Photography from my friend Kostas

15 years ago

My best friend Kostas Amoiridis is a photographer (mostly fashion) back in Greece. The photo at the corner of this…

Transitioning to a new role

15 years ago

I know it hasn't been long since I moved to Bing from Microsoft Research but things don't always work out…

Evergreen State Fair and The Pretenders

15 years ago

I had never been to a farmers' fair here in the US until last Saturday, when I visited the Evergreen…

Great weekend in Vancouver

16 years ago

This past weekend was all about exploring a city. Vancouver was the chosen destination, even though I've been there so…

Unix turns 40 years old – “Unix is the best screwdriver ever built”

16 years ago

My first exposure to Unix came around 1992-93 when a contractor at my department at the time gave me remote…

Olympic Peninsula – Shi Shi beach

16 years ago

I spent this past weekend at Shi Shi beach, over at the Olympic Peninsula. Cris and I have been discussing…

A great night at Seattle’s ACT

16 years ago

I don't often blog about many of the things I do in Seattle in the evenings (well, with the exception…

Beautiful video about Microsoft External Research

16 years ago

I just noticed a beautiful video about Microsoft's External Research (my previous group). A great view at very high-level of…

“What’s faster – A supercomputer or EC2?” – Great insight by Ian Foster

16 years ago

I enjoyed reading Ian's analysis on how to interpret "faster" when it comes to comparing infrastructure-as-a-service and a supercomputer. Snippet:…

Weekend of riding, camping, hiking, lake swimming, windsurfing, and book writing

16 years ago

... Phew... what a fun weekend that was! I had such a good time even though i am now suffering…