It’s 1130 at night and I just got home from Cambridge. We had a nice work gathering this afternoon and I had trouble pulling myself away. It was really fun.… The drive home was really nice. I’ve been trying to listen to more podcasts… ‘Diane has me hooked on something called 99% invisible… It’s really great. So great in fact that I didn’t notice the gas gauge. By the time I looked up I had 3 miles left to go before I ran out of gas.… Even though that Prius gets about 500 miles when it’s fully fueled and charged up… It’s still has a finite capacity… And I was just about to find it. I nervously watched as the “miles left”counter went to zero. I knew I was just about to run out of gas when I came over a hill and lo and behold there was the south Royalton exit. I’ve never been happier to turn into that tiny town. There was a gas station still open right at the exit and I coasted in on fumes. I had 0 miles to go and by my calculation about a half a cup of gas left in the tank.
Busy day here in Cambridge. Mid day I Got a note from a friend that. An old picture of me on a plane with Bernie Sanders was circulating around Twitter again.… I’m not exactly sure what the conversation was about… But I think it had something to do about Bernie flying first class.… For the record we were both in Coach that night.… I will say that Bernie is a very hard-working guy… Every time I’ve been on a plane with him … Which ever they were years has been quite a few times he’s been working away !That’s one thing I really like about him
Rest of the day it was really good. My bosses boss Jeff was in town and he did a really nice job of introducing himself to our team
Later this evening had a really nice dinner with my friends Subhro and Minashi
Then on the way home I ran into my good friend Jia On the street here. That’s pretty funny because she lives in New York City. I knew she was in town because I saw her at lunch. It was really great catching up with her.
I was a poster child today… Earlier today we had a poster session for the leader ship of my group who are visiting from all around the world. Quite a few of my colleagues get a chance to show their work on Colorfly printed posters. Even though I’m around them every day it was so fun to be able to see them proudly discussing their work for a bunch of new people.
I had my crazy hat with me… So I got several friends to try it on… Here’s my friend Alessandro
And my friend Mark
See evening I was invited to judge kind of a extended hack-athon called “the generator”… (Not the generator in Vermont)
This is a year-long set of side projects that students can do to compete for prizes. I was so impressed with the projects. I didn’t take any pictures of those… But I did get a picture of the very smart students who are running the competition
While I was at it I played with her interactive wall nearby. Very cool stuff
OK… I’ve got to give an early talk tomorrow so I’m going to bed.
I rarely get to the end of the day and can’t pinpoint what exciting thing happened… But that’s where I am right now. I had a very productive day just trying to catch up with a bunch of work tasks. It’s amazing how much administrative follow up any act of kindness or innovation takes.
I’m now able to see The end of my email inbox… Which I suppose is progress
