{"id":71918,"date":"2020-03-03T23:07:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T03:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=71918"},"modified":"2020-03-03T23:07:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T03:07:17","slug":"tuesday-night-bumping-elbows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2020\/03\/03\/tuesday-night-bumping-elbows\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday night \u2013 bumping elbows"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Had a super busy day down here on super Tuesday. I was very sad to miss town meeting in Richmond. It&#8217;s something I really enjoy doing and haven&#8217;t missed in quite some time.\u2026 Instead today I was on a panel at a open cloud Sumit. The idea is to be able to make accelerated computing\u2026 Like Satori.. Available to more universities and other institutions.\u2026 It was a fun conference\u2026 And I learned a lot. The one thing I couldn&#8217;t help notice was everyone&#8217;s reaction to the coronavirus. Instead of shaking hands peo<em>ple bumped elbows. It was fun and kind of touching. In some ways it was actually a nice moment\u2026\ufffc Instead of doing something absentmindedly like shaking hands\u2026 They very consciously\ufffc <\/em>Bumped elbows. In doing that they shared a laugh and then a moment of concern<em>\ufffc. It was very touching\u2026 I also heard  that Europeans had come up with something that instead of doing the two cheek kiss they tapped each other&#8217;s feet.\ufffc With their own feet\u2026 I didn&#8217;t see it actually happened\u2026 So I&#8217;d like to know if anyone has seen that\ufffc<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4932.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71914\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4932.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4932.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4932.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4932.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4932.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4932.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4932.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4933.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71912\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4933.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4933.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4933.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4933.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4933.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4933.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4933.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4934.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71913\" width=\"3088\" height=\"2320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4934.jpg 3088w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4934.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4934.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4934.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4934.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4934.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4934.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My friend Chris and I took advantage of the warm and sunny weather to walk back to MIT from BU.\u2026 That took us by the Citgo sign which I used to be able to see from my dorm window\ufffc<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4936.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71915\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4936.jpg 3024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4936.jpg 113w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4936.jpg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4936.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4936.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4936.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It also took us bye Chris his first home in Boston where he and his wife Helen lived before they started having kids\ufffc<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4937.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71916\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4937.jpg 3024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4937.jpg 113w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4937.jpg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4937.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4937.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4937.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was fun seeing the beautiful skyline as we walked across the Harvard bridge.\u2026 I noticed how close our new building is to campus\ufffc<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4941.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71917\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4941.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4941.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4941.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4941.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4941.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4941.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_4941.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m watching the super Tuesday results on CNN\u2026 Very interesting to watch\ufffc<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t wait to see the results\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\ufffcnite all, nite sam<\/p>\n<p>-me<\/p>\n<p>\ufffc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Had a super busy day down here on super Tuesday. I was very sad to miss town meeting in Richmond. It&#8217;s something I really enjoy doing and haven&#8217;t missed in quite some time.\u2026 Instead today I was on a panel at a open cloud Sumit. The idea is to be able to make accelerated computing\u2026 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2020\/03\/03\/tuesday-night-bumping-elbows\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tuesday night \u2013 bumping elbows<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71919,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71918\/revisions\/71919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}