I just wanted to announce for the first time in over 15 years, my primary home directory is not on a linux machine, virtual or otherwise.

I've been using computers since around 1981, when I first started programming video games on a TRS-80 Model III in the Added Divertive Dimensions (ADD) room at my elementary school. Since around 1984, I had computers which used MS-DOS and had diskette drives, and around 1986 or so, I got my first hard drive. That's 30 years of computer training ( Read more... )

In bringing Ginjo, my cat, back to Austin, I checked in with her about every 20-30 minutes, reassuring her by reaching my hand in her cage and speaking to her with calming words and tones. During one of these short sessions, I realized how wound up I was myself, and that I needed some of the same words and tones. And that's when the tears just ( Read more... )

In December, my coworker, Loïc, and I travelled to Hamburg to work on my final project with Numediart, the Augmented Conductor. Basically, we created a chain of three sensor nodes which could be attached to the arm of a conductor in order to control the electronic manipulation of the live orchestral sound. Each sensor included 3D accelerometers, ( Read more... )

In November, I travelled to Köln (Cologne), Germany to meet up with my friend, Sherri. It was somewhat random that she was there, but it was cool to check out a new city in Europe.


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( There's this guy sitting on a couch in an apartment in Belgium. )

The chemistry that I felt with Lee was apparent the instant he got out of the car. I could only see his head since he was on the other side from me, but he just sort of bounded over to give me a hug with a "hey there, pretty lady." I was working gate and welcoming newcomers with shots of lemoncello and absinthe. They had to ring the gong to ( Read more... )

Italy! Slovenia! J and J once again have shown their incredible hospitality and invited me to join them for a few days at J's grandmother's mountain home. It's at the foot of the Alps (well the pre-Alps) near a town called Tarcento. We had a lovely time visiting lots of locations around the area. The first night, there were several other ( Read more... )

July 21st is Belgian National Day (Fête Nationale) and happened to fall on a Wednesday this year. Our lab was particularly deserted during July, so I decided to take the Monday and Tuesday off before and have a five day weekend in Paris with my roommate C, and the daughter of C's best friend, T. I was really one of the most fun and easiest trips ( Read more... )

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