Blogs from Mountain View, California, United States, North America - page 2

Today is my last day at work. Thanksgiving will begin a frantic ten days of packing up this life and preparing for what's coming next. Heaven incarnate, the form of a tropical island. Fiji, to be exact - then New Zealand, then Australia, and then moving on up through SE Asia. :) Right now I obviously don't have anything special to say. Over the next six months (or more) I'll be sharing the highlights of my (mis)adventures with you all. I'm going to try experimenting with different styles of communication. Sometimes I'll share something I've been thinking about that's not directly related to my travels, sometimes I'll just post a single photo and caption, other times it might be a poll or survey. And of course I'm sure this will be filled with anecdotes of the ... read more

UPDATE: Elise asked me to remove her portrait, so I complied(well, you know how it is with lawsuits and stuff). As the weekend approached, I decided to call Armin(a swiss guy living here), to check if he had plans for the weekend. I suggested going diving in Monterey. He was free actually, so we decided to go diving on Saturday. Came friday, and because of my supervisor going to India, I had to be briefed on systems maintenance. He was busy working with Marcos(our CTO) all of friday, so we had to do it on Saturday. For dinner friday, I stopped by the Safeway to get something to eat. I got a HUGE sub. Compared to Subways(a sub/sandwhich chain) 12" subs, this thing was a ginormous nuclear sub. It had two-three layers of roastbeef, another few ... read more

Well, we finally came back from the Gay Pride 2006 event. More on that in another blog. I am a bit sunburnt on my forehead, as I forgot to wear my trusty GI hat today. Even though it was overcast, the sun was still strong enough. Anyways, we had to do an interview with our CEO, Tom Lasater for our class with professor Nesheim. Tom was nice enough to invite us to this local place called Tied House. So after grabbing an hour of sleep I headed down to the fountain in the courtyard to find Carina and Tom already waiting. A quick phonecall to Ivar(Gjul, another intern at PeerMe), and we were on our way. According to Tom, Tied House is an old Silicon Valley classic. It is actually just down the road from where ... read more