{"id":38,"date":"2023-08-01T20:18:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T03:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2023-08-24T17:55:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T00:55:39","slug":"about-ben","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/?page_id=38","title":{"rendered":"About Ben"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi there! Here&#8217;s a little bit of stuff about me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Born in Friesland, Netherlands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Almae matres: Panama Elementary (Sunnyvale), Collins Middle (Cupertino), Fremont High (Sunnyvale), UC Santa Cruz (1988)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retired from Apple, Inc. after internships and full-time during 1985~2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interests: Software, electronics, aviation, medicine, SCUBA, underwater communication, astronomy and physics, social justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Projects: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redwinesgarage.com\">https:\/\/www.redwinesgarage.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SharkShout SCUBA diving communication app for Apple Watch Ultra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Instructables Projects:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/search\/?q=BenKoning&amp;projects=all\">https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/search\/?q=BenKoning&amp;projects=all<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Subaru BRZ Dome Light Controller (to get around bad switch design)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subaru BRZ Footwell Light Controller (to get around bad brightness design)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dodge Viper Fuel Relay Controller (to work around a failed hard-to-replace pressure regulator)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optical Keyboard (a true hermetically-sealed touchpad)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Patent:  <a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/US20140208091A1\/en?oq=US20140208091A1\">https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/US20140208091A1\/en?oq=US20140208091A1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Method of dynamically resizing enclosed storage device partitions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Media:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arcadia Images Of America series: Sunnyvale (128pp)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Echo of the Future: A Tale of Sunnyvale (48min)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sunnyvale (Images of America)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"627\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_KOEnCfsVhmg0Er&#038;asin=073857435X&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Echo of the Future: A Tale of Sunnyvale\" width=\"627\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tGsR3JlGHjg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vietnam 2013 Trip<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My friend Monte and I went on a trip to Vietnam in May 2013 for 10+ days for a friend&#8217;s wedding. Friendly people everywhere, incredible food, impossible language barrier. Did I mention incredible food?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-1-SAM_0835-2-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-1-SAM_0835-2-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-1-SAM_0835-2-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-1-SAM_0835-2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-1-SAM_0835-2-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-1-SAM_0835-2-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-1-SAM_0835-2-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Christina, who made this entire trip possible by not only planning it but also serving as translator, everywhere, all the time. Wow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-3-SAM_0350-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-3-SAM_0350-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-3-SAM_0350-1.jpg 320w, http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-3-SAM_0350-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a typical view from the backyard of one of Christina&#8217;s relatives. We actually took a canoe through a narrow jungle river to reach their house. There, we were feasted with a banquet of fresh (as in, cut straight down from the (very high) tree) pineapple and coconut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-2-SAM_0369-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-2-SAM_0369-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-2-SAM_0369-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-2-SAM_0369-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-2-SAM_0369-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-2-SAM_0369-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.benkoning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vietnam-2-SAM_0369-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One afternoon, without warning, it started raining HARD. And as an old National Geographic photographer once wrote, &#8220;if it gets too rainy and too muddy and too dirty to keep shooting, then keep shooting!&#8221;. I got lucky on this shot; normally I&#8217;m terrible at trying to pan\/pick motion things like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there! Here&#8217;s a little bit of stuff about me. Some Links Projects: https:\/\/www.redwinesgarage.com Instructables Projects: https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/search\/?q=BenKoning&amp;projects=all Patent: https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/US20140208091A1\/en?oq=US20140208091A1 Media: &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Vietnam 2013 Trip My friend Monte and I went on a trip to Vietnam in May 2013 for 10+ days for a friend&#8217;s wedding. Friendly people everywhere, incredible food, impossible language barrier. 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