Last week I decided to give (=was coerced into giving) a talk at Reboot10. I was apprehensive about talking because I didn’t know what to expect from this audience and felt I wouldn’t have anything interesting to say that they’d like to hear about! Well, I pondered this for a little while and realized that [...]
I’m back in San Diego after leaving mid-week when UCSD closed as a result of bad air quality from the wildfires. UCSD, La Jolla, and downtown were untouched by the fires, and only indirectly affected due to campus and road closures, and concern for those who were evacuating. Sadly, the community-supported agriculture program where I [...]
Leif and I spent these past two weekends reunioning. Reunions are a strange sort of phenomenon. Outwardly, they are meant to bring together old friends; but, not so secretly, they are also designed to elicit contributions from alums. The folks who show up are almost always a subset of the full (original) class: alum [...]
I am so exhausted…This summer (working at PARC) was absolutely great, but I feel so worn down now that I am anything but prepared to start a new school year (especially with a heavy class workload). Already this week (week 1, no less), I’ve been working at school beyond 11pm more than once! It’s [...]
