|
|
|
We got to Beijing 2 months after The Games. That's a new Olympic record for us ... normally we miss them by
several years.
Many shops are still selling Beijing 2008 Olympic mementoes. This stall
at the Sunday Markets seems to be trying to dump its Qing Dynasty
memorabilia.
News & Notes
Dave is very much in the news this time. First, congratulations are in
order! His poem "Hexagon: On Truth" appears in the current edition of Best American Poetry 2008 [p. 119] ... copies are
available at your local bookstore. It makes a great holiday gift! 
Also, he's the name of a sandwich at a Chicago eatery, Chinaski's. Reportedly,
it also includes red cabbage, which our food critic claims "brings it all together." 
So, if you're at one of those literary cocktail parties and feel a bit
out of your element, you might comment, "I've been thinking about what
comes after Norman Mailer."
Finally, Dave
has been sending photos from his Jentel Residency. We really thought
his last residency along the Hudson River in New York was pretty nice
(see Coordinates October 2006), but this one looks mighty
sweet, too. 
Dave's View At Jentel
Jack and Sue Dongarra were in town long enough for a enjoyable lunch at a traditional sashimi restaurant.
Tomoko had a birthday -- Happy Birthday, Tomo! (We will respect a
lady's right not to have her age mentioned.) Happily Dan got home from
the Vertebrate Paleontology Conference just in time to avoid being
A.W.O.L. and to celebrate. Kiyomi Hirose was in
Tokyo and stopped by for a visit. It was fun to catch up. We hadn't
seen her since our visit to Zurich during the last sabbatical. We
fondly remember joining her household when her kids received a visit
from the
Swiss Samichlaus and his pal Schmutzli! 
J & K
While in China L ran across a Chinese version of the new Principles of Parallel Programming text. It only came out on the first of March,
but already there is a cheap Chinese edition! 
|
|
|
Did you know that there are a dozen popular browser programs? Most of these are "open source" browsers,
which means they are free and usually much SAFER, FASTER and more up-to-date than Internet Explorer.
The best of the "open source" browsers is FireFox. Our Coordinates Page works best with Firefox. Get a
free copy of Firefox in your
favorite language ... we are sure you will like it.
Permission: We have been eager to use
pictures of our friends or taken by our friends, because we like them.
Perhaps we have not always asked permission to use them. If you
do not want your picture displayed on our Web page, please tell us.
We'll take it down. |
