Super late… So this will be short. Went to a great conference today at the national institutes for standards and technology.NIST.Made some great work connections including this guy Jon from O’Reilly. He left us with this great quote:
NIST was pretty interesting. The walls were covered with pictures of famous and cool looking scientists
Afterwards went to a nice reception at the new maker space that’s part of the Montgomery county innovation office. It’s in a beautiful old courthouse building
Here’s my friend Dan showing off the white noise generator used to mask noise in the courtroom
The event ended early so I took advantage of being down here to drive the one hour into Maryland to see my friends Catherine and Vince. When we saw each other we realized we hadn’t been together in 19 years. Still it was as if no time had passed. We were with them when they met each other in Burlington. We visited them when they lived in England but had not seen them since they moved to the US
Katherine (a.k.a. Kiki) recently was diagnosed with cancer. She’s dealing with a combination of radiation and Chemical therapies. It’s no fun. Even so, she was the same funny and boisterous good friend we’ve always had. Vince was also unchanged. It was so great hanging out with them tonight
I was also able to catch up with our mutual good friend Todd on the phone ride there. I really want to make a point of seeing these guys whenever I’m down this way now.
So great seeing old friends and reconnecting…
nite all, nite sam
-me
