An article about his experiment on simulating gravitational fields with droplets of water on a soap bubble was published in Scientific American in December 1964, under The Amateur Scientist.

While living in Palo Alto, California, Yob came across logic games on a mainframe computer named Hurkle, Snark, and Mugwump.

High technology and interactive systems combine with your participation to give you an enjoyable evening uniquely attuned to your senses and mind."

He was an engineer and helped build the first iteration of student radio station KDVS at University of California, Davis, where he ran an avant-garde show.

After five days in a diabetic coma at the intensive care unit in Santa Cruz, on October 13, 2005, he was airlifted to a hospice in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he died that evening.