Travel blog – Day 7

16 years ago

No sign of bugs this morning and throughout the day. My "attack" on them yesterday seems to have paid off.…

Travel blog – Day 6

16 years ago

(this was supposed to be a boring driving day... little I knew :-) After yesterday's problems with Julio, the car,…

1TB sort done in 68 seconds by Google

16 years ago

This 3 times faster than the previous known record. For those who don't know, Jim Gray et al established a…

Travel blog – Day 5

16 years ago

I think I slept for 11 hours. The combination of bugs the night before (I think I only slept for…

Travel blog – Day 4

16 years ago

The day started very early. I couldn't sleep all night because of blood-thirsty bugs. Originally I thought it was mosquitoes.…

Travel blog – Day 3

16 years ago

Another great day, different from yesterday. I woke up feeling that I needed more sleep. The hotel experience was not…

Travel blog – Day 2

16 years ago

After a wonderful first evening in Valladolid, I returned to the hotel, taking some photos on the way (this is…

Travel blog – Day 1

16 years ago

As you can probably imagine, this blog will be full of travel-related entries for the next couple of weeks. I…

Good comments about our coffee-related endeavors

16 years ago

Jay has some good feedback on our "How to GET a Cup of Coffee" article. Thanks Jay! We are monitoring…

Adventure ahead: I am off to explore the Maya civilization

16 years ago

Just booked my flight for a 2 1/2 week trip to explore the Maya civilization. I am flying to Cancun…