Traveling again

Greetings from the Pacific Northwest. I’m in Bellevue, Washington, taking Herb Sutter’s class, Effective Concurrency. Scott Meyers took the chair right behind me; and, yes, he still needs a haircut. Of course, so do I . . . but not quite so badly. I suspect that I’ll write something here in the coming week or so about what I’m learning.

I spent some time over the weekend with my in-laws in Portland, Oregon. It was wonderful seeing them. And their mischievous dog Penny finally stopped barking at me whenever I stood up by the time I left. The weather is quite beautiful out here, and Dave (my father-in-law) and I went out to the Columbia River Gorge.

A few pictures from this trip and from the last year appear below. They’re all from my mobile phone. One day, I’ll get myself a real digital camera. Maybe one day soon. . . .

Navigating the District (April 2007)	Iowa (June 2007)
On Spectacle Island (Aug. 2007)	Traveling light – Rochester (Sept. 2007)
End of the film industry at Kodak – Rochester (Sept. 2007)	The Farm (Oct. 2007)
HDF Workshop – Largo, Maryland (Nov. 2007)	Lucretia – D.C. (Nov. 2007)
Rural Free Delivery, Postal Museum – D.C. (Nov. 2007)	The future of mail delivery, Postal Museum – D.C. (Nov. 2007)
Commuting – Baltimore (Nov. 2007)	So, I did this project at work . . . (Dec. 2007)
My new camera – Massachusetts (Dec. 2007)	On the Cape (Dec. 2007)
At the Tech Museum – San Jose (Jan. 2008)	Camera quality targets – San Jose (Jan. 2008)
Using MATLAB to test image quality – San Jose (Jan. 2008)	Bikes – Davis (Jan. 2008)
My new suit of armor – San Francisco (Feb. 2008)	Shoe envy – San Francisco (Feb. 2008)
The Golden Gate Bridge – San Francisco (Feb. 2008)	Clean desk (April 2007)
Homai Vyarawala lecture – Cambridge (May 2008)	Messy desk (May 2008)
Spring out my window – Natick (May 2008)	Watching the Sox on the plane – Seattle (May 2008)
Looking out at the Gorge #1 – Oregon (May 2008)	Looking out at the Gorge #2 – Oregon (May 2008)
Latourelle Falls – Oregon (May 2008)	Ready for learning – Bellevue (May 2008)