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Seattle colors
Seattle is sooooo beautiful at this time of the year. I’ve been carrying my camera with me the last week or so and taking photographs of the colors and the rapidly changing landscape. This is a sunset from my balcony… The top of the Queen Anne hill, where I live, is gorgeous…
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Moby at the Showbox
I went to Moby‘s concert here in Seattle yesterday. It was absolutely great. I don’t know whether it was the music, the dancing (lots of jumping :-), the vibe, the wine + beers that we had beforehand, or the combination of all but I had an amazing time. I loved Moby’s statements of the obvious…
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“The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery”
I am extremely honored and humbled to be amongst so many scientists who have contributed to the book entitled “The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery“. I met Jim Gray back at the end of 2003 and since then he’s been an inspiration to me. He was amongst the best Computer Scientists but also such a…
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“Star Wars in concert” – It was excellent
I attended the “Star Wars in concert” show at the KeyArena earlier tonight. It was quite an experience! 🙂 There was a large orchestra and symphony to play John William‘s compositions from the movie series. A huuuuge screen was playing snippets from the movies. Cameras were not allowed in so I was only able to…
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Art and dance
Amongst the videos I was sent today, these two really stand out, for different reasons. The first one is beautiful and moving. Kseniya Simonova, a sand artist from Ukraine, participated in a talent show on TV and won. Apparently she joined the competition because she wanted to help a kid who needed the money for…
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How to solve the energy crisis…
“It’s the one-man fight against global warning! All I need to do is stick a wire up your butt, and hey presto, no more CO2 problems.” This is what one of my best friends wrote while we were chatting because I keep talking about positive and negative “energy” :-)))) It’s sooooooooo funny 🙂 Oh… I…
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Last two days of a wonderful short trip
It was a very short but, still, great trip to the UK and Greece. The last day of my visit at my family home was relaxing… just spent time with everyone and met more friends. My sincere apologies to everyone I missed. My days were totally packed 🙁 I’ve been saying “goodbye” to my family…
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At home – Second and third days/nights in Greece
After an amazing day/night in Thessaloniki, Kostas and I drove to Xanthi, my home city (just a couple of hours from Thessaloniki). My family house is actually 5km out of Xanthi, in the beautiful village of Petinos (photos of the place where I grew up will come with my final blog entry). It was sooooo…
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First day/night in Greece
I don’t expect all nights are going to be like my first one in Thessaloniki because if that’s the case, I’ll need to take a vacation immediately upon my return to Seattle 🙂 Wow! The welcoming was amazing. Kostas picked me up from the airport and we headed towards Thessaloniki while listening to Radio Republic.…
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First part of my European trip
Despite a rocky start to the trip due to the jet-lag and a cold, I now feel so much better and I am ready (and very excited) to see my family and friends in Greece. I am currently at the British lounge at Gatwick, waiting for my flight. The meeting in Cambridge went great. The…