Here are a few snaps I took around Stanford and Palo Alto during the ICED09 conference.
The gates to Stanford.
The boulevard is lined with palm trees that have been trimmed in a rather odd-looking manner.
The oval at the front end of Stanford.
The tower.
Jon waking up in the hotel (or not waking up).
Sarah giving her presentation.
At one of the many social hours at the conference.
My new best research associate friend.
Replica of The Thinker in the museum on Stanford’s campus.
The Stanford “d School.”
My uncle playing the organ he and my aunt installed in their house in San Jose.
The first courtyard.
Odd statuary.
The church in the middle of campus.
Entryway to the d-School.
That “rather odd-looking manner” of palm tree trimming is standard throughout Mediterranean regions in the US. I have no clue why.
I can tell you that palm trees aren’t trimmed this way on the south side of the Mediterranean very often! Suppose it does help keep kids from climbing the trees though…