Who's Your Dada?!

Thinking of you makes me smile inside.

Or if I happen to be outside, I smile there too.

The Viennese Ball last Friday was awesome! Joanna and I tripled dated with her mom, Roger, Erc, and Kejia. Erc found us “the best restaurant in Burlingame”, where we enjoyed a very very fancy dinner. Roger was astounded by their tome-sized wine list, which had [...]

Enjoy yourself (It's later than you think)

((our CS143 project, that is))
The weekend before last Erc, Kej, Doougle and I spontaneously decided to go hiking in the foothills. Erc took us to this great place up on skyline. Best use of a lateday ever!
Lovely California
Doougle in deep contemplation of natural beauty
Can you find the Asians in this picture?
Hoover Tower looks different up [...]

Singular Value Decomposition of the Soul

Watching all the CS223B lectures again before the midterm tomorrow. I noticed while doing so that in one of them Sebastian Thrun conclusively resolved the age old question of which came first: the chicken or the egg.
The egg came first because there were reptiles before there were chickens.

Today is the day

Current bid: US $16.00
Time left: 9 hours 51 mins10-day listing, Ends Feb-17-06 22:55:49 PSTStart time: Feb-07-06 22:55:49 PSTHistory: 17 bids (US $0.01 starting bid)High bidder: lrsgmc47 ( 8 )
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The CS247 Experience

My upcoming book will teach you:
The 7 principles for success in designThe 5 guiding forces of human computer interactionThe 10 evaluation heuristics relevant in HCIThe 3 things you need to know about interfacesThe 2 informance mechanisms of dynamic prototypingThe 8 top causes of design breakdownThe 13 best ways of presenting errorsThe 9 precepts of human [...]

Embrace the Void*

Mama they try and break me
The window burns to light the way back homeA light that warms no matter where they’ve gone
They’re off to find the hero of the dayBut what if they should fall by someone’s wicked way
Still the window burnsTime so slowly turnsAnd someone there is sighingKeepers of the flamesDo you feel your [...]

Engines of Commerce

On Feb-15-06 at 15:55:19 PST, seller added the following information:
PS – Serious bidders only please. I have to pay ebay a percentage of the winning bid, so if you don’t pay I will have to report you as a non-paying bidder to avoid fees. Thanks.
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$10.50

Vindicated.
Two days, ten hours left. I wonder how crazy it will get?

Speaking of Google…

Also, someone at Robots.net posted about my auction. Cool!