I’ve been meaning to post for a while now, but I’ve been just busy enough to give me an excuse. A little nudging, and here I am again.
Which oddly enough isn’t in D.C. I’m in London, England for the Google Conference on Test Automation. My advisor is speaking here, and I tagged along for the ride (especially since I have never been to London before). I arrived at 6am yesterday, just a couple of hours before the conference began, and pretty much had a full-day till 7pm, then down the pub midnight. Back up at 4am to work on data for a paper deadline (Saturday 12pm), and back to the conference in a couple of hours.
If anyone has recommendations for places to visit, I’m here for the weekend and have some freetime to explore; the camera is in tow, so hopefully there’ll be new stuff over on the photoblog soon.
Otherwise life hasn’t had much to blog about in particular, hence the lack of posts. Labor Day was a haze of: lame party, board gaming, and all-night at the drive-in :-D!
Quick reviews of the movies from Bengies:
- Cars: Pixar, good.
- Wicker Man: remake, lame.
- My Super-Ex Girlfriend: better than I expected, still pretty forgettable.
- Da Vinci Code: better than I expected, mostly forgettable.
- the Decent: we left at the start, so I don’t have a comment.
COOL!
Ok…first the British Museum is a must see (their loot is the best). Also the Victoria Albert (they have a full sized mock up of Trajan’s column). Skip the anthro (bad renovation job) which is 2 blocks away.
Get off the Subway and get on the top of the double decker bus at least once that do the big circut…not the tour bus..the real ones. They are wild rides (think Knightsbus crazy in Harry Potter). Its cheap too.
Go to the Tate Modern…and I know you are not catholic but skip westminster (except see it from the outside) and go to the Westminster Cathedral (the catholic one…its architechure is byzantine and its just wack…and free….the museums are free.)
If you have 12 free hours go to Marble Arch Underground stop and catch the Oxford Tube for a quick trip to Oxford. The bus runs 24-7 and is better than metro…tuck into Oxford and check it out..GO to the pubs there that have been serving beer since 1509.
I wish I knew you were going. London is crazy fun.
COOL!
Ok…first the British Museum is a must see (their loot is the best). Also the Victoria Albert (they have a full sized mock up of Trajan’s column). Skip the anthro (bad renovation job) which is 2 blocks away.
Get off the Subway and get on the top of the double decker bus at least once that do the big circut…not the tour bus..the real ones. They are wild rides (think Knightsbus crazy in Harry Potter). Its cheap too.
Go to the Tate Modern…and I know you are not catholic but skip westminster (except see it from the outside) and go to the Westminster Cathedral (the catholic one…its architechure is byzantine and its just wack…and free….the museums are free.)
If you have 12 free hours go to Marble Arch Underground stop and catch the Oxford Tube for a quick trip to Oxford. The bus runs 24-7 and is better than metro…tuck into Oxford and check it out..GO to the pubs there that have been serving beer since 1509.
I wish I knew you were going. London is crazy fun.
Unfortunately, I was already on my way home by the time you saw the post. I didn’t manage to make a single place on your list though, sigh.
Unfortunately, I was already on my way home by the time you saw the post. I didn’t manage to make a single place on your list though, sigh.
ah…pity…next time. Next time I will draw you MAPS and make sure you hit the neat stuff. yup.
join us for dinner in a few weeks. I get my wisdom tooth out friday but should be able to eat a week after that surely. I have to show you the working solex too.
ah…pity…next time. Next time I will draw you MAPS and make sure you hit the neat stuff. yup.
join us for dinner in a few weeks. I get my wisdom tooth out friday but should be able to eat a week after that surely. I have to show you the working solex too.