":"training-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/training-in-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Training in the Sun&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I got to travel to Santa Clara, California for some training on new tech from Sun. I went with my coworker Patrick. After class we had time to wander around a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a pic of us in front of Sun, Patrick on Page Mill Road overlooking Santa Clara, and an example of the curvy roads we drove.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/n701895367_2754021_8754.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/images\/general\/Ops_Center_Training\/01_At_Sun_192.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/n701895367_2754022_1925.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/images\/general\/Ops_Center_Training\/02_Driving_with_Patrick_192.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/n701895367_2754023_2896.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/images\/general\/Ops_Center_Training\/03_Road_192.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know why I noticed this tree: it would look ominous on a dark stormy night:<\/p>\n<p><center>            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 144px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/n701895367_2754025_3439.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"A tree. Yes, just a tree. But a tree that would look pretty spooky on a stormy night only lit by the light of the moon...\n\nhttp:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/?p=140\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/n701895367_2754025_3439.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/thumbs\/thumbs_n701895367_2754025_3439.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"319\"\n             data-title=\"n701895367_2754025_3439.jpg\"\n             data-description=\"A tree. Yes, just a tree. But a tree that would look pretty spooky on a stormy night only lit by the light of the moon...\n\nhttp:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/?p=140\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"shutterset_efff100ec06b17309e3c15358c684c62\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/cache\/n701895367_2754025_3439.jpg-nggid03319-ngg0dyn-0x192x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"n701895367_2754025_3439.jpg\"\n             title=\"n701895367_2754025_3439.jpg\"\n              width=\"144\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/center><\/p>\n<p>A couple more shots taken along the road, then another from San Gregario beach (where I&#8217;ve been before on other trips)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/n701895367_2754026_4112.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/images\/general\/Ops_Center_Training\/05_Me_192.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/n701895367_2754027_5393.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/images\/general\/Ops_Center_Training\/06_Green_192.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/n701895367_2754028_7007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/images\/general\/Ops_Center_Training\/06_XBeach_192.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;a sunset over the Pacific&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center>            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 144px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/n701895367_2754029_7780.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"Sun setting over the Pacific...\n\nhttp:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/?p=140\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/n701895367_2754029_7780.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/thumbs\/thumbs_n701895367_2754029_7780.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"323\"\n             data-title=\"n701895367_2754029_7780.jpg\"\n             data-description=\"Sun setting over the Pacific...\n\nhttp:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/?p=140\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"shutterset_a8e6b75aa4b5d3fa3c6d0df3259934a7\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/cache\/n701895367_2754029_7780.jpg-nggid03323-ngg0dyn-0x192x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"n701895367_2754029_7780.jpg\"\n             title=\"n701895367_2754029_7780.jpg\"\n              width=\"144\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and finally another visitor that was walking along the top of the cliffs along the beach, as the sun was going down&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center>            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 256px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/n701895367_2754030_8646.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"Hiker walking the cliffs overlooking San Gregario beach...\n\nhttp:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/?p=140\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/n701895367_2754030_8646.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/thumbs\/thumbs_n701895367_2754030_8646.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"324\"\n             data-title=\"n701895367_2754030_8646.jpg\"\n             data-description=\"Hiker walking the cliffs overlooking San Gregario beach...\n\nhttp:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/?p=140\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"shutterset_835d19f927b7e3776ca55620133972e9\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/ops-center-training\/cache\/n701895367_2754030_8646.jpg-nggid03324-ngg0dyn-0x192x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"n701895367_2754030_8646.jpg\"\n             title=\"n701895367_2754030_8646.jpg\"\n              width=\"256\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/center><\/p>\n<p>Thats enough pics for now&#8230; many more on the way from the next place I went: Phoenix, Arizona!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I got to travel to Santa Clara, California for some training on new tech from Sun. I went with my coworker Patrick. After class we had time to wander around a bit. Here&#8217;s a pic of us in <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/training-in-the-sun\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Training in the Sun&#8230;<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ptY4v-2g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1038,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/1038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}