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 …
Category Archives: Personal
Impersonal Kitsch
For some reason, I thought this was totally cool: Message: ———————————————————- THIS IS A ONE TIME NOTICE! Student: Fouche, Sandro Advanced to Candidacy on: 09/01/2006. If he has any current aid offers, please check that they are updated to Step III. —————————————————————– This email was automatically generated One of the perks of going to a …
My last exam…
Oddly enough the last exam I will probably ever take was called a “preliminary” exam. Anyway, as of yesterday, August 4, 2006, I passed my preliminary exam and advanced to candidacy. I am officially a ful doctoral candidate! 🙂 Now back to your regularly scheduled life.
Hiding from the World
Or more importantly, holed up at home while I slog through my doctoral proposal in preparation for my preliminary exam in a couple of weeks. So I really haven’t had much to post about, or the time to even think of posting. When I do get a moment you might hear about: Floyd Landis’ amazing …
100 Miles on a Bike
I find it’s easier to motivate to workout when I have a goal. To this end, I signed up for the Sea Gull Century. Held this year on October 7 on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the Sea Gull has the reputation of being the flattest century in America. Even better, the next day there’s an (optional) …
RasberryLeaf and another car crash
My old friend rasberryleaf has a long running blog over at Hot Air. But she’s a bit down after a recent car crash, and I can totally sympathize (I’ve been in too many myself). But the odd thing is that one of the last times I saw her, we were driving between a wedding and …
Internet Dating…
For the record, I just put up a profile on the Onion Personals. Your comments are welcome!
To date or not to date
So currently I’m really busy; I need to propose my dissertation topic in August, and my buddy Scott and I are busy starting up a new Internet company and building a prototype of our software. Add to that sailing two days a week, and the desire to keep posting photos on the photoblog, and you …
A day in Baltimore
I had a doctor’s appointment thursday; nothing serious just an initial check-in with my new permanent physician. Normally, I’m not a big fan of going to the doctor, but the new docs are just two blocks from Baltimore’s Lexington Market. Lexington Market is a cornucopia of food stalls – most selling prepared food, but many …
Perplex City
Alternate reality game, $200,000 prize, puzzle maven’s delight, and currently sucking up my life. Check out Perplex City, and my in-game profile.