6 posts tagged “thefarm”
This one's titled "Shadows of the Future".
I'm at this panel, "How to find the next Google". It's packed, I assure you.
I almost caused an accident today, on skates.
I skated slowly, wary of the starting rain, and a bicyclist slowed to say "I've never seen such a thing."
As I passed, I heard and then saw an under-girl say "Jeez Louise", and barely avoid a bike-based crash.
In the news today, May Zhou was finally found, dead, in the trunk of her car.
She was a PhD student here as well, in the department across the street from mine, living somewhere in my apartment complex. She also drove a Toyota Corolla.
I just realized now that it's been a year now since one of my college friends committed suicide. I often hear people talk about how they're suprised and shocked to hear such things, but in this case, for this friend, I was not totally surprised.
After yesterday's injury, my roomie helped to wrap up my wound, and insisted I clean it well enough.
This morning I wondered aloud, when should I start skating again?
Today, she said. Otherwise it's harder to fight the post-traumatic fear.
This afternoon, on the way to Gates, I put my skates on, slowly rode, and yes, I was afraid.
I was inspired this morning, half-dreaming, to remember that life is how we see it.
I (freeline) skated toward Gates this afternoon, and found out that I had passed two out of three comps that had results already posted, indexed by our not-so-magic number.
Almost average in a group of PhD brighties here at TheFarm, not bad ;)
I played some (ping) pong with Google-branded paddles, went to a talk, returned a library book, and skated (part way) back home.
This time, I went more than half a kilometer down Escondido Rd -- which I've never done before (!) -- and makes up half the distance between the quad and my student home.
I went to see a Knuth computer musing.
What did I find?
Knuth's aspect ratio was greater than expected.
