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.

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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Conference Day 1

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Driving over the Grapevine from Los Angeles I encountered the first rain I have seen all summer.  There were just a few spritzing sprinkles but it was enough to slow down traffic.

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There is a Tesla Motors dealership up the street from our hotel in Palo Alto.

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Vrooom vroom!  Or actually… What noise does an electric sports car make?

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Jon and Mike found this “100 MILF RUN” paper in  Palo Alto.

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Sarah and I went over to Half Moon Bay to check out the beach.  It looked a lot like Oregon.

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Sarah was rather cold.

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In San Francisco near Sean’s neighborhood.  We went by his place in the evening for a few beers and some of the most delicious pizza I’ve ever had.  I really need to get the dough recipe from him!