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 …

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.

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: …