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Weekend trip: Cascade Loop
I spent this weekend on the road. It was absolutely great! I wanted to get out of Seattle, listen to some live music, ride, smell the forest, write, think, etc. etc. It’s sooooo liberating to be on the road. It’s refreshing to meet new people, dance, philosophize, and put life into perspective 🙂 In all…
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A quick trip to Europe
I am off to Europe in few days. My previous team, External Research in MSR, is organizing a small event in Cambridge, UK, to discuss all the great technologies that they have been developing over the last few years, for some of which you can blame me too 🙂 I am going to focus on…
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It’s sooo good to be on the road again 🙂
I am doing the Cascades loop this weekend on my motorbike. It feels sooooo good to be on the road again. I spent most of my day at Lake Chelan at the “Rhythms on the Lake Music Festival”. Beautiful music and lots of dancing. Met new people and felt totally alive!!! 🙂 I am going…
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The importance of friends in my life
I try my best in my life to be a good friend to everyone. Sometimes I do mistakes. I seriously apologize to those whom I might have hurt. I do hope that in most times I am someone to whom my friends can count. Over emotional times, I realize how lucky I am to have…
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Photography from my friend Kostas
My best friend Kostas Amoiridis is a photographer (mostly fashion) back in Greece. The photo at the corner of this blog was taken by him, for an interview of mine in a Greek magazine (plus some others for other similar occasions… the ones where I pose 🙂 Kostas is absolutely fantastic… personality and talent!!! I…
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Transitioning to a new role
I know it hasn’t been long since I moved to Bing from Microsoft Research but things don’t always work out as originally planned. I learned a lot while at Bing but my primary goal of getting experience in delivering a large-scale service wasn’t being realized. Furthermore, the work I wanted to do around many ideas…
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Evergreen State Fair and The Pretenders
I had never been to a farmers’ fair here in the US until last Saturday, when I visited the Evergreen State Fair. It was lots of fun :-)… Many different types of animals, art stands, food, music, events, and many-many people 🙂 Last Saturday, my summer of concerts continued with The Pretenders. It was…
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Great weekend in Vancouver
This past weekend was all about exploring a city. Vancouver was the chosen destination, even though I’ve been there so many times. It was about good food, music, walks, absorbing the city vibe, conversation, etc. (Oh… and a lot of book work as well). (Walking around Stanley Park… Beaver Lake and the beach where an…
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Unix turns 40 years old – “Unix is the best screwdriver ever built”
My first exposure to Unix came around 1992-93 when a contractor at my department at the time gave me remote access (via my 2,400bps modem) to his Sun workstation at his office so I could “play around”. I remember how within mins of getting access I was able to crash his machine because I was…
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Olympic Peninsula – Shi Shi beach
I spent this past weekend at Shi Shi beach, over at the Olympic Peninsula. Cris and I have been discussing a camping trip together for some time now. (Location of Shi Shi beach) (Driving past Lake Crescent on the way… don’t ask who took the photograph from the driver’s side… as the car was moving…