{"id":843,"date":"2008-07-16T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T11:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2008\/07\/16\/tuesday-night-far-away\/"},"modified":"2008-07-16T07:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-16T11:04:00","slug":"tuesday-night-far-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2008\/07\/16\/tuesday-night-far-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday night – Far away"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s about midnight and I’m struggling to stay awake. It’s been a good day here.. THe meeting was really interesting.. and I also managed to get some good day job work done. that’s the advantage of working in two such different timezones.. <\/p>\n

I am feeling sort of lonely and disconencted here.. Last night I did aomehting I rarley do when I travel.. I acaually went out and ate dinner by myslef. Usually when I travel by myself I only eat when there’s a group f folks goign out.. Last night I was too hingary to sleep.. so I went down to the resturant and ordered a meal.. just liek all the other guys eating by themselves.. I didn’t feel social.. and evindently neaher did they. we all ate in silence.. Actually.. it asn’t to bad. the food was excelelnt.. I even took pictures.. I call them ;Still life with okra’ ..<\/div>\n

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It was by far the best okra I’ve ever eaten.. My dad loves okra.. but I
\nwouldn’t touch the stiff as a kid.. now I love it.. Just one of the
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For dessert I took Pan.. the wierd Indian concoction made of beetle leaf, lm e as in calcium carbonate.. not the citrus fruit), sugar, silver flakes, cardamon and (sometimes tobacoo all wrapped in a beetle leaf.. It’s got to be the weirdest thing eaten on the entire planet.. It tastes a bit like toothpaste mixed with wood chips wrapped in newspaper.. but for some reason I just love it.. ‘sposed to be good for your digestion.. and a billian indians couldn’t all be wrong.. could they ? <\/div>\n

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I got up at 6:30 this morning.. did some yoga and wentdown staris to have breakfast with einds. My driver Salim met me at 8:30 and we went out to battle our way to teh ibm site.. As we left.. I took a pictue of the most ignored sign in all of Delhi.. <\/div>\n

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I love driving through this place. it looks familiar to me now.. I love the color. the people and the general disorder<\/div>\n

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THere’s some serous roadwork goign on here (a new metro maybe ?) .. I loved the signs they had plasted on the road works. The english is close, but no tobacoo leaves stuffed inside tobaco leaves.<\/div>\n

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The took ?!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And my personal favorite for all your crytographers and number theorists out there.. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I just realized that it didn’t rain today !.. Though.. the streets are still pretty flooded. <\/div>\n

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The IBM Researhc lab here is beutiful and gleaming.. a perfect place for a meeting… <\/div>\n

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We worked from 9 till 6:30 then headed back to the hotel.. these cutre street puppies were foraging ouside the plant.. The mma was there too… they looked pretty helathy <\/div>\n

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It is pretty hot and steamy here.. I think this picture captured the feel of the late afternoon atmosphere . <\/div>\n
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We got back to the hotel in time for a 7:30 dinner.. Great conversationn. I partculary enjoyed the conversation tonight . I spoke with Chieko-san.. She’s a blind researcher at IBM Tokyo Lab who works on alternat ecomutere interaction. . Bo from Beijng, Eric from theCongo by way of S. Aftrica, Paul from NY, Nitendra from Delhi, Chalire from Minnesota and several others… I had to break for a half hour in the middle of dinner to take a work call.. but got back in time or the rest of the meal. Dinner was great !<\/div>\n

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Not muchelse to report here.. I’ve used some of the time here to catch u on the SamStone palcement and findings. I put about 15 new ones on the map today including the following ones.. <\/div>\n

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