All About Karl

 

The basics:

 

  • Name: Karl Stanley Liang

  • Born: 25 Feb in Abington Memorial Hospital.

  • I'm single with Black Lab: Dating is a giant pain in the ass until you meet someone that blows you away.  If you know someone that you think would blow me away, send them my way.

  • Nicknames: ""the Truth", "the Langer", "Clubber".

  • Web site: www.karlliang.com for fun and www.flyingsfo.com to fund the fun stuff

 

The living quarters:

 

  1. Palos Verdes, CA:  Childhood home

  2. Seattle, WA: high school home

  3. Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA: college home.

  4. San Mateo, CA:  suburban livin'

  5. San Francisco (life is good out here in lower Seacliff)

 

The working quarters:

 

  1. U.S. Naval Reserve (1988 - 1994)

  2. Adaptec (1992-1994)

  3. PLX Technology (1994 - 1997)

  4. Network Appliance (1997-2001)

  5. Peribit Networks (2002 - present)
    Full resume

 

The photo gallery:

 

  1. Flying

  2. Travels

  3. Friends

  4. The Annual Lobster Feed

 

The hobbies:

 

  1. Flying

  2. Diving

  3. Skiing

  4. Surfing

  5. Cooking

 

  

 

The needs:

 

  1. A good group of family & friends (coming soon (the link, not the family & friends))

  2. A good dog (Roxy)

  3. A good book (Amazon.com)

  4. A gym with a good pool

 

The desperate wants:

 

  1. 1500 hours total, 300 hours instrument and 100 multi-engine flying time

  2. Turbine flying time (turboprop or jet, I'm not picky)

  3. A nice long extended trip to the Maldives

 

Recently promoted desperate wants:

 

  1. A black Audi A4 3.0 Quattro

  2. A good computer (Intel 3.0GHz, 1GB mem)

  3. A good chef's knife (Wusthof)

 

The nice-to-haves:

 

  1. A black Audi allroad quattro 4.2

  2. A searchable recipe collection (Epicurious and FoodTV)

  3. A digital camcorder/megapixel camera all-in-one.

  4. A good airplane (Beechcraft Baron 58TC) with known icing equipment.

 

The wish-I-could-haves:

 

  1. A weekly trip to Philadelphia for a steak sandwich...

  2. ...followed by a weekly trip to Big Al's in Chicago for an Italian Hot Beef sandwich.

  3. A Beechcraft Baron 58TC on a permanent basis (Yeah, baby!)

  4. A set of Oakleys that actually fit the bridge of my nose