Around Stanford and Palo Alto

Here are a few snaps I took around Stanford and Palo Alto during the ICED09 conference.

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The gates to Stanford.

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The boulevard is lined with palm trees that have been trimmed in a rather odd-looking manner.

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The oval at the front end of Stanford.

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The tower.

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Jon waking up in the hotel (or not waking up).

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Sarah giving her presentation.

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At one of the many social hours at the conference.

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My new best research associate friend.

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Replica of The Thinker in the museum on Stanford’s campus.

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The Stanford “d School.”

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My uncle playing the organ he and my aunt installed in their house in San Jose.

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The first courtyard.

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Odd statuary.

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The church in the middle of campus.

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Entryway to the d-School.

Redwoods with Mike

On Saturday of last week, Mike and I went over to Big Basin Redwoods State Park for a hike.  We went on a different trail than I had done the prior weekend.  This time there were no bee attacks.

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A fire had crawled through this part of the forest at some point in the last few years.  It was very different than the rest of the forest.  Rather than being choked with undergrowth and debris, it was open.  For the most part, only the redwoods survived the burn.

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A bridge Mike and I found.  It was built in the 70’s by the Youth Conservation Corps.

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Rather than a bridge, this creek crossing was made using a fallen redwood.

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A fallen tree.  I think this was a Douglas Fir.

Conference Day 3

On the first full day of presentations at the conference, Sarah and Mike gave their talks.  The combined OSU group migrated downtown after the end of the reception to a bar called The Old Pro where we had some fun with a mechanical bull.

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Jon and Mike slept in while Sarah and I went to the conference.

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Sarah’s presentation went over quite well even with the funny slide error.

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Outside at the evening reception.

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Matt, my new post doc best friend.

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Rob gets ready to ride the mechanical bull.

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He stayed on quite a long time!

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Matt riding the bull.

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He didn’t make it as long as Rob.

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Sarah taking her turn.

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