I love bicycling. And I hate to admit it, but I’m also a bike geek. While the latest and greatest bike technology is always interesting, I mostly ride older, used bicycles. I especially like mid-1980s vintage bicycles. (But I’d still like a new 2008 Trek Madone 5.2). You can see my line-up of bicycles in …
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Tapia 2007
I’m just back from the 2007 Richard Tapia: Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference. I had a good time, and the weather in Orlando cooperated nicely. I met a lot of great people, found out about a bunch of post-graduate positions, and enjoyed several excellent presentations. Part of the conference included a backstage tour of …
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Seagull Century 2007
I had the great opportunity to ride in the 2007 Seagull Century. I completed the 100-mile ride in just about 10 hours. A few comments: Carry the supplies to fix a flat tire, even if you don’t know how to actually change a tire. I was happy to help someone who had broken down and …
Back in the U.S. of A.
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
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
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: …
Drinking as holiday
So far in Germany I’ve managed to: be in 3 cities (Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Berlin) meet up with 2 friends drink about 8 beers …and I’m not even vaguely keeping up with the drinking. I’ve been pretty bad, I really haven’t done anything in the cities I’ve visited. The last few weeks have been catching up …
Travels & Trains
I’m on vacation. Well, I’m on as much of a vacation as I’ve managed the last 10 years or so. I’ve been bouncing around a bit for the last week, and I’ll be at it a couple more. Three days in New York City for a conference, very little in the way of relaxation, but …
the “new” motorcycle
I had been waiting until I could shoot some reasonable pictures of my new motorcycle to post about it. But let’s face it, a post is better than none. So here is a stock photo of my new bike, a 2002 Ducati Monster 620ie Dark. I bought it off Ebay with 5889 miles on it, …