My last few days in San Diego, I really felt the love. Tuesday night, before my last day at work, Hyun-chul (visiting researcher and desk-neighbor), Fragkiskos, Alberto (summer interns from Cyprus and Italy, respectively), and I went out to downtown San Diego for the first time together. We had a good time together, laughing about all the little ( Read more... )

Last Saturday (the 11th), I went to the world-famous San Diego Zoo. I asked several people if they wanted to come along, but none did, so I went by myself. I got up pretty early to catch the bus by 8:15, and I would have been there by around 10am, but I got a bit turned around while talking on the phone and took the wrong direction of the right ( Read more... )

This week, some friends from UNC were in town for the 2007 SIGGRAPH Conference. Saturday, a group of us (Jason, Nico, Avneesh, Ted, and some alumni) went to downtown La Jolla for beers and burgers at what has become my haunt, the Bull and Bear. For some reason, the prevailing opinion was that the short, pretty walk to La Jolla Cove wasn't a good ( Read more... )

After seeing the Dead Sea Scrolls with Matt, we grabbed some Roberto's (so tasty!). There were plans in the works to attend a party in Pacific Beach with some of Matt and Eric's co-workers. Eric came over along with some soon-to-be coworkers, Josh and Denise, who moved here about a week ago. (Denise is Jamaican--I love her accent!) We played a ( Read more... )

It's true, what they say about San Diego weather. Here's my current forecast:

Wednesday: mostly sunny, 74º
Thursday: mostly sunny, 74º
Friday: mostly sunny, 74º
Saturday: mostly sunny, 74º
(I'm not making this up!)
Sunday: sunny, 76º
Monday: mostly sunny, 76º

I flew out to San Diego on Sunday (the 13th). After dropping my parents off at the airport in the afternoon, I came back and cleaned like a madman. My mom had already done a lot, but I actually tidied everything up. My apartment as I left it was tidier than at any time I've been there. I also did laundry and packed, fitting everything I could ( Read more... )

Well, I decided last night that it will be San Diego for me this summer. I had an offer from CAIDA in San Diego and another one from Google in New York City. It was a hard decision. CAIDA is an awesome place with awesome people in an awesome city. Google is...well, Google, and I've always wanted to work there. Google made a very attractive ( Read more... )