Archive for September, 2007

Back in the U.S. of A.

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

I arrived back in the US thursday night after 22 hours of travel. I’ve managed to contract the flu, and I’m pretty useless at the moment. I’m going to be filling one or two more posts about the trip (appropriately back-dated) in the next 24-48 hours.

A conference with a view

Friday, September 7th, 2007

So one of the reasons for (the particular timing of) my trip to Europe was to present a poster at ESEC/FSE 2007; which took place in Cavtat, Croatia. Situated close to Dubrovnik on the Adriatic Sea, Cavtat is a picturesque little seaside town; and our hotel — Hotel Croatia — might have the nicest views [...]

Autostadt

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

When I started on this vacation I didn’t have any specific plans, but when Ollie reminded me that Berlin was less than an hour from the Autostadt, I simply had to stop by. For those who don’t know, the Autostadt is Volkswagen’s “Auto-town”, an automobile theme-site focused on VW-group auto brands. There are pavilions for: [...]