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Crash!
Just days after my first police ticket, I had my first two-vehicle car accident, and it wasn't even my fault! I was driving down a small residential road (Newell), and the other driver was driving out...
View ArticleThe road to Midway
Today I have boarded a flight to Chicago, Illinois on my way to the AAAI-08 conference. As usual, instead of flying direct, I have connected through Minneapolis in order to fly Northwest and get a...
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Oral Surgery
Today I underwent oral surgery under general anesthesia. The procedure was the removal of my two lower wisdom teeth which were impacted. This procedure is uncommon in the US for people my age (27)....
View Article$400 to spend a night in Georgia
That's what I got offered, I accepted. They took back their offer. I'm talking obviously about Atlanta, GA, and the offer was by Delta due to overbooking in my flight back to San Francisco. The offer...
View ArticleHappy Birthday?
It's my birthday today. I'm 28, and at work. One year older and not much to show for it. Maybe I'll start updating my blog, but for now that's all.
View ArticleA new friend
I made a new girl (space) friend this week, and together we have founded the awesome peoples' league (Bay area chapter). She and her fiancé are into boardgaming in addition to using free operating...
View ArticleA hard day’s night
So, as I wrote earlier, I am in charge of an NSF grant proposal, and today was the deadline, which meant me and my professor had to work the entire day from 10 to 9 on writing the proposal, which meant...
View ArticleTurkey, India, and Thanksgiving
This weekend was Thanksgiving. As always, holidays in the US are designed to create long weekends, and Thanksgiving is no exception. Scheduled on the third Thursday of November, Thanksgiving marks the...
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Desert Snow
As I have updated before, my parents have arrived and have been here for a week now. Two days ago (Sunday), we started our road trip to Las Vegas through the California central valley and interstate...
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Uncle!
Today, Jan 14, 2009, I have become an Uncle. Yes, my older brother is now a father of twin girls, and all is well. I have not yet seen the babies, but once I get photos, I'll post them here.The growth...
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The strange world of Macs (Part 1)
If you had to name the two most common operating systems, you would most likely say: Windows and Linux. Well, in the US there is a third common operating system. In fact, it's even more popular than...
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A Political Post
Today is Election day in Israel, and I'm voting for the extreme left wing party Hadash. Why? Because I think war is wrong. Period.Why is war wrong you ask? Well, killing or hurting innocent people is...
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I don’t do human babies
As I have posted before, my brother has recently had twin daughters, which made me a new uncle. As many of you know, babies and I don't get along very well. I mean, they like me, but I'm very much...
View ArticleMissed flight, business class
Greetings from over the Atlantic Ocean. I'm writing this blog post from KLM Flight 0605 from Amsterdam to San Francisco in Business class! But, before I write about my business class experience, I...
View ArticleOrder, Office Depot, and Vertical Storage
Those of you who have been following my twitter or Facebook updates may have noticed that in the past three days I was in a cleaning spree, transforming my room from an unpassable mess (literally) to a...
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Walking to work experiment
Today is day 6 of my walking to work experiment, and I could proudly say the experiment is a success. For the past 6 work days, I have been walking all the way from home to work and back every day. A...
View ArticleThe Strange World of Macs (Part 2)
I promised a second post about macs, and it's time to deliver. The reason I'm updating about it now, is that it turns out that two of the undergrads working with me on the computational pool project...
View ArticleRant about fancy hotels
I have just arrived in Cambridge, MA for a week of consulting for Microsoft Research. They paid for my flight and hotel room so they put me in a fancy $200/night hotel. In this post I will try to...
View ArticleMacs, part 3: Podcasts, Customer Service, and Fingers
As I've posted before, I'm staying at a fancy hotel in the Boston area. Next to the hotel is a Mall, and in this mall is an Apple store. Again I tried using the display laptops. If you recall, the...
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Macs, part 4: getting a new MacBook
In my previous post I wrote about my experience with macs, and the conclusion was that in order to criticize macs effectively, I should get one. Over $3,000 and one week later, I got a brand new...
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