Hello fro somewhere south of Iceland. Just barely made my EWR->MUC connection due to weather delay of my flight from BTV. Funny thing , i ,.. had to duck under the half closed airplane door to run to my seat.
WOke today with my mind spinning .. mostly about work.. but not entirely about work. I did wake up wondering if the switch in the light fixture in our mud room was actually broken as we thought.. or it was a bad bulb. .. SOunds silly I know.. but in this time of LED bulbs that never burn out.. a bulb that wont turn on has got to be the switch no ? .. Well. I figured I’d try.. turns out the bulb was the last @#$&$ing vacuum florescent in the house.. wouldn’t you know.. I screwed in a new LED bulb and BOING !. it was on..
TUrns out the switch needs replacing soon too.. it’s intermittent.. but if you pull it a few times.. it works fine.
Good metaphor for solving problems.. I think I solved one about my future today.. as well. we’ll see..
Fun and busy day.. Our new friend Rana is in town visiting.. We met at the Me Converntion in Frankfurt a few weeks back. she came out to the house around 9:30 and we hopped in the car to meet other friends for a hike. On the way we stopped at the Huntington Town Hall to see the art sale several friends were showing at. . Very cool scene in a very cool building
We met our freinds Kim and Kathy .. and Bill and July .. and their dog Kota at the top of the App gap.. ..
it was a short 1.5 mile hike in to Molly Stark’s look out.. Great view.. and great conversation .. I’ve wanted to introduce Bill and Julie to Kim and Katy for a long time.. both have connections to MIT (Bill and Julie graduated from there, Kim both graduated and teaches there) .. All four of them are very hands on science folks. Rana is a an amazing techcnial artist and fit right in.. The conversation was amazing !
here’s a shot of Rana’s amazing hair..
bill and me
the conversation varied from biology, to emotive artificial intelligence, to e-eink fabrics and voice powered programming for kids.. really fun and inspring talking to all of these folks !
after the hike we headed over to Bill and Julie’s studio..
there weer so many connections today.. Turns out that Julie had made a hologram of Kim’s very famous advisor and friend Harold ‘Doc’ Edgerton..
the hologram was actually an intergram.. as yu moved your head you could sewe Doc breathing !
We then looked around Julies art and bills lab.
last stop for the Madsonian museum created by David Sellers..
You can learn a little about it by watching freind Ryans funny visit with Dave
Bill and Julie had a nice ehibit there .. Bill’s plasma sculpture and Julie’s holograms we’re beautiful to see !
then it was time to head home.. really great time !
wait.. not yet.. tiem for ice cream and coffee !
we drove back.. I dropped Rana at her hotel, zoomed back home. took a 30 second shower then we headed over to Heather and Karl’s for dinner with Andy. Jen. Jeff and Maureen.
Our big girl Chai Mariano Cohn.. aka Chai Baby turns 14 today !.. she’s a happy and healthy 14.. still runs with us most days.. and is the seetest, smartest , most layd back dog I’ve ever met. We love you so much chai !!!!
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you too satori !
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Diane bought chai a doggie cake.. yum !
long day.. then fun night.. Met up with two freinds from the wonderful Me Convention.. Rana and Jonas.. and jonas’s freind DOminico..
it was like a reunion. Loved hanging out with them !.. See them tomorrow too, I hope !
Hello from the Watson Health Center auditorium in beautiful Cambridge, MA (our fair city). Waiting to give a talk to a group of MIT students.. I’ve been working here all day.. . I worked several hours sitting in a park that used to be my old dorm..
I love being on campus again.. it’s seems like it changed so much.. and yet it seems like it hasn’t changed at all.
The mascot is still… welll.. stupid but cute..
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i found a street cleaner bristle on the road.. which is what I used to learn to pick locks while on campus 40 years ago
such intelect such attitude
i got a grape leaf sandwich at the falafal place that used to be across from my dorm.. though it cant be the same guy.. can it ?
i’m now at a great recruiting event for MIT students.. so exciting .. and fun.. this place is just buzzing !
food truck with (vermont) grilled cheese and truffle fries !
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