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September 19	Qeexo all hands dinner. Back to where it all began a decade ago!
September 18	Install footcups in CMU's bucket raft.
August 16	Lots happening at Qeexo!
August 14	Sink installed. Running water!
August 12	Fab countertop for cabin.
August 7	Today Show segment airs.
August 2	NBC Nightly News story airs. Lester Holt says "wow".
July 31	DeVrio wedding!
July 17	Kick off 6-, make that 7-day Clarion Trip.
July 13	NBC filming. B&A visit PGH.
July 4	Finish ceiling trim. Roof party with friends.
June 30	Finish gutter and rain barrel.
June 14	Check out a bunch of equipment from CMU Explorers Club.
June 7	Fleet expands with arrival of two new duckies.
May 21	Cheat Canyon. Intense.
May 20	Cheat Narrows. Too easy.
May 14	Commencement. Yang and Gierad walk! Congrats Drs!
May 5	FIGLAB dinner, with colleagues old and new.
April 29	CHI 2022 kicks off in person. Reunited with J&E!
April 15	Finally warm enough to install roof.
April 9	Amy honored at Tartans on the Rise. Siewiorek retirement party. Carnival.
March 19	Toilet goes in. Siding starts.
March 5	Spring break in DR.
February 27	Fireplace stones go in.
February 3	First cone 10 class.
January 23	Interior walls and trim.
January 8	Insulation and front door.
January 4	Roof penetrations for chimney.
January 2	Windows start going in.
December 25	D&A Frame loft.
December 15	Miami & Keys for a few days.
December 12	Framing and sheathing done. Tyvek time!
December 9	First in-person departmental social event in years.
December 5	Roof rafters.
November 27	A&D frame a wall while we TG with Ogans.
November 13	Start framing walls.
November 11	Jim Morris farewell talk.
November 10	Karan presents his PhD Thesis proposal.
November 3	Place lumber order.
November 1	Last rafting trip of the season with Craig and Viv.
October 31	Start platform framing.
October 30	Massive roof sedum planting day.
October 21	University of Melbourne HCI Seminar.
October 16	Hoffman foundations.
October 15	Material drop at Hoffmann.
October 12	Future Mayor Ed Gainey visits lab for roundtable. BayCHI Talk.
October 3	Bring A&D out to cabin for first visit.
September 26	Demo complete for new roof staricase. Materials arrive tomorrow.
September 12	Visit Wheeling and Moundsville.
September 9	Big push for CHI. Pandemic sux. But students rock!
September 6	Vivian and James' FarOut paper accepted to SUI.
September 1	First day back in the Qeexo office. New offices too!
August 31	First day of Fall semester classes. Masked and in person.
August 28	Farewell to Cathy party.
August 22	Lower Yough with D&A, Erin and Amy in duckies.
August 17	Daehwa joins the lab. Welcome!
August 16	Make it to front page of Sunday PG with Karan. Above the fold!
August 10	Green roof tiles arrive.
August 7	Kayak camping down the Clarion for 5 days.
August 4	Roof repairs for rest of week.
July 31	Raft upper Yough. Don't think our tiny raft is up for it.
July 28	EyeMU paper accepted to ICMI 2021! Go Andy!
July 27	ARM Startup Day panel. Neema visits.
July 24	Start putting in steps from parking lot.
July 11	Western PA Bird Show has some very cute creatures!
July 4	Ogans visit with Emily. Eileen teaches Pip two new songs.
July 3	Pickup some weird stuff at Salvation before it closes.
June 27	Lab escape room and dinner social event.
June 24	Water meter swap.
June 18	Pickup zoning permit for Hoffman.
June 17	NSF Panel. Two Frays opens! Insurance adjuster visits.
June 13	Yang's Troast and crazy storm that rips roof off.
June 11	Checkout crazy radio station property with A&D.
June 5	Pip joins family.
May 28	Head to WV for New River Gorge and Gauley.
May 27	24 hours of tourism in Charleston.
May 23	Head to Kure for R&R with Harrisons. Building planning.
May 22	REI returns. BBQ with David & Alex.
May 13	Bose Innovation Series talk. Zensors accepted to YC.
May 10	CHI begins. Lab presenting six papers. DHCS final bakeoff.
May 8	Mission spool-possible. Success.
May 5	Visit Audubon native plant nursery.
May 4	Get second jab.
May 1	First rafting trip of the summer at Slippy.
April 27	Lab frisbee golf social.
April 25	Polymath Park. Kayak North Yough from Whitsett to Smithton.
April 24	Girty's Woods trash collection.
April 23	Setup Etsy shop.
April 22	Earth Day volunteering at Girty's Woods.
April 21	Final approval and production begins at Broadly.
April 20	Give virtual talk at CMU Portugal. Checkout proof at Broadly.
April 15	Give talk at MSTC. Listen to Herron Hill Pumping Station lectures.
April 8	Get vaccinated.
April 7	All hands on deck for the UIST Deadline.
April 5	All the trees are blooming and its lovely.
March 31	ALT successfully purchases Girty's Woods.
March 19	Pickup bulk bird seed from StormWorks.
March 10	Lab picnic at Flagstaff.
March 5	Qeexo virtual team event.
February 25	Give IxDA Pittsburgh talk.
February 24	Pickup new ring for Amy. Call Sergei to get his help with Hoffman.
February 20	Art night with Bill and Mick.
February 14	Make first seriously nice loaf of bread.
February 13	Catch up with Gierad. Craig visits Pittsburgh.
February 7	Glue Erin's couch back together.
February 5	50th Anniversary of Edgar Mitchell landing on the moon.
January 16	Start figuring out Gloomhaven.
January 9	Start clearing off Hoffman driveway.
January 7	Hoffman Closing.
January 6	WTF

2020

December 31	Proper tires on the Jeep.
December 25	Harrisons in Pittsburgh for white Christmas.
December 17	Zensors moves into proper offices.
December 16	Setup our first Christmas tree in Pittsburgh.
December 15	Final day of the second weirdest semester.
December 12	Five papers conditionally accepted to CHI.
December 3	HCII virtual holiday party.
November 25	Big loop to visit family.
November 12	Begin quarantine in prep for family visit.
November 3	Election Day. Make offer on Hoffman. Complex closing begins.
November 2	Noreen successfully defends PhD! Congrats!
October 31	First visit to Hoffmann Hill.
October 30	Desk Reject brand is born.
October 29	Yang defends his PhD! Roof deck permits approved.
October 23	Return to the Yough. RV camping.
October 21	Plenary Speaker at (sadly virtual) TCL Technology Innovation Conference.
October 20	Virtual UIST kicks off.
October 16	Quest 2 arrives. Very impressed.
October 10	Raft the Yough. Pwned at Dimple Rock.
October 8	ARM TechCon "Machine Learning at the Edge" panelist.
October 5	Talk at U. Chicago distinguished speaker series.
September 29	Vivian joins FIG! Welcome!
September 26	Welding party in back yard.
September 25	Pandemic Legacy Season 2 arrives.
September 22	City attorneys working on case against Lamar.
September 19	Unpack new custom raft. Clearly a huge upgrade.
September 17	Massive CHI push is successful. Farewell for Sven :(
August 31	Demo complete at Erin's house.
August 19	Prepare to join CMU IRB. Gearing up for CHI crunch.
August 17	Nathan joins FIG as new Ph.D. student!
August 14	Meet with Nik to figure out in-class AV for Fall semester hybrid teaching.
August 12	Wish it could have been a week long. But fancy dinner was nice!
August 10	Begin three day kayak trip down Allegheny River. Excape games on river.
August 8	Emily wraps shooting on "My Story".
August 6	Garnetts visit.
August 2	Conemaugh river rafting with Barry.
July 5	Millvale to Downtown kayaking with Ogans.
July 4	Pittsburgh fireworks canceled, but Garfield didn't get the word.
June 30	50th anniversary of video calling event with PGH Mayor and Alcoa Chairman.
June 16	Lab approved to carefully reopen and resume some research activities.
June 11	Pandemic Legacy Season 1 arrives.
May 29	With semester over, I finally get around to installing architectural lighting.
May 19	Roof camping begins as Pandemic worsens. Start playing Pandemic.
May 7	Weld Moroccan spikes and lanterns onto back fence.
May 6	UIST deadline under the weirdest circumstances.
April 30	Last day of (remote) class in a truly bizarre semester.
April 18	With excuse to get some fresh air, we visit first vacant land.
April 12	Start to unpack and get settled back in.
April 11	Make it back to US. Zero heath checks upon arrival blows mind.
April 10	Depart Rwanda a month ahead of schedule with great sadness. Hope to return.
April 7	Horribly ill with food poising? Rough 24 hours. But not COVID.
April 5	All packed up and waiting for final date of repatriation flight.
April 2	2nd (and suggested final) embassy flight announced; reluctantly decide to go home.
March 25	US embassy announces repatriation flight, but we decide to stay.
March 21	Commission local artist to decorate Chukudu.
March 20	Rwanda closes borders and airspace, bracing for Pandemic.
March 18	After days of frantic rebooking, Erin flies to Canada before airspace closes.
March 16	Back in Kigali. Erin supposed to depart, but snafu with transiting through Europe.
March 15	Gisenyi and Lake Kivu. CMU Africa campus closed; classes now remote.
March 14	Stay on ridge between the twin lakes; surreal views. First Rwandan COVID-19 case.
March 13	Climb Bisoke. Very cool Afroalpine vegetation.
March 12	Head west. Buy chukudu en route. Creates a bit of scene though...
March 11	Scope our Kigali Convention Center for future conference possibilities.
March 9	Ten years in the making, I finally purchase a dugout canoe. Head back to Rwanda.
March 8	Arrive to Lake Bunyonyi a day late, but have time to unwind.
March 7	Salt mines. Serpentine belt disaster. Spend night in Ishaka.
March 6	Drive up to Uganda; Queen Elizabeth NP. Lots of animals; lions at 20' awesome.
March 5	Erin visits us in Rwanda.
March 2	Visit Livingstone–Stanley Monument. Fly back from Burundi. Airport shakedown.
March 1	Visit Royal Drummers in Gishora. Really amazing and the only people there.
February 29	Explore sights and sounds of Bujumbura.
February 28	Fly to Burundi. Cocktails by the beach.
February 21	Buy unbelievable number of Rwandan baskets for massive wall installation.
February 20	Pickup up CEPGL papers from Immigration Ministry.
February 19	CMU Africa alumni event.
February 16	Drive back to Kigali; Ogan's last night in Kigali. Roof cocktails.
February 15	Take in four of Africa's "Big 5" on epic tour of park. Ridge road amazing.
February 14	Two nights in and around Akagera NP. Elephants by boat first.
February 13	Visit market with Ogans; custom clothes. Pickup Land Cruiser for safari.
February 12	Take Ogans to Gatagara Pottery and King Palace Museum in Nyanza.
February 9	Start journey back to Rwanda for semester in CMU Africa. Dearborn lot sells.
February 8	Archery tag and then mostly kick back with Qeexo crew.
February 7	Team building exercises and fancy dinners. Great to see everyone.
February 6	Fly to Austin for Qeexo company retreat.
January 22	Fly back to US to wrap up outstanding business and continue research.
January 21	Pickup commissioned furniture and kitanga art. House looking better.
January 17	Weekend drive to Gatagara Pottery and King's Palace Museum in Nyanza.
January 14	Collect rental car and move into AirBnB. Start getting settled.
January 13	Semester kicks off at CMU Africa.
January 12	Start long journey from Merida to Kigali.
January 11	Uxmal with Harrisons.
January 10	Unbelievable wedding at Hacienda Sac Chich. Big congrats to B&A.
January 9	Barbershop and wedding reception. Amy's accidental crocodile swim.
January 8	Cuzamá Cenotes with gaggle. Parador X’Tohil cenotes too.
January 7	Drive to Villahermosa, stopping at Palenque en route. Fly to Merida.
January 6	Bonompac & Yaxchilan. Night crocodile tour.
January 5	Splish splash around Las Nubes. Drive to Lacanjá. Rejected from Los Domos.
January 4	Chinkultic. Laguna de Montebello. Erin departs. Stunning drive.
January 3	Comitan. Cascades el Chiflon. Lagos de Colón.
January 2	San Pedro and Zinacantán. Hermosillo Metalisteria bat lock. Amatenango.
January 1	Big walking tour of the city.

2019

December 31	Chorreadero caving. San Cristóbal de las Casas for New Year's.
December 30	Boat up El Sumidero Canyon. Dinner in Tuxla. Pumpo!
December 29	Depart for Mexico, Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
December 27	Back at CMU to wrap projects.
December 20	Depart to see family for holidays. Sad to miss Qeexo curling.
December 19	First attempt at creating Picturephone internals.
December 18	Final dinner before travels with Bill and Mick.
December 17	All hands Qeexo Pittsburgh dinner with Sang.
December 16	Pickup motorcycle after puncture.
December 13	DHCS final bakeoff. Semester over.
December 12	Lube up Enigma machines. HCII Holiday Party.
December 10	Sync up with Brian.
December 9	Four papers accepted to CHI 2020!
December 6	Qeexo social at my place. Amy off to Rwanda.
November 27	In Richmond for Thanksgiving.
November 23	In NY for surprise. Kick back a bit.
November 22	Meetings in Philly. Dinner with Kaja and crew.
November 20	Guest lecture in Sensing and Sensors.
October 28	Ad hoc rafting adventure with Jason.
October 26	Halloween at LP's.
October 25	Anniversary wraps. Pitt homecoming fireworks.
October 24	HCII 25th anniversary celebration kicks off. Reception at Warhol.
October 23	Yang presents Sozu and ActiTouch. Head home.
October 22	Tour of NOLA's very cool IT command center.
October 21	Karan presents MeCap and LightAnchors. Demo reception.
October 20	Depart for UIST in New Orleans.
October 16	CONIX all hands annual review.
October 10	Present at ARM TechCon on future of smart devices and ML.
October 8	DHCS Bakeoff 1. Depart for ARM TechCon in CA.
October 7	Forensic disassembly of CMU's two enigma machines with lab.
October 6	Doors Open Pittsburgh super fun. Big thanks to all the volunteers.
October 2	Start prepping for UIST demos. LightAnchors release.
September 30	Hiking in lovely McConnells Mill State Park.
September 29	Decompress a bit at Buhl Mansion.
September 25	First physical investigation of CMU's AT&T Picturephones.
September 20	CHI deadline. Big Crunch, but it all comes together.
September 15	Dinner with Bill and Mick. Catch up on summer adventures.
September 13	Qeexo paintball outing.
September 11	ACM UbiComp kicks off. Karan and Gierad presenting three papers.
September 10	Back home. CHI crunch begins.
September 6	Give my parting Fellows talk; indebted to the Packard Foundation.
September 4	In Bay Area for business, Packard Fellows meeting.
August 31	Spider unexpectedly joins family. So sweet.
August 29	Booth arrives after long journey from China. Assembly a bit of a beast.
August 28	Celebratory send off at Hofbrauhaus for Tim with Qeexo PGH team.
August 27	Teach first class of the semester.
August 23	Amy finally home after a busy summer of research.
August 21	Scott and Patrick join crew in 407 Craig.
August 20	Two days of Ph.D. communication talks kick off.
August 19	New Ph.D. orientation kicks off.
August 18	Depart for home, via Zurich. All bags make it.
August 17	Terri flies home; helps take back some whopper checked bags.
August 13	Pull into museum under surprise refurbishment. Unload and unwind.
August 12	Set off, loaded with fossils, back to the National Museum in Dar.
August 11	Pack up camp and prep for departure. Now with dogs.
August 5	Morani return in tense standoff. All hands community pow wow.
August 4	Morani intrude at dinner. Unresolved issues.
August 2	One day field school with visiting students. Terri arrives.
August 1	Amy departs for her own field work. Wild ride out of camp.
July 31	Unusually heavy rain liquifies roads.
July 18	Deploy solar array. Internet looks like a no-go this season.
July 17	Pickup rest of team. Arrive at Laetoli and pitch camp.
July 16	Set off for field. Nyama choma at Picnic. Night in Arusha.
July 15	Pack Land Cruisers. Final prep.
July 14	Decompress on Bongoyo Island. Quick shopping expedition to Mwenge.
July 12	Sven debugging Trump tax and containerized shipping complexities.
July 8	Bag delayed, but all equipment eventually arrives safe. Field prep begins.
July 6	Depart for Dar es Salaam.
July 4	Kick back on roof for Garfield fireworks.
July 2	Qeexo PGH dinner with Sang.
June 29	Test solar array, GPS loggers and field equipment.
June 27	HCII Happy Hour.
June 26	Gierad defends Ph.D. thesis on Context-Driven Implicit Interactions.
June 25	Ian arrives in PGH for summer internship.
June 22	Four papers accepted to UIST. Meet Amy in Chicago for AIED.
June 20	UIST Program Committee meeting at Stanford. Booth for lab ordered.
June 16	Depart for business in California.
June 12	Link up with Ogans in Ocean City.
June 7	Faculty First Friday at our place.
June 4	ClassInsight California deployment progressing. Zensbbq at Chip's.
May 28	Relaxing and detoxifying walk along cliffs of Howth
May 27	Trinity College and Book of Kells.
May 26	Explore sights and sounds of Dublin. Guinness Brewery tour.
May 25	Teeling Distillery. Greyhound racing. Beheading. Copper Face Jacks.
May 24	Dublin Bohemians football game.
May 23	Depart for Dublin lads party.
May 22	First HOST meeting. Banjo night with Lilian and Dominik.
May 21	Yang presents his Ph.D. Proposal. Congrats and welcome party.
May 20	Sven arrives! Newest member of the FIGLAB!
May 18	Penn Ave cleanup. Roundtable with David Kelley. Hood Robert.
May 13	Noreen Ph.D. proposal. DHCS final bakeoff. Semester over.
May 9	Hire RV for weekend explorations with Jason, Eliane, Walker, and Amy.
May 5	Depart for ACM CHI in Scotland for week.
April 12	Plaque unveiling for CMU's first computer. Farewell to Jesse :(
April 5	UIST Deadline. Ben and Terri come to visit. First Friday.
March 22	Party with Walker until the wee hours. "Who's here for dodgeball?!" at Spirit.
March 21	Ph.D. open house. Meet with Andrew Meade McGee on computing history.
March 16	Back home. UIST projects coming together.
March 15	Explore Santo Domingo sights. Night on the town with Bachata dancing.
March 14	Off to Santo Domingo. Rio Damajagua waterfalls. La Cumbre amber mines.
March 13	Mostly chill. Beach combing. Playa Sousa for sunset.
March 12	Boat over to Los Haitises National Park. Continue to Cabarete. Nagua cheese!
March 11	Relocate to Tree House Village. Cascada Limón. Sunset on Playa El Valle.
March 10	Boat to Playa Fronton and Madama. Afternoon at Playa Rincon.
March 9	Loving the direct flight to Dominican Republic. Land and head for Las Galeras.
February 20	Alex and Bridget in da burgh. Drinks & dinner. New mattress arrived too!
February 19	Amy receives Moran Professorship. Dinner with Morans super fun.
February 13	Qeexo social outing. Wheel mill was seriously fun.
January 23	Sang in town for Qeexo Pittsburgh all hands.
January 17	Cathy joins the lab.
January 13	Amy returns from field work. Semester starts. Research gearing up.
January 9	Erin, now faculty at Pitt, to live with us for a few months.
January 8	Push on to Casablanca for plane back to US. Amy off to Ivory Coast.
January 7	Visit Chellah, Hassan Tower. Antiques store tempts final purchases.
January 6	Harrisons drop car while Amy and I stay in Rabat. Serious hammam treatment.
January 5	Stunning morning drive to Rabat; exploring main sights with Harrisons.
January 4	Chefchaouen super cute. Literally made for instagram.
January 3	Morning in Meknes, delicious pastries. Arrive in Chefchaouen.
January 1	Explore Fes for two days. Hammam.

2018

December 31	Push north to Fes, stopping at Cedar Gouraud + monkeys.
December 30	Up for sunrise over dunes. Depart camp for mine tour and fossils.
December 29	To Khemliya, via Dades & Todra gorges. Camel to desert camp with Gnawa music.
December 28	Telouet, salt mine, Tizi N'Tichka, Aït Benhaddou, stay in Agoulzi.
December 26	Explore Marrakech's speciality souks, main sights.
December 25	Pickup car, depart Casablanca for Marrakech.
December 24	Depart for Morocco.
December 23	After much battling, and many trips to HD, Garnett sink is installed.
December 20	In Richmond for few days before holidays.
December 11	HCII faculty mini retreat at Indigo. Jason Hong endows two chairs!
December 8	Delicious dinner with Bill and Mick. VR fun.
December 6	Buy antique fire extinguisher for speakeasy. Zensors holiday party.
December 5	Air Force demos. HCII holiday party.
November 29	Wide ranging dinner conversations with Kori Inkpen.
November 23	Eileen's debut performance at Pittsburgh CLO.
November 22	In Pittsburgh for TG. First guests in speakeasy.
November 17	Three tons of gravel arrives for the lot. Heavier than it looks.
November 15	CHI reviews out; rebuttals begin.
November 12	Engadget team arrives to film for two days.
November 9	HCII Happy Hours returns! Mulled cider on the Gates terrace.
November 6	Midterm elections.
November 5	No dice with Hamilton tickets. Upgrade SodaStream to 20 lbs CO2 tank.
November 3	Pickup costumes. Halloween Party at LP’s.
November 2	First Friday walkabout with junior faculty.
October 30	TiE Pittsburgh Keynote at AlphaLab Gear.
October 27	Start building speakeasy bar with Tom.
October 26	Build wine rack. Downtown galleries and Knights of the Arcade.
October 25	Bartinale in town for long weekend of fun and fabrication.
October 18	Oculus Go arrives. Very impressed for price.
October 15	Lab presents two papers. Vibrosight picks up best paper nomination.
October 14	Depart for ACM UIST in Berlin. Impressed with Wow air.
October 7	Finish tin ceiling install. Trim next.
October 6	Words cannot express my disappointment.
September 30	Start speakeasy renovation begins. Buckets full of coal dust!
September 29	Sell old motorcycle. Bettye Lavette concert with Bill and Mick.
September 26	CONIX annual meeting. Unbelievable quantify of work going on.
September 23	Hit WW2 museum before heading back to Pittsburgh. Extremely impressive.
September 21	Wrap CHI and jet off to New Orleans for Qeexo US offices retreat.
September 10	CHI crunch is officially here. All hands on deck.
September 5	Off to Packard Fellows retreat and 30th anniversary in San Diego. Ear hell.
September 6	Team Z kickoff and dinner.
August 31	Noreen passes Oral Qualifier. Congrats!
August 25	Alloy at Carrie Blast Furnaces art opening. Bump into Niki and Carissa
August 24	Dinner at Fish nor Fowl. Impressed.
August 20	Farewell Robert dinner. Unforgettable seven year ride.
August 19	Drive home via Sandusky for Toft Dairy and lake views.
August 18	Explore Detroit with Jason & Eliane. Steve & Ashley wedding!
August 17	Drive to Detroit, via Youngstown for Brier Hill pizza and Handel’s ice cream.
August 14	Sell Saab. Old motorcycle next on list.
August 12	First assault on the lot. Maybe half way there?
August 10	Combined dinner with Mick and Bill.
August 9	Harrisons visit for long weekend. Much chatting and tea.
July 30	BBQ at Bigham’s for summer interns.
July 26	Finish writing Interactions magazine cover story.
July 21	Weld second new trellis with Amy. Climbing roses.
July 20	Explore new Tepper building. Save Albright Church canvasing.
July 19	Kayaking with Qeexoids plus dinner at Penn Brewery. Geoffrey send off.
July 15	We can’t resist the call of succulents any longer. Buying spree.
July 13	First official deployment of ClassInsight sensors.
July 11	Denise in town. Discuss HCI and paleontological field work possibilities.
July 7	Off to Ocean City to kick back with Ogan gang.
June 28	Sang in town. All hands Qeexo PGH dinner.
June 23	Yang back for one weekend to wrap Electrick boards.
June 21	Escape room with Qeexoids, followed by drinks at Strange Roots.
June 16	The Huntington is amazing. Succulent collection is world class.
June 13	Off to LA for long weekend. Balboa Island, UCI, LA, Malibu.
June 9	Weld new trellis with Amy. Onion dome is sweet!
June 2	Buy new motorcycle after 15 years on my trusty CM250C. Carissa’s Party.
May 30	Robert’s Ph.D. defense and toast. Congrats Dr. Xiao!
May 29	Julia and David in town for a few days. Catch up.
May 26	Pretty Up Penn Ave cleanup. Ioby exceeds $2500 goal. Hat's off to Nina!
May 25	Gierad proposes thesis work. Amazing work lined up for home stretch.
May 24	Summer research officially kicks off by welcoming amazing interns.
May 18	Depart for long weekend in Kure Beach. Chill with Harrisons.
May 16	Evi’s last day in the lab. Best of luck in your future endeavors!
May 15	IMWUT deadline. Then drinks, dinner and escaping with Elena.
May 14	Dinner with Kevin and Brian at Federal Galley.
May 10	AUTM panel. Tim and Colleen in town.
May 9	CONIX meet and greet at Pizza Taglio.
May 8	DHCS final bakeoff. NSF deadline.
May 5	Test drive a bunch of cars and motorcycles. Time for a transport upgrade.
May 2	Last day of class. Gearing up for summer.
April 28	Lazy breakfast, hiking, then spa day.
April 27	Via Ferrata is so much fun! Poutine then sugar shack.
April 26	Head north to Laurentian Mountains. Stay in tree houses.
April 25	Montreal bagel showdown: St-Viateur vs. Fairmount. No contest.
April 22	In Montreal for CHI. Use weekend to explore with old friends.
April 18	Banjo night with some junior faculty.
April 14	CMU China Summit Panel. Trees are all flowering and it makes me happy.
April 10	John Cage “prepared piano” music at CJ with Bill and Mick.
April 6	Archery outing with team Qeexo.
April 5	Soju opens! And it's delicious!
April 4	Push a bunch of excellent research to UIST 2018.
March 27	Anuraag and Gierad pitch at McGinnis Venture competition; 1st place.
March 25	First Zensors box is deployed on my roof for stress testing.
March 24	Start restoring 114 year old entrance tile. Gonna look amazing.
March 23	HCII Ph.D. open house at our place.
March 19	CBS crew in the lab filming projects and interviewing people.
March 13	In California for sponsor meetings.
March 12	In Atlanta for Cheng Zhang’s Ph.D. thesis defense. Congrats Dr!
March 10	Bill’s 70th!
March 8	Dosa extravaganza with Qeexoids at Udipi.
March 4	Art night with Lee.
February 21	Zensors box v1 is constructed. Getting real.
February 18	Visit CMNH, Bearded Lady Project, orchid show.
February 17	At Denise’s for Chinese New Year.
February 15	UbiComp deadline. Honored to be named a Sloan Fellow.
February 8	Lunch at Choolaah. Interesting concept.
February 2	Sending out loads of Mites to interested companies.
January 31	Competitive axe throwing with Qeexo crew.
January 28	Dinner with Bill, Mick, Anne and Brad.
January 27	In California for CONIX kickoff and Qualcomm talk.
January 23	Meet with Campus Design about Forbes Ave. Cools guys.
January 20	Paint closets, one of the last rooms left untouched.
January 18	Ethereal Ball HCII Happy Hour.
January 11	HCII Faculty Retreat at Bedford Springs.
January 8	RIP Disney Research Pittsburgh. Thanks for all the amazing memories and research.
January 6	CHI camera readies and lab upgrades.
January 5	Back in PGH to kickoff semester.
January 1	Head home to snowy NYC. Chill with Harrison’s before semester starts.

2017

December 31	LxFactory. Museum do Azulejo. Amy departs. Aquarium. New Years!
December 30	Quinta da Regaleria, Pena Palace, delicious dinner.
December 29	Belem Tower, Pastel de data, many museums and ceramics by the kg.
December 28	South to the Algarve. Cape Saint-Vincent. Time Out Market.
December 27	Explore Évora. Megaliths.
December 26	Feira da Ladra. Sesimbra. Alfarim procession. Pavilhão Chinês.
December 24	Train to JFK, fly to Lisbon.
December 22	Fireplace is a masterpiece!
December 20	Finish laying down wood floor for Garnetts.
December 18	Drive from Mechanicsburg to Richmond.
December 14	Qeexo tour of Cinderlands Brewery, plus drinks and board games.
December 12	DHCS Final Bakeoff. Semester almost over. Zensors heating up.
December 12	DHCS Final Bakeoff. Semester almost over. Zensors heating up.
December 9	So proud to see two of my Ph.D. students go to first CHI PC.
December 8	Hillman Professorship for Ken! HCII Holiday Party!
December 7	Huge Qeexo milestone: 100 million devices with our ML engine.
December 1	Detour to Harrisons for weekend. Persian dinner.
November 30	With Amy in NYC for CMU 50th event. Awesome alumns.
November 29	Catch up with Lana over dinner! Intel Outstanding Researcher Award.
November 22	Etown for Thanksgiving. Buy my first suit!
November 20	Host BTI folks at FIGLAB. Imaginarium with Qeexoids.
November 17	Speak at Road to Global Entrepreneurship Summit. Movie props sale.
November 16	Qeexo conf rooms named: Splashy, Frolic and Nimbus. Dinner with Shiri.
November 13	Honored to receive A. Nico Habermann Chair in Computer Science.
November 10	In Phoenix for Ruth’s wedding party. Ian, Scott, Erin, and Ido!
November 8	On Pittsburgh 2025 Panel with Fitzgerald, Russo, Singh & Cestello.
November 2	Home upgraded with whole house humidifier. Dinner with Lee and Dara.
October 27	Julia visits! Celebratory Qeexo dinner.
October 25	Au revoir Quebec. Head home with new ideas.
October 23	ACM UIST 2017 kicks off! Program chair duties almost complete.
October 22	Build custom bar stools with Ogans. Depart for UIST in Quebec.
October 20	Visit Butler Technologies; friendly people and fascinating tech.
October 18	Campus walk with Andrew, dinner with Jared.
October 17	Engaging George Takei talk, but stump him on independence movements.
October 12	Catch up with Aubrey over coffee. Named as Hambermann Chair in CS.
October 7	Pick up stripped doors. Farewell dinner for Justine w/ Bill and Mick.
October 6	Host junior faculty for drinks and Penn Ave crawl. LP!
October 5	"Local on the Rocks" with Kevin and Brian. Boozy.
September 30	New granite for master bath arrives. Commence work on built-ins.
September 28	Have Qeexo crew over for sundowners.
September 27	Thrival AI panel pretty meh.
September 26	Dinner with Dara and Lee.
September 19	Survive CHI deadline. Post deadline celebration at Porch.
September 18	Rajen joins Qeexo family. ML engine now shipped on 80M devices.
September 12	Luau themed HCII Happy Hour pretty insane. Kayur in town.
September 11	Two new Ph.D. students join FIGLAB, Yasha and Karan!
September 10	Discuss research with my CS heroes Reddy, van Dam and Lazowska.
September 9	Fly home. Attempt to clear plate in prep for CHI madness.
September 7	Packard Fellows meeting for next three days. Inspiring group.
September 6	Productive day of packed meetings. Drive into Monterey late.
September 5	Busy day capped with Google IoT Tech Talk. Surprise dinner with Alex!
September 4	Off to Silicon Valley for week of meetings and events.
August 31	Sharif gives us tour of Safi Juice renovations. Dinner with Lee and Dara.
August 28	First day of classes. Kickoff collaborations with ASU.
August 17	Cheng Zhang thesis proposal talk. Congrats.
August 16	Drive and then fly back home from Grand Manan.
August 14	Gierad on NPR's All Things Considered.
August 10	Start lazy week of beach combing and chatting with Brewers. Bliss.
August 9	Fly to Maine, then drive to Grand Manan.
August 7	Amy in Philly for meetings. First time for me, so explore. Cheese Steak.
August 6	In Etown for family gathering and memories.
August 2	Head to Harrison homestead for few days R&R.
July 26	Riverhounds game with Qeexo crew (getting really big).
July 25	Brad and Ann over for sundowners.
July 19	Global Learning X-Prize celebratory dinner at Jack's. Congrats!
July 17	Dirty cops, toll roads, no gas money and other adventures on way to MEX.
July 16	Inlaid wood at Santa María del Río, Mines & cheese at Mineral de Pozos. Querétero hotel.
July 15	Explore San Luis Potosi. Hipster food and drafts.
July 14	Zacahuil for breakfast. Enjoy San Luis Potosi's museums and architecture.
July 13	500M sinkhole repel. Sunset at Cave of Swallows. Wet pickup home. Aquismón.
July 12	Wander Xilitla. Rafting with Mundo. Learn about James.
July 11	Jalpan to Xilitla. Explore Edward James' Las Pozas.
July 10	Explore Sierra Gorda. Cueva del Diablo. Cecina is relish! Night ATV.
July 9	Drive from Mexico City to Jalpan, via Tequisquiapan and Bernal.
July 8	Escape to Mexico for vacation. Meet up with Amy and Erin.
June 22	UIST PC kicks off in Pittsburgh.
June 10	Brad's 60th Birthday bash at Carnegie Science Center.
June 5	Qeexo hackathon starts.
May 28	Brittany and Elijah's wedding in Charlottesville.
May 25	Visit Intel in Portland. Lots of good connections.
May 23	Start three day loop of West Coast; Bay Area first.
May 19	Harrisons visit for weekend. Gardening.
May 15	Final Bakeoff for DHCS. Start battling through post CHI emails.
May 14	Back home in PGH.
May 13	Mountain biking followed by Arches NP until sunset.
May 12	Repelling around Moab. Canyonlands NP for sunset. WSJ coverage.
May 11	Depart for Moab with Steve, Jason, Eliane and Amy.
May 8	Electrick video goes viral.
May 7	Depart for ACM CHI in Denver.
April 13	Lots of lab demos for inaugural HCII Demo Day.
March 29	Robert presents his thesis proposal. Passes.
March 6	Kickoff week-long Mites constellation data collection study.
February 22	First episode of Crash Course Computer Science airs! 40 to go!
February 21	Welcome Ravi and Will to the Qeexo ML team.
February 16	Qeexo + Wahila Creative mixer. Bowling with Jae and Jason.
February 10	Carnegie's Millions with Bernstein and junior faculty.
February 1	Scotch HCII Happy Hour was a hit.
January 28	Chinese New Year feast with Denise in Cleveland.
January 27	Drinks with new neighbors Brad and Ann.
January 17	First day of classes.
January 8	Back in da 'Burgh. Unpack and prep for start of year.
January 4	Back in US. First stop is Richmond to see family. E-Town tomorrow.
January 3	Final push to Balmaceda. "Gas Station" hunt. Fly home via Santiago and Dallas.
January 2	Marble Caves by boat and glacier views on foot.
January 1	Drive to Puerto Río Tranquilo. Unbelievable Lupins and scenery.

2016
December 31	Stunning drive to Coyhaique.
December 30	Plunge further south. Hikes along route. Stay in funky Puyuhuapi.
December 29	Drive and ferry south to Chaitén. Parque Pumalín hike.
December 28	Flight to Puerto Montt. Pickup SUV for Carretera Austral. Hornopirén NP.
December 27	Visit historical sites. Afternoon ferry to penguin-filled Magdalena Island.
December 26	Bus back to Punta Arenas. Explore town's sites and sounds.
December 25	Morning hike up above Glacier Grey. Ferry and car back to Peurto Natales.
December 24	Final push to Glacier Grey. New year eve's dinner celebration.
December 23	Stunning views of the Cuernos, avalanches on Glaciar Frances.
December 22	Beautiful day two. Weather clears. End in Albergue Los Cuernos.
December 21	First day of 'W' trek. Hike to Torres del Paine view. Torrential rain.
December 20	Bus to Puerto Natales. Prep for hike.
December 19	Arrive in Punta Arenas. Rendezvous with Harrisons.
December 18	Off to Chile for winter holiday.
December 15	Move into new Qeexo office! Epic upgrade.
December 14	Student eval meeting all day, followed by HCII Holiday Party.
December 12	DHCS final bakeoff. End of year camera ready push begins.
December 10	Explore Denver. Star Wars consume exhibit, Bar Faust, Hop Alley.
December 8	Last day of classes. Depart for CHI program committee meeting in Denver.
December 7	New Qeexo office build out almost complete. Painting starting soon.
December 5	SCS concentrations meeting. Refinance with FNB.
November 30	Qeexo escapes room in record time, followed by cricket-heavy dinner.
November 23	Aubrey stops by Qeexo. Volunteer packing Thanksgiving dinners.
November 15	Mmmm.. Hot mulled cider at HCII Happy Hour.
November 11	Erin loves escape rooms; second in 24 hours.
November 10	Hiroshi Ishii visits CMU. Brewpub neighborhood town hall meeting.
November 9	Erin Walker returns to the Burgh.
November 8	Robert presents DIRECT and CapCam research at ACM ISS. Trump.
November 6	Congrats to Kelly and Erik; best puzzle wedding ever.
November 3	Party at Essig's new project. Impressive renovation.
November 1	IRB full board meeting. Ian Cheng visits lab for demos. Bakeoff 2 in DHCS.
October 29	Parents in town. Food, long walks, pet expo, gardening, and so much chatting.
October 27	Big lab sync up. Start to coalesce research agenda.
October 22	Jim+Iris wedding at National Aviary. Congrats! Fun and lots of old friends.
October 21	Jason, Eliane and Stephen back in town. Feel's like old times!
October 20	Back in PGH. Jet lag is a monster.
October 19	Robert presents latest EIT research. ViBand also picks up Best Talk award.
October 18	Hats off to Gierad for live demo during ViBand talk. Best paper award!
October 17	Yang presents work on AuraSense. UIST Demo session big success.
October 15	Depart for ACM UIST 2016 in Tokyo!
October 14	R&P meeting. Celebrate with Ogan clan over dinner.
October 12	Decision made – Qeexo PGH moving to sweet new digs in East Liberty.
October 7	Drinks with Dow, Klemmer and junior faculty crew.
October 6	HCII Happy Hour on Gates Terrance. "Siewiorek Old Fashioned" very tasty.
October 5	Qeexo fun! Escape room, Voodoo Brewing, Cafe 33 and Hidden Harbor.
October 3	Welcome three new Qeexoids(?) to ML team: Mike, Dan and Geoffrey.
September 28	Jason in town for new Qeexo office blitz. Bicycle heaven & dinner.
September 21	Another frantic CHI deadline done. Hats off to Gierad, Yang and Robert.
September 13	Qeexo's fourth birthday. Amazing how far we've come!
September 8	HCII Happy Hour featuring a stiff "Lemon Drag & Drop".
September 3	Hang with Julia like old times. Cognac + Yuvraj = danger.
September 2	Have Qeexo crew over for drinks and first friday food trucks.
September 1	Dinner with Aubrey. Catch up on five years of missed chats.
August 25	Semester kicks off with HCII Hofbrauhaus reception.
August 24	Congrats to Robert on his two ISS paper acceptances.
August 21	First floor commercial space build-out complete. Came together real nice.
August 19	Begin long long journey home. Awesome craft loot makes it in one piece.
August 17	Unpack expedition gear in Dar es Salaam. Feasting, but mostly cleaning.
August 16	Medevac Richard. Everyone wishing him a speedy recovery.
August 15	Camp teardown, Endulen market day, last fossils of the season.
August 12	Sweet hyena cranium!
August 8	Arusha supply run. Amy returns!
July 23	Arusha supply run. Amy departs for her ed tech fieldwork in Mugeta.
July 18	Depart for field. Enforced email break begins! Sooo.. Ready..
July 12	Depart for Tanzania, via Addis Abababa.
July 7	HCII Happy hour, this month with a "Text on the Beach".
July 6	Carrie Furnace tour and happy hour with Qeexo crew.
July 5	Jason in town. Best wishes to Nishant and Danny.
June 26	Super productive weekend of nothing but writing grants.
June 23	3200 lbs of flooring delivered. Only one here to move it inside :(
June 22	Meet up with Ian, Beth and friends for drinks downtown.
June 20	After way way way too long, catch up with Gene and Karen.
June 13	Jae Shin visits Qeexo Pittsburgh. Dinner at Pusadees with whole gang.
June 11	Carrie Furnace tour with Ogans. Pipe organ paint and install.
June 9	First floor commercial space build out begins.
June 6	Josh starts at Qeexo. ML team firing on all cylinders.
Jun 1	First HCII Happy Hour is a success. Seize the Dey popular.
May 27	Ben and co. come to town. Fun weekend all over the city.
May 22	First fireplace in Butler fully rehabilitated, and it's a beaut.
May 16	Back in the burgh. Present to CMU trustees. Sang & Mike in town.
May 13	Escape to Big Sur to kick back with Amy, Stephen, Jason and Eliane.
May 10	Yang presents his work on SkinTrack. Video already at 250K views.
May 9	Robert presents his MSR internship research to packed house.
May 8	Off to CHI '16 in San Jose. Escape room with Julia and crew; missing clue!
April 30	Evelyn and Kevin Wedding. So sweet.
April 14	HCII Faculty Retreat in Cook Forest. We should do this every year!
April 9	Speak at OPT412 event. Dinner with Cheevers and Paul Graham.
April 5	Back in PGH. Dinner with Dan and Kate; tour their new North Side projects.
April 4	In D.C. for NSF CAREER Workshop.
April 1	In California for Ian and Beth's wedding; great to see so many old friends.
March 28	Masters of HCI Open House. Meet some amazing folks at the reception.
March 18	Ph.D. Open House kicks off. Stair steps refinishing begins.
March 17	Start investigating fireplace installation.
March 12	Pick up first batch of stripped mantles. Gonna be awesome!
March 4	Off to Yale for PRT. A most curious and motley crew.
February 27	Take four car-loads of mantles to Dip N Strip.
February 25	Dinner at Nak Won Garden with Leslie and Justine.
February 13	Crunch to get all graphics done for Qeexo booth at MWC.
February 12	Carnegie Museum of Art's FEAST series; Vietnamese and New Orleans fusion.
February 10	Qeexo team event. Escape Room, Voodoo Brewing, Dish, Acacia. Fun!
February 6	Finally get around to installing chandeliers upstairs. Order lights for first floor.
January 25	Qeexo family grows with addition of Leslie.
January 24	Begin trek home. Snow snarls travel. End up driving from JFK.
January 16	Depart for World Economic Forum in Davos.
January 15	Nail down semester projects. Meet Ivan Sutherland at CMU exhibit opening.
January 8	Return to the the burgh. Start prepping for semester and classes.
January 5	Depart for CES in Las Vegas. Clear skies in PGH, weather delays in Vegas?!
January 4	Unpack, prep for new year, freaky P.H. Butler human hair nets arrive.
January 2	Coffee plantation tour. Guatemala City museums and central plaza. Fly home.
January 1	Lazy walking tour of Antigua. Evening cocktails watching volcano erupt.

2015
December 31	Black salt from Sacapulas, Chichicastenango market, New Years in Antigua.
December 30	Visit Acul, amazing weaving, cheese farm and waterfalls. Boxboles for dinner.
December 29	Depart for Nebaj. Beautiful road to Laguna Magdalena. Afternoon in Chajul.
December 28	Spectacular hiking around Todo Santos. Weavers along route to San Martin.
December 27	North to Todo Santos. San Andrés Xecul & Momostenango market en route.
December 26	Car dying. Limp to Zunil, Fuentes Georginas Hot Springs. Swap to pickup.
December 25	Pick up rental car, west to Quetzaltenango, via Iximche, Godinez, Lake Atitlán.
December 24	Depart for Guatemala with Harrisons. Xmas fireworks insanity.
December 19	Kick back with Ogans in etown. Delicious food as usual.
December 17	Head to Richmond for holidays with Garnetts.
December 16	Black Friday meeting. Semester finally wrapped.
December 14	DHCS final bakeoff. Ridiculously huge trophy this year.
December 12	Dickens-Themed Ren Fair!? Burmese dinner with ol' Friendship House Crew.
December 9	Fly to California for meetings, CHI Program Committee, Jason & Eliane dinner.
December 7	Semester wrapping up fast. BOE visits CMU.
December 6	Prep final lectures, NSF reviewing, and hearty dinner with Bill and Mick.
December 4	Dow goodbye talk. First Friday on Penn. Free ceramics giveaway!
December 3	EM-Sense video passes 150K views. FingerAngle over 75K.
November 30	Qeexo dinner at Noodle Head to see off Danny.
November 23	First draft of WEF slides done. Last drinks with Dow?
November 21	In DC for JASON advisory board talk.
November 17	Off to California for Google+CMU IoT basecamp meeting.
November 16	Robert and Anhong present three papers at ITS. Yang's paper wins best note.
November 13	B-day drinks with Bob. Dinner with Stefanie Mueller and Chinmay.
November 12	Ishan gives talk on Gaze+Gesture at ICMI. Wins best student paper!
November 11	Gierad wins best talk for EM-Sense; presents work on 3D printed hair.
November 9	Gierad and Yang present their papers at UIST, both with on stage live demos.
October 20	James Pierce defends. Celebratory dinner with James, Eric and co.
October 15	JDI visits. Cool tech. Dinner with FIGLABers.
October 14	Wrangling with DPW pays off. Ramp looks good and we're ADA compliant.
October 8	Krzysztof visiting from Harvard. Penn Ave Phase 2 community meeting.
October 5	Danny arrives at Qeexo Pittsburgh. Time to bust out some math.
October 3	Groups visit from Midwest UX conference. FIGLAB demos galore.
September 28	Jim heads west to new Qeexo Mountain View office.
September 25	CHI deadline. Earlier submission time sux. Gallery crawl on Penn.
September 21	Garfield 2030 meeting and activities.
September 19	Happy owner of a Jeep Renegade. First new car I've owned.
September 18	Troast Dr. Wiese, who departs tomorrow :(
September 10	Packard talks are actually super fascinating! Learning much.
September 9	Depart for three-day Packard Fellows Meeting in Monterey, CA.
September 2	Mixtape opens :) Julia goodbye dinner :(
September 1	First day of classes. CHI paper stack building. Bantha opens at long last!
August 29	Mmmm... Tuck into a delicious brunch at Mankoff-Day residence.
August 27	HCII orientation, plus junior faculty drinks at Acacia.
August 24	PhD orientation kicks off. Robert, Gierad and Yang all back in town.
August 21	Robert, Yang and Anhong get three papers accepted to ITS.
August 19	Four-day Qeexo retreat. Amazing to see everyone together.
August 18	Congrats to Ishan on his ICMI paper. Bill and Mick for diner.
August 9	Manchester House & Garden Tour. Begin searching for new car.
August 7	HCII dreamcatcher seven-hour monster cut. Worth it though!
August 2	Delicious Indian brunch at Agarwal's house.
August 1	Cut sugar skull series; hand painting to follow.
July 26	CNC Mill some killer pantry doors. Save Albright Church block party.
July 24	The end of an era: Friendship House sells.
July 21	Thank you John A. for the excellent CNC training. Projects soon.
July 13	Close out URA Facade Grant. Thanks PGH! Looks great!
July 11	Start painting front doors. Pot new indoor plants.
July 9	Demo CapCam and TouchTools. Catch up with Fogarty, Ko, and Morrises.
July 7	Depart for Microsoft Research Faculty Summit. Glimpse the Holz.
July 5	In Richmond to see Cece and Emily.
July 2	ML "2.0" meeting. Emre departs for CA Qeexo office.
June 26	Qeexo goes to the ol' ball game. Pirates win!
June 24	Research sync up with Yang and Junhan. Roof chillin' with Walter.
June 23	Amazing new Qeexo hires (thanks Julia!). Next chapter starts now.
June 21	Depart for home. Amy off to Madrid for conference.
June 20	Trakai, Kaunas, Cold War Museum in underground ICBM base! Jūrmala dinner.
June 19	Explore city. Happens to be annual Vilnius Culture Night!
June 18	Drop Erin at Riga Airport. Hill of Crosses en route to Vilnius, Lithuania.
June 17	Bog shoeing and oh so many wild flowers.
June 16	Viljandi en route to Soomaa national park. Cutest cabin ever. Smoke sauna!
June 15	Explore Tallin's winding streets and delicious food.
June 14	Ferry back to mainland with very tired arms (35km!). On to Tallin, Estonia!
June 12	Red "cliffs", Pärnu, ferry to Vormsi. Begin two nights of sea kayak camping.
June 11	Meet up with Erin. Art nouveau buildings galore.
June 10	Start exploring Riga, Latvia. Ridiculously cheap dumplings.
June 9	Rendezvous with Amy at JFK. Depart for vacation in Baltics!
June 8	Accept offer on Friendship house.
June 7	Long stroll through Storm King. McDonald & Peacock Cider House opening.
June 6	Layover in NY for the weekend. Hang with mom.
June 3	In California for CMU and Qeexo meetings.
June 2	Put Friendship house on the market. "Steve" departs for Michigan.
May 18	Operation pushy pushy with Stephen and Amy.
May 14	HK Shella in town. Chat and drinks downtown.
May 9	Start prepping Friendship house for sale.
May 4	DHCS Final presentations. Great job guys! Semester almost over.
May 1	Parents in town for total garden makeover. Cars and cars full of plants.
April 27	Downtown with Sara and Laura for PERSAD art auction.
April 24	In Hong Kong with Amy for CMU alumni event. Humbled by the warm welcome.
April 22	CMU party is a blast. Hats off to Joonhwan and students for organizing.
April 17	Depart for CHI 2015 in Seoul, Korea. Students presenting three papers.
April 13	John Park and Sang in da 'burgh.
April 11	House wins Post-Gazette renovation contest.
April 4	Begin garden makeover. Step one: select building materials. PA Bluestone!
March 27	PhD open house kicks off. Sad farewell to Kevin!
March 25	Our "Giotto" IoT Expedition grant awarded by Google.
March 24	Scott and students honored with Allen Newell Research Excellence Award.
March 21	In Toronto to give talk and see Erin.
March 6	First Friday on Penn Ave. Spring Break offers a week reprieve.
March 4	Front facade demo begins. Trim and paint color selection soon.
March 2	Drop off bike at Slagheap, my new favorite cycle shop.
February 26	Catch up with Bilge. Lunch with Kevin and Brian.
February 20	Grants submitted. Global entry interview. Ikea run.
February 16	Great time meeting everyone at Bosch R&D Pittsburgh.
February 13	Evening drone build. It flies! Next up: Oculus + stereo camera HD rig.
February 5	UIST paper line up cementing. Inaugural pre-tenure faculty happy hour.
February 2	Apple visits, FIGLAB demos galore.
January 22	Ishan wraps up pico-internship. Lab dinner at Udipi.
January 20	Matcon comes to inspect vaults. Penn Ave reconstruction continues.
January 18	Off to San Diego on Qeexo business.
January 12	First class of the semester. DHCS better than ever.
January 10	After layover in Incheon and lunch with Bill, we're finally back at home.
January 9	Visit Sung Sot Cave. After lunch, begin long journey home.
January 8	Depart for Halong Bay. Kayaking in and around impressive karst islands.
January 7	Longer trek to Ta van, Giang Ta chai and Ban ho. Overnight train to Hanoi.
January 6	Colorful Coc Ly Market, check in to Sapa hotel, walk to nearby towns.
January 5	Explore Hanoi. Depart for Sapa on Night sleeper train.
January 4	Head to Huế. Marble mountain & caves. Imperial City. Flight to Hanoi.
January 3	Ferry over to Cẩm Kim island; bike around. Also Thanh Ha.
January 2	Lazy day to recover. Explore disneyland-esque cityscape.
January 1	Fly to Đà Nẵng, car to Hội An. Rent mopeds and head out to Mỹ Sơn ruins.

2014
December 31	Đà Lạt by motorcycle. Linh Phuoc Pagoda. On Gizmodo's "top UX ideas" list.
December 30	Up early for six hours of primate tracking. Gibbon singing!
December 29	Arrive in Cát Tiên National Park. Primate rehabilitation center. Bike ride.
December 28	Cái Răng floating market. War Remnants museum back in Saigon.
December 27	My Tho, Vĩnh Tràng Temple, An Khanh, end in Cần Thơ.
December 26	Cu Chi tunnels, Reunification Palace, Emperor Jade Pagoda, city center.
December 25	Wrap up work and head back to Saigon to meet up with Harrisons.
December 21	Relocate to Châu Đốc for change of scenery; Bang Lang Storks.
December 20	Take morning break and visit Phong Điền floating market.
December 16	Depart for warmer weather in Vietnam. Settle down in Cần Thơ to work.
December 15	CHI notifications released. Three papers accepted.
December 11	Depart for CHI program committee meeting in Korea.
November 27	First Thanksgiving at the new house. Ogans and Harrisons over.
November 20	New York Times covers work in "In a Small Space, a Big Issue."
November 19	Dinner with Win at NOLA.
November 17	Yahoo and Qualcomm meetings. Thank you for supporting my lab.
November 14	HCII 20th anniversary celebrations kick off. Run electronics workshop.
November 11	Akif in town. Qeexo goes to Interstellar.
November 2	Amy returns from Chilean field work.
October 28	Jon Froehlich visits. Catch up over dinner downtown.
October 21	In California for Gigaom conference talk, Yahoo visit.
October 18	Robert gets capcam project rolling. Start new sculpture project.
October 17	Julia's Troast. "Life of Julia" board game.
October 15	Humbled to be a 2014 Packard Fellow.
October 8	Anthony presents Air+Touch work. Relocate to north shore for brief vacation.
October 7	Gierad gives talk on "Skin Buttons" research. UIST Luau!
October 5	Begin the long journey to ACM UIST 2014.
October 3	Yahoo InMind retreat. Angry Dans Banana Smash on Penn. Korean BBQ.
September 30	Robert cuts 4x8' Pittsburgh map. SCS Dean Dinner.
September 29	Return to US alone; Amy in Chile for field work.
September 27	Wedding: bands, puppets, tequila donkey, taco cart, fireworks and friends.
September 26	Buy lovely ceramics and 200 lbs. of tile in Dolores Hidalgo.
September 25	Base in Guanajuato; so lovely!
September 24	Submit NSF grant. Depart for Davidoff wedding. Robert prez at MobileHCI.
September 22	CHI deadline crush.
September 19	Steel City Tattoo Convention with Susan. Interviews.
September 15	Consumer Industry Transformations panel.
September 12	Back to Beijing for dinner with Mr. Zhao at Diaoyutai Guest House.
September 11	Consumer Industry Transformations panel.
September 10	"Betazone" session with Sri. Paul Jacobs. China PM plenary.
September 9	Bullet train to Tianjin. WEF Young Scientists kick off dinner.
September 6	Depart for World Economic Forum in China.
August 26	Hats off to Sunyoung and Stacey on their successful Ph.D. defenses.
August 23	Ogans in town. Prepare for CHI craziness.
August 21	First Ph.D. Communication Talks as faculty. Hofbrauhaus welcome dinner.
August 19	Students swarming back onto campus. "Qeexoids" bowling.
August 18	New HCI Ph.D. cohort arrives. Have Kevin and Brian over.
August 16	Super tasty dinner at Bill and Mick's. House tours.
August 12	Ishan's last day. Farewell! CHI heat ratcheting up.
August 10	Finally get internet at Butler house. Speedy. Meet Ishan's bro.
August 7	China Visa, Dave helps with stats, and MHCI graduation party.
August 2	Inaugural METALS students sendoff brunch. Fix up Friendship rear.
August 1	Give out free art for First Friday. Bump into Dan, Kate, Iris, Jen, and Erin.
July 28	Jury duty all day. Watch how the sausage is made and get paid $10.36!
July 25	Bayer Webinar. Front door finished. Intern + Qeexo party at new house.
July 23	Coal mine tour, scrapyard, mini golf, and dosas.
July 22	Ben, Shane and Ashlan converge on the 'burgh. Pirates game.
July 18	Visit crazy house on Bigelow.
July 17	Mom in town. Zoning hearing downtown. Welcome new Qeexoans.
July 13	In Seattle for Microsoft Faculty Summit. Old friends and new faces.
July 11	BoD meeting, Pebble crew, catch up with Christian.
July 9	Off to California for business meetings; sync up with Qeexo crew.
July 5	Start vestibule renovation with Ogans and Jason. Wrap other projects.
July 4	Ogans visiting. Celebrate on Butler roof; 360 degrees of Fireworks.
July 2	Visit Bayer USA and explore collaborations. Stock up on metal.
June 26	Back home. Time to finish moving in. Boxes boxes boxes!
June 24	Give talk about location comfort for on body projected interfaces.
June 21	Onward to Vancouver for ACM DIS 2014. Oddly jet lagged.
June 20	North shore sights redux. Snorkel with shark and sea turtles.
June 19	Start eating Monstera deliciosa fruit. Weird, yet wonderful.
June 18	Farmers market. Soursop and Pomelos, mmm..
June 16	Monk Seal! Robert and Anthony's papers accepted to MobileHCI 2014.
June 12	Secret tunnels hike. Back at sunset, muddy and beat.
June 9	Connect up with Amy, Ruth and Erin at ITS in Hawaii. Depart for Kauai.
June 5	Drift through Bottom Dollar opening. Better than Aldi, worse than G'eagle.
June 3	Final inspection passes after eight months of construction by Essig crew.
June 1	Sang in town for Qeexo sync up. Evening furniture run with U-Haul van.
May 31	Move many many boxes to new house. End day with Eddie Izzard show.
May 30	James Pierce thesis proposal presentation. Catch up (briefly) at Brillo.
May 29	Qeexo Series A announced. Setup demos downtown for TMAC 2014.
May 27	Celebratory dinner with Justine and Leslie at Jozsa Corner. Crazy storm.
May 25	Powder coat railroad spikes for knobs; Robert CNC millin' at TechShop.
May 23	Friendship house crew drinks 20 year old Iron City. Not terrible.
May 20	Ishan kicks off summer internship. Ideas galore.
May 17	Grades submitted; semester officially over. HCII BBQ for graduates.
May 13	NSF/CCC visioning workshop. Think about grand challenges.
May 12	Great fun watching DHCS final pitches and demos. Drive to D.C.
May 3	Drive home. Stop in Buffalo for wings and Erie for ice cream.
April 30	Robert presents TouchTools research. CMU alumni dinner.
April 29	Live TouchTools demo. Drinks with Norman and Card at CMU party.
April 28	Gierad presents smartwatch work, followed by live demos at interactivity.
April 25	Hang with Harrisons before departing for ACM CHI.
April 24	NYU Alumni Award with Robinson, Ma and Windsor. Humbled.
April 22	Last lecture for DHCS. Last push for team final projects.
April 16	UIST papers due. Start work on CHI interactivity demos.
April 3	DHCS tiny text entry bakeoff. Max: 21 WPM on 1.25" touchscreen.
April 2	Go downtown for behind the scenes tour at Cher concert.
March 31	Lunch with Ren Ng. Grad appreciation TG.
March 19	Prospective HCII student visits kick off. Pick up FIG shirts.
March 14	Dinner and much chatting with Dan and Kate.
March 7	Walk Penn Ave for first unblurred event in a long time.
February 26	IEEE Spectrum visitors. Start testing house paint colors.
February 25	DHCS Pointing Bakeoff! Clicking galore.
February 17	In Munich to deliver opening keynote at TEI. Catch up with Eric.
February 14	Drywalling begins after electrical delay. Onwards!
February 12	Yahoo InMind announcement. Sang in town.
February 7	Group lunch with InterACT folks. Interesting research abounds.
February 1	Chill with KD and Zico. Grit and Grace, then Butcher and the Rye.
January 31	Hang TVs; lab almost fully up and running. Shop online by summer?
January 29	1000 dowels sculpture starts. Growing quickly; will be huge.
January 20	Ben visits en route to St. Louis. Catch up.
January 17	Spray insulation starts at Butler Building; tile work progressing rapidly.
January 10	Move into new lab space, setup furniture. FIGLAB is born.
January 8	Sang and Jason visit for all hands Qeexo 2014 kick-off.
January 7	Teach first class as Professor. Ivan send-off party.

2013
December 27	Lazy post-Christmas on the Jersey Shore with the Harrisons.
December 24	Head to Ogans for holidays, reconnect with Amy en route from India.
December 19	Windows arrive and start going in. Awesomeness.
December 18	Queenie flips the switch! Officially a "doctor". Dinner with Queenie.
December 17	1600 pounds of tile arrives for bathrooms.
December 16	Kitchen cabinets arrive. Duolingo wins iPhone app of the year - go David!
December 15	Start prepping next semester class. Bighamfest 2013.
December 11	First "black friday" evaluation meeting as faculty.
December 8	Weld first section of three rivers railing for two story area.
December 7	Metal supermarket rocks. Print final dissertation copies.
December 5	Wood floors, soaking tub and appliances arrive at the new house.
December 2	In NYC for NYU alumni award film short. Mamoun's Falafel for old times.
November 30	Ogans visit Harrison homestead. Board games and way too many drinks.
November 27	Head east for Thanksgiving with Ogans.
November 18	Another awesome dinner with the Morrises.
November 15	Meet Eric Schmidt; show demos. Dinner at CMU president's house.
November 12	Amy returns from two months of travel.
November 9	Metal patinas + clear gloss powder coats = awesome effect.
November 3	Table frame fully welded. Start controlled rusting in backyard.
October 29	Business meetings all day; wrap with pitch at Sierra CIO summit.
October 27	Best burrito in recent memory at San Jose flea market.
October 24	Present “rich-touch” vision at Interactive Technology Summit.
October 22	In San Diego for Qualcomm keynote. Interesting talks.
October 18	Building permit approved. Tip of the hat to Jeremy, Dan and Sergei.
October 13	Head back to Pitts'burra'.
October 9	UIST conference starts. Robert presents Lumitrack.
October 8	Burrell Collection. Carnegie birthplace in Dunfermline. Drop off van.
October 6	Arrive in Glasgow. Give talk at university tomorrow.
October 3	Isle of Mull for three nights. Tobermory, Iona and Staffa.
September 29	Applecross Peninsula. Isle of Skye for four nights. Lots of hiking.
September 28	Drafted to give water to runners in Loch Ness Marathon.
September 27	Distillery tour, Inverness, then south along Loch Ness.
September 26	Pickup "spaceship" campervan. First stop: Cairngorms.
September 24	Head north to Edinburgh for two days; Sight see.
September 22	Stay with Tom and Kel in Newcastle. Visit Culture Lab.
September 21	Meet up with Amy in London. Explore.
September 20	Depart for UK. TEI reviews en route.
September 18	CHI deadline. A great year of research wrapped up.
September 17	Meet with Sergei and Dan to kick off renovation planning.
September 13	Qeexo celebrates first birthday. We've come a long way!
September 11	Finally close on house after two banks and five months.
September 1	Begin back porch renovations. CHI list growing.
August 31	Smartwatch hacking with Gierad and Robert. MHCI+PhD party.
August 29	Julia proposes thesis - congrats! Dinner with Andy.
August 26	Begin new faculty orientation; three days.
August 24	Paragliding, Enrico's, set up Amy's office, and dinner with Ogans.
August 20	Defend dissertation work, troast, and celebrate!
August 16	Harrisons visit for week; sights and sounds of the city.
August 5	Erin Walker visits for week. Pace of CHI work picks up.
August 4	Long road back to PGH; break journey with coal mine tour.
August 3	In Binghamton for Dan and Sarah's wedding.
August 2	Garfield Night Market briefly, then hit the road NE.
July 28	Full draft of dissertation complete; sent to committee.
July 24	Wells Fargo pulls out, Dollar steps in.
July 21	Off to Park City, Utah for MMA Summit talk.
July 13	Busy wrapping up dissertation. Dive bar tour and Mr. Roboto.
July 7	Get data plan. Enter the modern world.
July 5	Head to Deep Creek for weekend. Good food and friends, plus boats!
June 30	Anniversary downtown. Walk all the way home.
June 29	Powder coating class at TechShop.
June 24	Butler house process tumultuous. Mom departs.
June 20	NBC visits. Mom in town for weekend of artistic endeavors.
June 19	From Portland to Cali for meetings.
June 13	Head west for Jason and Elaine's wedding.
June 9	Setup Qeexo R&D offices. Awesome space. Art coming.
June 3	Off to California for series of business meetings.
June 2	Bobby returns from China! Qeexo crew reunited.
June 1	The one and Oney returns!
May 29	UIST Program Committee meeting kicks off in Pittsburgh.
May 24	Owned motorcycle for 10 years! Rusty, but still running strong.
May 17	UIST reviews back, new Qeexo offices and HCII BBQ.
May 11	Lovely and lively dinner with the Morrises.
May 6	Filming for Discovery Channel series at lab and home.
May 1	Stephen presents Zoomboard. Offer accepted on new house.
April 30	Robert presents WorldKit. Catch up with old friends.
April 24	Depart for ACM CHI 2013. Arrive early to unwind and enjoy Paris.
April 20	Start prepping WorldKit demos and house hunting.
April 15	Decision made: Amy and I are thrilled to be joining the faculty at CMU.
April 14	Long walks, deep discussions, and extensive pros/cons lists.
April 10	Back in Seattle for return visit. iSchool folks warm and wondrous.
April 7	Night out in the 'burgh: Book of Mormon & Cambod-Ican Kitchen.
April 5	UIST projects submitted. Strongest year of DevLab submissions imho.
April 3	Back in NYC for return visit. Amazing potential.
April 2	Lumitrack CNC experiment wrapped. Karl rocks.
March 24	Toffee paper wrapped up for UIST. Aiming for three more.
March 18	Visit MIT Media Lab. Amazing people and research.
March 13	Columbia faculty candidate visit. Talk well received; enthusiastic bunch.
March 11	Interview at NYU. Great vibes and old friends.
March 10	Catch up with the Harrisons. Sync up with Amy in the city.
March 9	Fly to New York City. Dinner with Hesh and Hala.
March 7	Two days of great interaction during U.W. visit. Seattle very nice.
March 5	After several false starts, Robert gets Lumitrack 6DOF tracking working!
March 2	Stephen's sendoff. Party all night; end up at Club Pittsburgh.
February 28	Toffee data analysis complete and demo footage wrapped.
February 25	Filming in the DevLab for WQED story. TouchTools demo working.
February 20	Kick off 2.25-day interview at CMU.
February 16	Second valentines with Amy: ballet and dinner.
February 14	Two-day interview at MIT. Valentines dinner with faculty :)
February 10	Overnight in Cleveland to celebrate Chinese New Year with Denise.
February 8	Au Revoir Olivier party. Ivan DJ-ing is always awesome.
February 6	Head south for two days at Stanford. Dinner with Elyse.
February 4	Kick off two-day interview at UC Berkeley. Catch up with Eric.
January 29	First talk of the interview season at ASU. Catch up with Erin and Ruth.
January 23	Sang in town for all hands Qeexo meeting. HCII art show.
January 22	LG visit. Begin wrapping up Toffee project with MLSP students.
January 19	Work on house; paint three stories of central staircase.
January 16	Start organizing UIST PC. Hotel and restaurants first.
January 14	Spring semester kicks off. Last at CMU? Faculty job search begins.
January 11	Smithsonian: “Six Innovators to Watch in 2013”
January 9	Two days in Las Vegas for CES. Too.. Many.. People..
January 7	Christmas day in Ethiopia. Stroll the streets of Addis. Fly home at 10pm.
January 6	Long haul down to Addis Ababa. Visit national museum.
January 5	All-day boat excursion to Lake Tana monasteries; Nile outlet and hippos.
January 4	Royal enclosure. Depart for Bahir Dar. Visit Awra Amba and Blue Nile Falls.
January 3	Spend morning in Semien mountains. Gelada baboons! Afternoon in Gondar.
January 2	Visit Finian. Crazy roads. Get stranded in Debark with flat tire and broken jack.
January 1	Explore Axum's sights. Obelisk impressive; more so after visiting quarry.

2012
December 31	Drive to Axum. Wukro church, Teka-Tesfay cluster, and Adigrat market.
December 30	Head north via Sekota to Makele. Brutal roads, but stunning landscape.
December 29	Wander Lalibela's many rock hewn churches and monasteries.
December 28	Visit Hayk lake and market, shopping in Weldiya, push on to Lalibela.
December 27	Connect up with Harrison crew in Addis Ababa. Night in Kombolcha.
December 26	Depart for Ethiopia. Fourth continent in three weeks.
December 21	Make it to Ogans for holidays. Stretch, eat, drink, and be merry.
December 17	In Korea for string of meetings. Soak up Seoul.
December 12	Keynote address at Touch Gesture Motion Conference. Head home to PGH.
December 11	Visit UT Austin, give talk. Coffee with Di Fiore.
December 6	Depart for Paris. CHI program committee meeting for a few days.
December 4	Last faculty job application submitted. Whew! Back to research.
November 29	U. Wisconsin-Madison talk and meetings. Catch up with Bilge.
November 26	Prototyping User Interfaces guest lecture.
November 22	NY for Thanksgiving. Visit Andrew Carnegie's grave.
November 19	Bounce ultrasonic idea off Raj. Funky vein. iOS FingerSense Dev.
November 17	Fly home to Pittsburgh. Tackle CHI rebuttals.
November 16	Amy gives talk at MIT HCI Seminar Series. Backbar with Steve.
November 15	String of meetings with awesome people. Give talk at MIT.
November 14	Red eye in and out of Bay Area. All day meetings.
November 13	Meetings at NYU, guest lecture Computers and Society, NY Tech Meetup.
November 10	Fly to New York. Hang with Harrisons; Captain Lawrence.
November 9	Build new Touché doorknob demo. Hook Ivan up.
October 28	Sang visits. Prepare for Qeexo demos.
October 25	EmTech conference, TR35 award ceremony. Dinner with Meng.
October 16	Lunch with Peter Norvig and Jeff Walz.
October 10	Present research on Acoustic Barcodes and Capacitive Fingerprinting
October 8	Demo Capacitive Fingerprinting for UIST attendees and press.
October 7	Depart for Boston, UIST 2012. Dinner at Stampfers.
October 4	"Understanding Understanding" conference and Project Olympus talks.
October 3	GE Technovation. Intel Digital Nibbles Podcast. Dinner with Red Whittaker.
September 28	STREB Forces. Dinner with Robert.
September 23	Weld 'Pachycereus Paparazzei' sculpture with Amy.
September 21	Jersey Boys downtown. Ben leaves for work in Peru.
September 19	Papers off to CHI. Big turnout at Sharp Edge.
September 15	Wrap interviews for on-body interfaces paper. Weekend of writing.
September 10	Sit down with Chuck Geschke, Adobe Co-founder.
September 8	Brunch with U.W. crew. Meet Mune at Disney for UIST demo prep.
August 28	Sang and Minsoo in town for all-hands Qeexo meeting.
August 25	Back home! Ramp up for exciting semester! Let the job hunt begin.
August 24	Heading home with Cairo layover. Whirlwind tour of Pyramids and 'spinxy'.
August 23	Catch flight back to Dar. Last minute shopping and goodbyes.
August 22	Lazy day starting with long beach walk and ending with ocean dip.
August 21	Depart for Matemwe; spice tour en route. TR35 announced.
August 20	Explore Stone Town. Shopping, spices, and dinner at Sambusa.
August 19	Swim with wild dolphins, Jozani forest, Eid celebrations in Stone Town.
August 17	Relocate to Kizimkazi for super chill three days.
August 16	Snorkel, eat and kick back on lovely Chumbe Island.
August 15	Depart for "real" honeymoon on Zanzibar.
August 13	Back in Dar. Unpacking and recouping.
August 12	Pack up camp and begin journey south. Overnight in Same town.
August 9	Hominin finds!
August 7	Giardia + malaria double whammy. Spend night in Endulen hospital.
August 6	Day trip to Lemagrut and Olduvai Gorge.
August 2	Endulen market day.
July 20	Setup camp. Hit Locality 4 as warm up - a taste of the next 4 weeks.
July 18	Head north. Two nights in Arusha for prep and permits.
July 14	Load up at Mwenge carvers' market. Buy oversized breasted chair.
July 9	Land in Dar es Salaam, our home for 10 days.
July 8	Layover in Cairo for day. Meet Yahia. Museums and duty free.
July 7	Depart for honeymoon. Tanzania here we come, via Cairo!
June 30	Get married! Wedding is a blast.
June 27	Depart for West Chester with Erin and Stephen. Ogans first stop.
June 26	Surprise party for Eliane.
June 20	Get wedding attire for Stephen; Dosas at Udipi.
June 14	Meet Bosch team. On-body interfaces study kicks off on mturk.
June 13	Dinner with Julia and David.
June 12	Dave and Vivian stay with us during house hunt.
June 11	Dan and Sarah visit; kick back.
June 7	Off to UIST program committee meeting in Redmond.
June 6	Pick up self uniting marriage license.
May 31	BBQ by CMU fence.
May 17	Kitchen finally functional again!
May 13	Pack up camp; off to Vegas for one night.
May 12	Sleep in. Hike and rappel Keyhole.
May 11	Up early, grab equipment, hike Subway.
May 10	Present touchscreen shear paper. Jet to Zion National Park.
May 9	Iconic light behaviors and Phone as Pixel papers presented.
May 7	Touché presentation. Video goes viral.
May 5	Fly to Austin, Geordie Live Party, hang with Bartindale.
April 29	Weld elephant with Amy.
April 28	Thai feast with Amporn and David.
April 24	Qualcomm QinF presentation. Drinks and brainstorm with Robert.
April 23	UCSD CSE Colloquium talk. Red-eye to NJ.
April 21	Brunch in San Francisco with ol' HCII crew.
April 20	Speak at Stanford HCI seminar series.
April 19	Catch up with Johnny. Give Google Tech Talk.
April 17	All kitchen cabinets installed.
April 13	UIST deadline; first Friendship paper.
April 6	Slinging.org forum celebrates 10 years online. Will pass 200K posts by year end.
March 30	Lunch with Bryan at Google PGH.
March 29	Ian going away party :(
March 22	Open House kicks off. Reception at Friendship house.
March 19	Delicious Soba dinner courtesy of Justine.
March 14	Elijah's birthday - steaks and theatre.
March 6	Microsoft TechFest kicks off; demo OmniTouch to public.
March 2	Renovation continues: order kitchen cabinetry.
February 29	Give talk at NASA. Uhura has competing talk. Very interesting facilities tour.
February 26	Wedding planning. Venue, food, Airbender props, etc.
February 24	Leave for DC, Amy at NSF, hang with Parag.
February 22	CBC interview about on-body computing and natural interaction.
February 20	Present Armura work at TEI; wins best student paper.
February 18	Kitchen renovation continues: Drywalling galore.
February 15	Motorcycle tuned-up.
February 14	AIP crew films TapSense, interview.
February 11	Lunch with Brad Burnham. Begin kitchen renovation.
February 9	Coffee with Allen Hahn. DynaTAC 8000M arrives; mobile collection expands.
February 8	Pure java implementation of ARTags works surprisingly well.
February 6	Propose dissertation research. Now ABD.
January 23	Supercharge OmniTouch with Benko for live TechFest demos.
January 21	Finalize and send off proposal document to committee.
January 17	Nasty flu takes me down for a week. Blah.
January 16	Dinner with Mune before he departs.
January 6	Brunch with Brewers. Fly home to Pittsburgh. Gear up for semester.
January 5	Back to San Pedro Sula. Quick shopping. Fly to NYC.
January 4	Drive to Garifuna villages along coast. Explore lagoon, botanical gardens.
January 3	Depart Roatan for Tela.
January 2	West to Sandy Bay; more snorkeling.
January 1	Head to East End for sand and snorkeling.

2011
December 30	Ruta Lenca. Opal mines in Erandique. Brutal roads. Yojoa Lake.
December 29	Hike Montaña de Celauqe national park.
December 28	Plunge south from San Pedro Sula to Copan Ruins, then onto Gracias.
December 27	Breakfast and Highline. Meet Harrisons; depart for Honduras.
December 26	New York Botanical Gardens, Nutcracker, NYC.
December 21	To Ogan's for Christmas. Unwind a bit.
December 19	Meeting with Phipps Conservatory. Forbes 30 under 30 in science.
December 16	Prototyping class final presentations. Hacking with Mune.
December 9	Back home, for now...
December 7	Depart for CHI program committee meeting in Boston.
December 6	Touché person identification works! Moira's defense party.
December 2	HCII holiday party. Brendan officially unveils multitocuh wall.
December 1	GSA beer tasting at Phipps. Motorcycle turns 30!
November 28	Guest lecture to PUI/SSUI class. Second Phone as Pixels test; ~90 devices.
November 23	To the Ogans for Thanksgiving and proposal writing.
November 20	Back to the 'burgh.
November 19	Quick stop to catch up with parents.
November 18	Meetings all day, roam city until 3am. PocketTouch on Giz, Engadget.
November 17	Fly to NYC for XRDS meeting at ACM HQ. Decide the future!
November 16	First large scale Phones as Pixels test. Flawless.
November 13	Celebrate Stephen's birthday paintballing.
November 8	Turn in cognitively informed interfaces book chapter.
November 3	ABC news interview airs. OmniTouch passes 1 million views on YouTube.
October 31	Armura paper accepted to TEI.
October 28	Motorcycle passes 10,000 mile mark. Halloween parties.
October 21	Interior design and art galore. Walker pad makeover!
October 20	Fly to Phoenix to see Erin. TapSense in Wall Street Journal, New Scientist.
October 19	Three talks in one day. TapSense hits blogosphere.
October 18	Saponas presents PocketTouch.
October 17	UIST student contest demo day! OmniTouch goes viral.
October 16	Depart for UIST in Santa Barbara.
October 15	Operation "missing finger" with Stephen, Christian and Robert.
October 13	Christian visits for 4 days. Action packed; 20% accuracy.
October 8	PhD+MHCI party @ Friendship House.
October 5	Meet with Stelarc.
September 30	Happoning.com is born.
September 23	Another CHI, a little bit grayer.
September 20	Film demos with Mune 'til sunset.
September 19	Granddad and co. departs.
September 17	Stephen returns! Yey! Momix at Byham.
September 16	Cambridge Footlights at CMU.
September 15	Granddad and co. come to PGH for long weekend.
September 12	Capture better "phone as a pixel" demo video.
September 9	Attempt mass "phone as a pixel" demo at TG. Further tweaking required.
September 8	Kick off research project with Brendan.
September 6	Alcatel-Lucent visit. Tasting menu at Toast. Yumm.
August 29	Give first lecture for PUI Prototyping. Photo wall is installed in HCII foyer.
August 27	Faculty-themed cocktails party. Celebrate the return of Jason!
August 24	Wrap up photo wall. Work late, then dinner at Justine's.
August 24	Build+Design event for PhD orientation.
August 20	Dan Fitz visits for weekend.
August 19	Lunch with John Stasko. Repay owed lunch :)
August 12	Wedding venue explorations. Visit Ogans and Galers.
August 8	Ben leaves and Ruth defends. Start gearing up for big CHI push.
August 5	Finally get a PA license. Junkyard run. BBQ.
August 4	Ben visits for long weekend, sees house for first time. Sandcastle.
July 30	Magnus Rex filming. Tumblers, guns and explosions!
July 28	LG presentation. QoLT keynote. Munehiko and Ivan impedance sensor project.
July 22	Magnus Rex costume fitting. Ogans visit for weekend.
July 16	Sarah Reeder visits for weekend.
July 13	Scramble to get winter XRDS issue figured out.
July 12	Heinz presentation on attention/social tracking work.
July 4	Quick peek at old gold mines, then back to Auckland for flight home.
July 3	Cathedral Cove, dig hole at Hot Water Beach, Whitiange spa, trailer in Thames.
July 2	Coromandel Peninsula, Driving Creek Railway, Kauri trees, stay at Hahei Beach.
June 30	Talk at NextSpace about research and viz projects.
June 29	Amy's Conference starts, chris works. Talk and lunch at U. Auckland.
June 28	7-hour splish-splash up cave. Mind blowing glow worms.
June 27	Sheep sheering. Waitomo via Napier. Glow worm night walk.
June 26	Haurata farm house. Endless emerald-green hills and sheep. Catch up on work.
June 25	Edwardian spa tour, more kiwis. Drive along Bay of Plenty.
June 24	Waiotapu thermal area, Huka Falls, dip in Kerosene Creek, Maori dinner, Kiwis!
June 23	Meet up with gang. South to Rotorua. Ogo.
June 22	Sunrise Kayaking. Crazy antiques guy. Back to Queenstown, then Auckland.
June 21	Drive to Milford Sound. Part of Routeburn Track. Overnight cruise. Beautiful.
June 20	Puddle jump to Queenstown. South to Te Anau. Kepler Track mini hike.
June 19	Land in Auckland late. JetStar wrangling.
June 17	Fly to New Zealand
May 30	BBQ at our place. Stephen departs soon.
May 26	Home again. Junk room renovations for next week..
May 25	Visit Galers.
May 23	Babysitting Emily. Williamsburg.
May 22	Ocean City, Lucy, Mac & Manco's.
May 21	Attend wedding in Atlantic City.
May 20	Almost lose a wheel en route to Galers. Change of plan.
May 13	Home again. Back with Amy. Ogans in town.
May 11	Present Kineticons research at CHI Conference.
May 8	Fly to Seattle for CHI. Jason fleeced.
May 6	Jill Duffy in da 'burgh.
May 3	Fly home.
May 2	Shopping, Bosnian pyramids, Croatian police, back to Budapest.
May 1	Explore curiously charming Sarajevo - warm and war torn.
April 30	Into Bosnia & Herzegovina. Mostar, Drežnica Valley, Sarajevo.
April 29	Properly explore Dubrovnik.
April 28	Scenic coastal road to impressive Dubrovnik.
April 27	The sights and sounds of Split.
April 26	Push south to Split; Šibenik for lunch detour.
April 25	Cave raft into Krizna jama. Into Croatia: friendly Rovinj.
April 24	Continue NW loop: Vintgar Gorge, Vršič pass, blue rivers, Škocjan Caves (crazy).
April 23	Puppet show. Start NW loop: Škofja Loka, Kranj, Bled til sunset.
April 22	Coal mine in Velenje, then onto Ljubljana. Explore charming capital.
April 21	Family friends, more info in Nova Mesto. Otočec castle. Partisanos concert.
April 20	Book it to Metlika, Slovenia. Amy's long lost relatives. Farm stay.
April 19	Explore Zagreb.
April 18	Ridiculous crepes & bath caves. Lake Balaton en route to Croatia.
April 17	Breakfast, then onto Aggtalek Caves. Night in Eger.
April 16	Explore city; railway museum.
April 15	Land in Budapest.
April 14	Wrap up UIST papers. Pack for Balkans.
April 10	Drafted for HCI water polo team.
April 8	Depart MSR. Thanks Benko and Andy!
February 13	Ski Stevens Pass.
February 10	Amy in Seattle for weekend. First leaded glass class.
February 3	Dr. Ogan. Celebrations.
January 28	Fly Home for Amy Defense.
January 17	First day back at MSR. *stretches fingers*
January 16	Chris returns to the Emerald City.
January 14	Art+design+archi+HCII Winter Shakeoff party.
January 10	Return to the 'burgh. Prepare for three months at MSR.
January 9	Hesh and Hala's reception.
January 6	Crank it back to Managua for flight home. Last minute shopping.
January 5	Jump and swim down the Somoto Canyon.
January 4	Plunge into the northern highlands, via León, to Esteli.
January 3	Kick back at Bahia Majagual. Watch starlit sea turtles dig, lay eggs.
January 2	North to Playa el Coco. Ride waves all day.
January 1	On to San Juan del Sur. Playa Maderas for waves and pacific sunset.

2010
December 31	Motorcycle to San Ramón waterfalls. Crash and burn (bike and skin respectively).
December 30	Ferry to Ometepe Island.
December 29	Zipline 2km through canopy. Pottery in San Juan del Oriente.
December 28	Explore mansions, hospitals, bell towers, Las Isletas. Amy departs.
December 27	Laguna Apoyo, markets, Volcan Masaya, and caves with bats.
December 26	South to Managua to hook up with Harrisons. On to Granada.
December 24	León for Christmas festivities. Go clubbing?!
December 21	Nicaragua. Northward to Las Peñitas. Chill+work on the beach.
December 19	Base at Sámara beach to work. Last days in Costa Rica.
December 18	Explore Terciopelo cave. Subterranean proposal to Amy.
December 17	Go canyoning, rappelling. Then book it to Barra Honda.
December 16	Hike to curious Rio Celeste.
December 15	Depart San Jose; kick back in Arenal.
December 14	Make it to Costa Rica. With Amy :)
December 13	Ice-induced travel chaos in Atlanta. Hang with Lana.
December 12	Sell car. Goodbye red dragon...
December 10	CHI program committee meeting.
December 4	Send last sling from Slinging.org. Seven years of slingcraft.
November 30	ShareLight demos. Works, impresses.
November 28	Etown Thanksgiving.
November 21	Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert. Curious.
November 18	Korth visits CMU.
November 12	Paint door facade. Painted lady emerges.
November 11	CHI metas due, business club prez, dodgeball.
October 30	Rust belt morning, Warhol evening.
October 29	Pitt Homecoming, Jane, halloween begins.
October 22	HCI house party!
October 20	To the theatre; 39 steps.
October 17	French door molding completed. Many high fives.
October 15	Dan, Amy, and tall ladders. Paint house exterior.
October 9	Parents in town.
October 5	Catch up with Korth. SV party.
October 4	UIST kicks off. TeslaTouch demos rock.
September 30	Fly to NYC. Family before UIST.
September 27	Start to hang crown molding. Livin' it up like it's 1904.
September 24	CHI Deadline. Another year, a little bit grayer.
September 19	Friendship House Tour. Lots of ideas.
September 18	Film on-body computing demos with Shilpa.
September 13	Amy Departs.
September 10	Gearing up for CHI. Kineticon set complete. TipTap mobile.
August 28	Bleep Cabinet and j-dub b-day.
August 23	Start classes; welding!
August 19	Motocross training. Crazy. Burning.
August 16	New PhD's arrive; karaoke night.
August 15	Secret City round two. Catch up with gang for PGH hike.
August 14	BBQ at Ivan's house.
August 7	Stock up on paint. Upstairs bathroom almost renovated.
August 5	Tour Allegheny County Jail.
August 1	TEI deadline.
July 24	Finish restoration on Edmond House. Whew.
July 18	IEEE MultiMedia article on quality computing out.
July 16	Dragon Boat drummer.
July 2	Pink toilet sells, shipping adventure begins.
June 25	Gut powder room, begin renewal.
June 23	Pittsburgh Earthquake!
June 22	IEEE Computer article on appropriated interactive surfaces is out.
June 7	Kayak Russian River.
June 1	Flying trapeze.
May 30	Visiting LA. ACM XRDS launches; mailing to thousands.
May 24	Working in NYC.
May 23	Train to Harrisburg. Chicken Tandoori!
May 21	ATVing with Amy through mines and meadows.
May 20	Dinner with Ph.D. cohort. Restart force field haptics project.
May 19	Science with Olivier!
May 14	UIST reviews polished off. Allegheny Observatory tour.
May 8	Motorcycle gets fixed, tuned up.
May 4	Flying with ZQ. Capture aerial footage.
April 28	TechNewsDaily interview. Golan's class open house.
April 27	Meet with Rick McCullough. Tokyo TV interview.
April 24	Start IEEE articles. Dirty Ball.
April 23	Computer World interview.
April 22	Lecture for DHCS
April 21	Wall Street Journal Digits interview.
April 18	Secret City. Finish garden makeover.
April 17	CMU buggy & carnival; theatre. Start on garden.
April 16	Fly home. Parents arrive for weekend.
April 14	Four papers at CHI today. Karaoke.
April 13	Interviews with CNN, Reuters, KDKA.
April 12	Present Skinput. Live demo. Audience uses. Mono.
April 11	Depart for Atlanta; CHI 2010.
April 7	BBQ with friends and neighbors. Enjoy spring weather.
April 3	E-town for O-family events.
April 2	UIST Deadline. *wipes sweat from brow*
March 26	Skinput on BBC News front page for two days; most read story.
March 26	Open house reception at Friendship House.
March 25	HCII prospective Ph.D. students arrive. Festivities begin.
March 19	Decide to redo porch over weekend with Jason, John & Julia.
March 14	Gear up for UIST 2010 deadline. Demos and experiments.
March 11	Home sweet home. 860 emails! Skinput press.
March 10	Bus back to Guatemala City. Market Rampage. Return to PGH.
March 9	Swim cave by candle light. Limestone pools. Cobán. Jose "tour".
March 8	Volcán Pacaya. S'mores over lava! Bus to Semuc Champey.
March 7	Chicken bus; Chichicastenango market. Antigua Easter procession.
March 6	Jungle Sunrise. Explore ruins. St. Elena. South to Antigua!
March 5	Wander Flores. Miguel. Tikal: Sunset, night "tour", hammocks.
March 4	To Guatemala! Guat. City. Haggle Flores flight. Skinput on NPR.
March 3	Back in Pittsburgh for 20 hours. Work like mad.
March 2	TechFest 2010. Skinput rockin'. Redeye flight home.
March 1	Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship award ceremony.
February 28	Depart for Seattle, Microsoft Research.
February 26	Disney Research electrostatic touch table slated for UIST.
February 23	Acrylic ceiling tiles arrive, DevLab looking pretty sweet!
February 22	Wrestling.
February 19	Weekend of house painting! Whew!
February 16	Hack together multitouch table with Olivier.
February 15	Back to Las Vegas for flight home. Hoover dam.
February 14	Round trip to Colorado river. Hike out. Night on the South Rim.
February 13	Descend into canyon for night. Plateau point for sunset.
February 12	Off to Grand Canyon for long weekend. Crank it to Williams, AZ.
February 6	Dig tent out, dig car out, dig neighbors out, warm shower.
February 5	Snowmageddon hits for a week. Camp in Frick Park.
February 2	Awarded Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship!
January 28	Peg cap.
January 28	DorkBot Pittsburgh talk on data tapestries.
January 26	Give talk on Whack Gestures. Meet Meng for dinner.
January 24	Off to TEI, Boston.
January 22	Friendship house party.
January 21	Improv night. Lost wallet adventure.
January 16	Saturday.
January 13	Learn to unicycle. Reasonable.
January 12	West coast swing.
January 11	Back in the 'burgh. Six month countdown starts...
January 9	Drive to kingston, explore briefly. Port Royal. Ship wreck. Flight home.
January 8	Relax. Lovers Leap. Little Ochie for dinner.
January 7	YS Falls. Black River. Boat to Pelican Bar for sunset.
January 6	Accompong Maroon Festival.
January 5	Hit road again. Montego Bay briefly, through Cockpit country, Treasure Beach for a few days.
January 4	Depart. Visit Ochio Rios, Firefly estate. Stay in Falmouth. Phosphorescent lagoon at night.
January 3	Heavy rains. Rio Grande rafting in afternoon.
January 2	Along the north coast to Boston Bay. Jerk! Beautiful Reach Falls.
January 1	Off to Jamaica with family. Navigate car through Blue Mtns. Port Antonio by nightfall.

2009
December 29	CHI camera ready scramble.
December 27	Drive to Etown; meet Amy.
December 26	Coffee with Paul Westcott, another old friend.
December 24	Meet up with Amy Kakkanatt. Long time no see!
December 22	Semester over. Fly to NY to unwind with family.
December 17	Brainstorm with Rob and Michael on Fall 2010 XRDS issue.
December 13	Hack together electrical fiduciary prototype with ZQ.
December 12	Five papers accepted to CHI. Wild.
December 11	HCII holiday party.
December 8	After essentially three weeks on the go, return home.
December 6	Fly to Seattle for MSR Fellowship interviews.
December 5	Hang out with Lana and Eugene.
December 2	Fly to Atlanta for CHI Program Committee meeting.
November 30	Unload truck all day. House looks rocking'.
November 29	Drive truck of furniture back to the 'burgh. Emily co-pilot.
November 21	Visit family, chill at home, much deserved break.
November 20	Hash out new vision for Crossroads; to relaunch as XRDS.
November 19	Fly to ACM HQ with Tom for Crossroads editors meeting.
November 16	Meet with Bayer Material Science. Interesting stuff!
November 12	Intel Labs Pittsburgh open house.
November 10	Tom Bartindale arrives for week. Fun and research ensues.
November 8	Go flying with ZQ! Burgh, CMU flyover. Awesome.
November 6	Attend first Disney Research Pittsburgh meeting.
October 31	Evaline.
October 25	Rob and Holly visit. Pumpkin carving!
October 14	Roommate Joseph departs the burgh.
October 10	Inhabited Web wins Best UI. Tvitter wins second best overall hack.
October 9	Meet Jill Duffy. Discuss future of ACM Crossroads.
October 8	Fly to NYC for Yahoo OpenHack Day.
October 6	Give Abracadabra talk. Announce SIC winners!
October 5	Student Innovation contest. Popular, cool ideas.
October 4	UIST kicks off in Victoria, BC. PSK contest.
October 1	Depart Germany for San Francisco. See Elyse.
September 30	VisComTec panel on interaction. Dusseldorf.
September 28	Begin CHI AC duties.
September 27	Depart for England. See Jane.
September 24	G20 arrives in Pittsburgh.
September 19	Precariously lower washer/dryer into basement.
September 17	CHI Deadline. Five papers submitted.
September 15	NSF SEVC deadline.
September 9	Elyse departs for Stanford.
September 4	Carrie Steel Mill exploration.
September 3	IKEA run for new Impact Lab.
September 2	Stacking fiducials paper accepted to ITS/Tabletop.
August 23	Begin week of unpacking new house.
August 22	Depart MSR, pacific northwest.
August 15	UIST SIC registration closes. Popular.
August 14	Shooting video for bio-acoustic demos.
August 13	Named as Editor-in-Chief of ACM Crossroads.
August 10	Two notes off to TEI 2010.
August 7	SIGGRAPH wraps up. Whew!
August 2	Beignets with Rob. Explore city.
August 1	Land in New Orleans for SIGGRAPH 2009.
July 31	Initial results crunched and look great.
July 27	Week of user studies begins.
July 19	Continue up coast, BBQ lunch, views, good times.
July 18	Sandboarding, coast drive, BBQ, camp in town park.
July 17	Depart for Portland. Explore. Eat.
July 9	Final hardware built for MSR project.
July 1	Family visits for a week. Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, and more.
June 26	VIBE poker night at Greg's.
June 22	House closing. Done. Whew. Wee!
June 9	Abracadabra input technique accepted to UIST.
June 6	Digit interview.
May 30	Depart for Seattle, Microsoft Research.
May 28	Sony Ericsson presentation.
May 27	Last minute house items. Fly to NC.
May 21	Return home to catch up with family, recoup.
May 20	Find Renters for old apartment.
May 12	Wired interview.
May 9	Mom arrives for weekend. Scope out house; relax.
May 7	Star Trek movie.
May 6	Popular Mechanics interview.
April 29	Walk-through with inspector. Knowledge doubles.
April 27	Offer accepted! Own a house?!
April 25	Pwned on Graham. Set sights on Friendship Ave.
April 24	Last round of houses. Put offer on Graham St.
April 23	Houses round two with Esther. Stephen joins in.
April 22	First look at homes to buy, with Jason.
April 17	Buggy, Mobot races. Awesomeness.
April 16	Dinner with Steve Cousins.
April 10	Explore Boston with Elyse.
April 9	Present work on textural interfaces.
April 7	Aubrey presents work on visual reaction time.
April 6	Present work on deformable multitouch displays.
April 5	CHI kicks off.
March 31	Three papers off to UIST.
March 26	Battlestar Galactica finale at Stephen's.
March 20	New MacBook arrives.
March 19	HCII PhD open house.
March 7	Super Hero party. GI Joe.
February 28	Dan Fitz visits.
February 26	CBS story on HCII.
February 20	London Cuckolds show.
February 16	CMU homepage story.
February 5	Guest lecture HCI for non-majors class.
February 4	Invited to present at SIGGRAPH emerging tech demos.
January 20	Obama inauguration.
January 18	Ben Visits. Go Steelers!
January 16	Red Dragon registered for another two years. Wee!
January 15	Accept summer internship at Microsoft Research.
January 12	CHI camera ready deadline. Mad scramble!
January 11	Day in Entebbe. Swim. Botanical gardens. Begin journey home.
January 10	Return to Kampala. Eat. Shop. Soak up last rays of African sun.
January 9	Whitewater raft the Nile.
January 8	Hike to Sipi Falls. Drive south to Jinja.
January 7	Back to Uganda. Car overheats. Limp into Sipi.
January 6	Lake Nakuru National Park. Rhinos. Illness! Dig car out.
January 5	Hit the road for Nakuru. Menengai Crater.
January 4	Kakamega Forest. Primates.
January 3	Hunt for Meswa Bridge.
January 2	Push into Western Kenya. Kisumu.
January 1	No luck getting across the Rwanda border. Full speed back to Kampala.

2008
December 31	Market by boat. Paddle around in dugout canoe. Kick back. Swim.
December 30	Hiking in Bwindi N.P. Push on to beautiful Lake Bunyonyi.
December 29	Hit up Ishasha in morning, Bwindi in evening.
December 28	Day in Queen Elizabeth N.P. Lions! Jaguar!
December 27	Semliki N.P. Kasese. See Batwa (pigmy) people. Afternoon in Q.E.N.P.
December 26	Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale National Forest.
December 25	Spend Christmas hiking the Rwenzori Mountains.
December 24	En route to Fort Portal. Rough road takes all day.
December 22	Nile River. Wildlife. Shores of Lake Albert. Forest fires.
December 21	Wrap up all remaining CHI edits. Depart for Murchison Falls N.P.
December 19	Mom and Ben arrive.
December 16	Scott presents 3D video conf. paper at IEEE ISM.
December 12	Spend week working on CHI papers, hanging out with dad.
December 11	Three CHI papers accepted. Depart for Uganda.
December 8	Interviewed on WORD-FM 101.5
December 1	Return to the 'burgh.
November 23	Back to NY for Thanksgiving break with family.
November 22	Deliver keynote. Explore Munster. Drink with Karl, Else and co.
November 20	Depart PIT for Munster, Germany.
November 15	CHI rebuttals submitted.
November 10	CHI reviews released.
November 6	TEI '09 program committee invite. Ph.D. dinner at Aubrey's. Fajitas!
November 5	Dinner with Elyse. Fetched water.
November 2	Churrasco dinner with Brian.
October 31	Halloween with Joseph and Sarah.
October 30	Meet with Curt Stone.
October 24	Give iEPG talk at UXTV. Meet up with Julia & Judy in SF!
October 22	Present Placement-Aware Mobile Computing at UIST.
October 21	Present Scratch Input at UIST.
October 17	Joseph is new housemate. Whack Gestures to Pervasive '09.
October 15	Get yellow fever vaccination.
October 13	Bible viz to appear in 12/8 issue of SZ-Wissen.
October 10	Yahoo Hack competition. Inhabited Web nets 1st place, 5K.
October 8	Ultrasonic doppler round two.
October 4	Pittsburgh 250 fireworks extravaganza.
October 1	Present research at Intel Research Seattle open house.
September 26	Bible cross references visualization in Science.
September 25	Bible viz runner-up in NSF's SEVC. MSNBC, National Geographic.
September 23	First workout with Polo.
September 19	Four papers submitted to CHI '09. Internet Maps in Freitag.
September 17	Article on viz projects to appear in Oct. issue of Popular Mechanics Russia.
September 15	Internet Maps to appear in October issue of Physics World.
September 13	OpenMosaic launches.
September 8	Jump Mobile phone arrives.
September 5	Demo pneumatic tactile displays to GM.
September 5	Viz projects on MTV Engine Room website.
August 27	Internet Maps to appear in DAG.
August 26	Long summer comes to a close. Classes start. Feel energized.
August 23	Foam party.
August 20	3D video conferencing paper accepted to IEEE ISM.
August 20	iEPG paper accepted to UXTV '08.
August 17	First projection tests for pneumatically driven tactile displays.
August 14	Rob Schatz visits. Baseball, concert and fireworks.
August 13	Motherboard Walls featured on Gizmodo, hack-a-day, others.
August 11	Nominated for SXSW panel.
August 10	Mix of long pools and riffles. Bald eagles. Pull out near Tionesta.
August 9	Had rainy night. Cook breakfast on raft. Appreciate nice weather.
August 8	On road early. Push off from Warren. Lightening terrifies crew.
August 7	Load raft on top of car, gear in back. Prepare mentally.
August 6	Get food for raft trip. Last items.
August 5	Bible visualizations on Reddit, others.
August 3	Internet map visualization used in Popular Mechanics.
August 2	Second raft float test successful. Ready to go.
August 1	Bible visualization to appear in Science as part of NSF SEVC.
July 29	Helping Hesham with iPhone app.
July 28	CollaboraTV UXTV paper accepted. Raft complete.
July 27	Pelmini party.
July 26	Pittsburgh water balloon fight. Raft float test.
July 25	Get barrels. Begin building raft.
July 22	Meet Julia, third rafter. Ben visits for a week.
July 18	After 6 years on Hesh's server, chrisharrison.net moves to pay hosting.
July 17	Early morning departure home. Bye Caucasus.
July 16	Taxi to Tatev. Swim in springs. Back to Yerevan; Khor Virap en route.
July 15	Southwards to Goris.
July 14	Explore Yerevan & Echmiadzin. Golden Apricot Film Festival.
July 13	See UNESCO monasteries, Push down to Dijian.
July 12	Davit Gareja. Cross into Armenia. Stay in Alaverdi, Debed Canyon.
July 11	Depart for Mtskheta. Gori in afternoon. Stalin museum.
July 10	Go for afternoon hike in mountains.
July 9	Arrive in beautiful Kasbegi.
July 8	Cross into Georgia. Telavi for the night. Alaverdi Cathedral.
July 7	See Seki, Kis, market, Khan palace.
July 6	Depart from Quba. Explore Baku. $5 overnight train to Seki.
July 5	Hike to Laza. Abandoned by guide. Hitchhike to Quba.
July 4	Xinaliq via Quba. Hassled by corrupt police.
July 3	Charter taxi to Qobustan petroglyphs, mud volcanoes. Run out of gas.
July 2	Explore Tbilisi. Depart for Baku, Azerbaijan, via overnight train.
July 1	Catch bus to Tbilisi, Georgia. Meet up with Stacey.
June 30	Land in Yerevan, Armenia. 23 hours of travel; stretch legs.
June 29	Modifying Internet Maps for use in Popular Mechanics article.
June 27	Speak with Modern Marvels producer about projectile weapon accuracy.
June 23	Scratch Input and Placement Detection papers accepted to UIST.
June 21	Rachael Carson Trail Challenge; keel over at mile 32 (of 34).
June 17	Pick up wigs for Turadg raft figure head.
June 15	Get permit for raft. HCII BBQ.
June 11	Researching raft river route.
June 6	Wireless access restored after 45-day suspension for traffic abuse.
June 3	Submit UIST rebuttals. Digg Rings on Infosthetics, other blogs.
June 2	Multitouch table finally built and working.
May 31	Submit to NSF Visualization Challenge.
May 30	Submit IRB forms for eight projects.
May 29	Aperture Magazine issue with Internet Map hits the presses.
May 28	UIST paper reviews.
May 27	ZQ sends first subliminal dialog test code.
May 25	Digg Rings visualization posted.
May 24	Word Association visualization posted.
May 22	O Boticário perfumes with Internet Map box art arrive.
May 20	Church Brew Works HCII dinner.
May 17	Help Stacey move to PGH. Motorcycle at last!
May 16	AT&T Labs files three more patents.
May 14	Book tickets to Uganda.
May 13	Metropolis Magazine call. ADAA Semifinalist.
May 12	Fly home.
May 10	Party at Chris and Clint's pad.
May 9	Acrylic restock. Trigrams viz on Google System, other sites.
May 8	Gadgets final, ultrasonic doppler demoed.
May 6	Texture Interfaces project kicks off.
May 2	Order SD1000 camera.
April 30	Trigram and Word Spectrum Visualizations finished.
April 28	Internet Maps run in Die Zeit.
April 27	Amazon book map visualization finally posted.
April 26	Prepare visas for Armenia and Azerbaijan.
April 25	Tele-present at "W(e are) here" exhibit party.
April 25	Get hold of Google n-gram data. Begin new viz project.
April 24	Begin researching subliminal effects. Project with ZQ.
April 23	Submit work for Die Gestalten's DATAFLOW.
April 22	Get ultrasonic doppler working. Magnetic fur materials.
April 21	Submit Pediluma to ISWC.
April 18	CollaboraTV paper submitted to CSCW. Assembling CV.
April 17	Final visualizations sent off to Migropolis editors.
April 14	Family Departs. Film parody orientation video with Brian.
April 13	Pamela's, Pirates game, National Aviary, PHIPPS, & CMU.
April 12	Ben, squash, family arrives, drinks and food.
April 11	Fly home. Finish Color Flower viz. Meet Ben in the 'Burgh.
April 8	Present Lean and Zoom at CHI '08.
April 6	Bologna with Aubrey. Dinner in tiny Italian town.
April 5	Tromp around Rome. Colosseum, Pantheon, Vatican and more.
April 3	Create Lost parody graphics. Depart for CHI. Color Flower viz.
April 2	Five papers submitted to UIST, one to UbiComp.
April 2	Production of homme/femme perfume begins.
March 28	Obama rally. Open House.
March 26	3D Video Conferencing & Scratch Input submitted to UIST.
March 25	Run final participant for Scratch Input. Results strong.
March 22	Weekend of paper writing. Eight due in next two weeks.
March 20	Book tickets for Caucasus adventure this summer.
March 17	Wearable computing reaction time study kicks off.
March 11	Internet Maps to appear in Die Zeit.
March 8	XRD analysis complete on Oyukkiran Tepesi rocks.
March 5	OSNews runs story on progress bar research.
March 4	Helping with the History Channel's "Ancient Discoveries."
March 2	Progress bar research discussed on Coding Horror blog.
March 1	Internet Maps displayed in this month's GIS Magazine.
February 28	Order PCBs for wearable computing reaction time study.
February 27	National Post article on visualizations hits the press.
February 25	Tweak final progress bar study parameters with Zhiquan.
February 24	3D video conference demo coded up.
February 23	Run sling workshops at CMU. Multispectral sensor built.
February 21	Visualizations to appear at Detroit's Museum of New Art.
February 17	Finish reorganizing and refreshing site.
February 15	New computer. Visualizing the Bible on Nack's Adobe Blog.
February 14	Sixth AT&T patent off to USPTO.
February 14	First round of Open Source Art interviews. Advisory Board.
February 11	Order screen materials for multitouch surface.
February 10	Visualizations to be included in Twin Cities exhibit.
February 7	Get 3D head tracking working with generic laptop webcam.
February 6	Man vs. Wild parody released.
February 3	First stab at scratch input graffiti alphabet. Not bad.
January 26	Begin clustering 700k Amazon books.
January 25	Internet map to appear in Aperture Magazine.
January 25	Story on visualizations to appear in (Canadian) National Post.
January 24	Bible visualizations to be featured in De:bug magazine.
January 24	Mo' board wall done. BibleViz project on BoingBoing, others.
January 23	Probabilistic Input and Scratch Write projects begin.
January 21	Invited to write chapter for book on Social Interactive TV.
January 20	Film Man vs. Wild parody. Brian cooks for new PhD's dinner.
January 19	Go skiing.
January 17	Mother of motherboard wall construction begins.
January 16	Visualizing the Bible project posted.
January 13	Head back to Pittsburgh for start of semester.
January 12	House parody debut party. Catch up with old friends.
January 5	Film House MD parody.
January 3	Slinging.org overhaul. Now using CMS.
January 1	Celebrate in deserted Mexico City Airport. Fly home.

2007
December 31	Explore Campeche. Fly from Mérida to Mexico City.
December 30	Drive to Campeche. Uxmal and Kabah en route.
December 29	Wake to new flat tire. Visit Cuzama cenotes. Lose glasses.
December 28	Drive to Mérida. Explore Valladolid and Chichen Itza.
December 27	Puerto Moreles. Clusterball Mentioned on O'Reilly Radar.
December 26	Visit Tulum and Coba. Suffer two flat tires.
December 25	Unwind on the beaches of Isla Mujeres. Car used as taxi.
December 24	Arrive Cancún. Unpack and relax.
December 23	Depart NYC for Mexico. Delayed. Spend night in Mexico City.
December 20	Two papers submitted to Graphics Interface 2008.
December 16	Semester concludes. Drive home for break.
December 10	Lean and Zoom accepted to CHI 2008.
December 10	Pediluma accepted to CHI workshop on ambient persuasion.
December 7	HCII holiday party.
December 5	Aphrodisias documentary airs on the History Channel.
December 5	O Boticário to use Internet maps for perfume packaging...
November 30	Internet map to be included in bioinformatics textbook.
November 29	Part two of Progressive Image Loading study begins.
November 28	Royal Society Viz data to be included in Atlas of Science.
November 27	Internet map to be shown during Sao Paulo Fashion Week.
November 27	Pediluma appears to significantly increase physical activity!
November 20	Home for Thanksgiving.
November 19	Scott approves mother of motherboards wall.
November 17	Two-week-long Pediluma study concludes.
November 16	Internet map to be included in NSF report. Meet Zhiquan.
November 13	Helping to develop concept for web-themed NYC exhibit.
November 12	CHI reviews. First CMU patent disclosure.
November 11	Solder up 11 Pedilumas for Monday deployment.
November 9	Internet map to be included in book on digital explosion.
November 8	Quality of Life Technology Summit; poster session.
November 7	Pediluma platform now using PICAXE chips.
November 6	Working with Christoph Römhild on Bible visualizations.
November 5	Two-week-long Pediluma study kicks off.
November 3	Motherboard project for lab space.
November 2	NSF GRFP wrapped up and submitted. Whew.
November 1	Pediluma group project submitted to CHI workshop.
October 27	Party two; stick figures robust, but power hungry.
October 26	Stick figures assembled. Costume party numero uno.
October 23	Car fixed. Visit Freeride - Get new bicycle.
October 21	Shadyside scavenger hunt. 24 parody released.
October 20	Construction Junction and tissue paper hunt. Lamp done.
October 19	Motherboards en route. Gallery crawl. Stick figure idea.
October 18	Pediluma: tricks and swaps lead to 65% power reduction.
October 15	Open Source Art investigation kicks off.
October 12	Bicycle stolen.
October 11	Interesting Internet Map modifications trickling in.
October 10	Head back to Pittsburgh. Thoroughly exhausted.
October 9	Give progress bars talk - well received.
October 8	UIST Conference begins.
October 7	Internet Map project in Digg top 10. Fly to Newport, RI.
October 6	Volunteers helping to mirror terabytes of outgoing data
October 5	Internet Map, aka "The Chris Harrison Project" slashdotted.
October 3	Fencing Duel with Walker. Totally pwned.
September 30	ChrisHarrison.net sports new look. Chandelier picked up.
September 28	Pediluma prototype. SSA food, Luau, Phipps with Aubrey.
September 27	National Geographic Channel documentary in contact.
September 26	Pediluma presentation with Aubrey and Brian.
September 25	Family trip to Merida, Mexico booked.
September 24	Double scheduled meeting time with Scott.
September 23	New PhD's dinner party. Pediluma born.
September 22	Overhaul of website design begun.
September 21	25th anniversary of emoticon at CMU. Book UIST trip.
September 19	Three CHI submissions. Randy Pausch's last lecture.
September 16	AJA Abstract on Extramural Land Division at Aphrodisias.
September 12	HCI P&T proposal: Energy-savvy GUIs.
September 10	Whack gestures study off to a bang; CHI project #3.
September 8	Content-aware bilinear interlacing image loading done.
September 6	Scott Hudson is my PhD advisor.
September 4	ClusterBall on display at Texas State University.
September 3	Royal Society Viz to appear in Places & Spaces exhibit.
September 2	First look at data from progressive image loading study.
September 1	Back at home for a week.
August 31	History Channel's Mummy Forensics producer in contact.
August 27	Lab ambient display project begins.
August 22	ClusterBall at University of Auckland, NZ.
August 20	Human-centric image transmission project kicks off.
August 17	CollaboraTV gearing up for CHI submission.
August 14	Get bed. Lean and Zoom targeted for CHI.
August 12	Move to Pittsburgh.
August 11	Paintball with Hesh, Olfat, Maha, Rob and Mum.
August 4	Internet Map to appear in New Internationalist's Diary '09.
August 7	Win UIST Cover Contest.
August 4	Finish Wikipedia popular pages visualization. Blue Marble.
August 2	Begin scraping all Wikipedia content for page links.
July 31	Submit camera ready UIST paper. Code up Lean & Zoom.
July 28	Filming day two; Bauer fighting on top of moving car.
July 27	Start filming 24 parody; Bauer attacks enemy stronghold.
July 26	Internet connectivity map viz completed.
July 23	3,941 people visit Slinging.org today. Highest ever.
July 23	Seven patents submitted for AT&T Labs review.
July 21	Scope out a dozen houses in Pittsburgh. Clint to be roomy.
July 18	Lunch with Brewer, chat with Korth, dinner with Benson.
July 12	Progress Bar paper officially accepted to UIST 2007.
July 11	Gear up for move to CMU, Pittsburgh.
July 9	Fly home. Seven weeks of travel concludes.
July 8	Depart Jordan. Day in Istanbul: City walls, Pigeon Market.
July 7	Visit Jerash - well preserved Greco-Roman city.
July 6	Hit four desert castles. Return to Amman.
July 5	Dead Sea and the surprisingly awesome Wadi Mujib.
July 4	Hitchhike to Ma'an. Karak's crusader castle and Madaba.
July 3	Wadi Rum. Neo-Bedouin tour around desert; sleep outside.
July 2	Eleven hours exploring Petra. Coolest site ever.
July 1	Zip around Amman, burn rubber south to Petra.
June 30	Fly to Amman, Jordan.
June 29	Final day at Aphrodisias. Bus to Izmir, then fly to Istanbul.
June 23	Scramble around big cave in our valley.
June 15	Explore Antalya and Termessos.
June 14	Visit Aspendos and Perge. See Fire of Anatolia.
June 13	Two-day break. Drive to Side.
June 10	Bushwhack in search of new aqueduct portions.
June 9	Descend aqueduct shaft - not much to see.
June 8	Build 20ft rope ladder for aqueduct shaft decent.
June 7	Aphrodisias Party. No guns, just dancing.
June 6	Turkish wedding - guns and dancing galore.
June 4	Visit Sardis. Tires blowout on way home.
June 2	Start investigating large aqueduct system.
May 27	Bus it to Aphrodisias. Research begins!
May 26	Depart Amsterdam, arrive Turkey. Night in Izmir.
May 24	EuroITV 2007 Conference begins.
May 23	Social Interactive TV workshop.
May 22	Depart for EuroITV, Turkey and Jordan.
May 14	Finish UIST cover contest entries.
May 13	Dan back from school, graduated, and preparing for IBM.
May 12	Dinner with Flip. IMAX with Hesh and gang.
May 9	Heavily optimized C layout code 30 times faster than JVM!
May 7	Turkish research permit approved and returned.
May 6	New York City Five Boro Bike Tour; 42 miles.
May 5	Multiple submissions to NSF SEVC.
May 4	Book Amsterdam hostel.
April 30	Book summer flights; Istanbul via Amsterdam.
April 29	ClusterBall v2 - multiple rings.
April 27	Successfully layout graph of internet backbone.
April 24	Visit Google. Bump into David Blackman, EB.
April 20	Investigating lattice-based spatial clustering algorithm.
April 19	ClusterBall included in Visual Complexity gallery.
April 18	ClusterBall project completed.
April 14	Finalize global internet trends analysis.
April 11	Move out of NYC apartment. Last official day at AT&T Labs.
April 6	Coding CollaboraTV 2.0 hardcore.
April 5	Decline remaining schools, accept CMU grad school offer.
April 3	Sweet new EPG navigation and visualization completed.
April 2	Get three years worth of Alexa.com's global 500 traffic data.
April 1	First round of mocks for Genie (hibiscus tea beverage)
March 30	Three Tech Notes submitted to UIST.
March 30	Royal Society contacts me regarding visualization project.
March 29	Stacey finishes Kronosphere demo video.
March 28	Bob Bell helps with statistics for progress bar paper.
March 23	Royal Society Viz. included in PingMag Magazine.
March 22	Visit CMU. Flight canceled. LGA to Newark extravaganza.
March 17	First draft of Kronosphere and EPG papers for UIST.
March 14	Prepare test application for non-linear progress bar study.
March 13	Visit Georgia Tech.
March 9	Visit Stanford.
March 5	EuroITV WIP paper accepted.
March 3	charrison.net reaches 1/40th of 1% of internet population!
March 3	CityTacks limited release.
March 2	SearchClock visualization slashdotted!
March 1	EuroITV workshop paper accepted.
February 28	Visit MIT Media Lab. Stay with Meng.
February 26	AT&T Labs preparing virtual audience patents.
February 24	Participate in NYC pillow fight.
February 23	CollaboraTV v2 started. New interest patents set to file.
February 22	Initial results from color perception study.
February 18	New slinging.org moderators. Alias spoof released.
February 17	Hesh, Maha, and Yo Mama's House.
February 16	Color perception study begins.
February 15	EuroITV WIP paper submitted.
February 10	CityTacks New York City Beta.
February 7	EuroITV workshop proposal submitted.
February 3	Filming Alias spoof round two.
February 2	Start writing CollaboraTV paper.
February 1	Royal Society visualization featured on infosthetics.com.
January 31	Jimbo Wales talk about democratizing search.
January 27	Start filming Alias spoof.
January 24	The Turnarounds perform.
January 23	Start reviewing study data. Numerous interesting trends.
January 22	Last day of trials. 35 participants in total.
January 19	Car fixed up, inspection passed.
January 18	Sweeping updates to Slinging.org.
January 15	All usability study spots taken - word of mouth.
January 12	First day of back-to-back usability trials; 5 people a day.
January 5	First day back at AT&T Labs.
January 4	Jeff drives up my "new" (his old) VW Golf.
January 1	Return Home. Unpack and unwind. Hello 2007.

2006
December 31	Full day in Santiago. Celebrate New Year in airport.
December 30	Explore Chillán's Saturday market. Eat a Longaniza.
December 29	From Temuco to Chillán. Visit famous murals.
December 28	Temuco's bustling market. Soak up culture. Bar hop.
December 27	White water rafting.
December 26	Eat, wander, fix glasses, and head northward to Pucon.
December 25	Explore Castro and Achao. Quiet. Head to Puerto Varas.
December 24	Fly to Puerto Montt, bus/ferry to Castro, Chiloé.
December 23	Explore Punta Arenas. Curious cemetery.
December 22	Finish spectacular 50-mile 'W' trek.
December 18	First day of trek through Torres del Paine National Park.
December 17	Fly to Punta Arenas, bus to Puerto Natales. Prepare...
December 16	Explore Santiago. Devour tastiest chicken ever.
December 15	Depart for Santiago, Chile.
December 13	First CollaboraTV usability trials.
December 10	Christmas dinner party.
December 9	Hesh's Wii Party. Submit grad school applications.
December 1	Royal Society Archive visualization.
November 30	CollaboraTV presented at AT&T Labs.
November 29	Slinging.org stats: 850+ daily visitors (30k hits).
November 28	CollaboraTV features locked for usability study.
November 27	Upgrade Slinging.org forum software.
November 26	Catch up with Cyriak.
November 23	Go home for Thanksgiving.
November 22	Commit to 2007 Aphrodisias, Turkey, field season.
November 20	Visit Georgia Tech.
November 17	Book tickets to Chile. Patagonia here I come.
November 16	Submit four automobile interface patents disclosures.
November 15	AT&T Labs decides to file both advertising patents.
November 13	Non-linear progress bars and driver fatigue detection.
November 10	Three new content/popularity/ratings visualizations.
November 9	Order sweet new mountain bike. Thanks Brian and Larry!
November 8	Polishing CollaboraTV interface for usability study.
November 5	OpenMosaic v1 complete. Testing among friends.
November 2	Visit Dan Fitz at Geneseo.
November 1	Depart the 'Burgh for Erie, PA. Dead car sells on eBay.
October 31	Visit CMU HCII. Explore Pittsburgh. Halloween.
October 30	Visit University of Maryland HCIL.
October 22	Incorrectly installed timing belt causes car engine to blow.
October 20	First visualization of 68,000 wikipedia links.
October 19	Start crunching numbers for netflix recommendation contest.
October 18	Virtual audience feature added to CollaboraTV.
October 17	Pick top six graduate schools.
October 13	Car broken into, bike stolen.
October 11	Go to replace tire, mechanics drive SUV into my car.
October 10	Replace flat tire on highway 78 shoulder.
October 10	Submit two advertising related patent disclosures.
October 4	Stacey hosts Lost season 3 premier meetup.
October 1	Chain Stretcher mountain bike race.
September 22	Ultra NY concert in Central Park: Moby, Digweed.
September 20	First visualizations of Wikipedia using my package.
September 19	Build spring-based visualization package.
September 16	First visualizations of Wikipedia using graphviz.
September 12	Westchester Ghetto music video released.
August 28	First day at AT&T Labs.
August 20	Depart Russia. Head home. Three months of traveling over.
August 18	Visit museums and churches. Fly back to St. Petersburg.
August 17	Arrive Moscow morning. Red Square, Kremlin and more.
August 16	Stroll along Nevsky, enjoy jazz club, night train to Moscow.
August 15	Return from Lake Chudskoye.
August 14	Mushroom picking in northern taiga, night fishing.
August 11	Traditional Russian banya; birch branches included.
August 9	Travel by car to Raskopel cabin, on shore of Lake Chudskoye.
August 8	Explore St. Petersburg on foot.
August 7	Visit isolated Valaam Monastery.
August 6	Treated to over-night boat excursion up Neva River.
August 5	St. Isaac's Cathedral, Yusupov Royal Palace.
August 4	Boat to Petergof.
August 3	Depart Istanbul for St. Petersburg.
August 1	Plane to Istanbul via Athens. Hit Grand Bazaar for gifts.
July 29	Return to Larnaka.
July 28	Cross UN buffer zone into Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
July 27	Visit Kourion. Bus to Nicosia, the last divided capital in the world.
July 26	Quick jaunt to Troodos Mountains for glimpse of Mt. Olympus.
July 25	Pack away tent and head to Lemesos.
July 23	Ride rented moped all over Akamas Peninsula.
July 21	Buy camping gear in Paphos, depart for Polis. Begin camping.
July 20	Bus to Paphos en route to Polis. Hotels scarce again.
July 19	Agia Napa; not impressed and hotels scarce.
July 17	Night in Larnaka. Cook our own meal for the first time in months.
July 17	Situation unpredictable, decide to leave. Bus to Tele Aviv airport.
July 16	A numbing day at the holocaust museum.
July 15	Explore old city, walk the Via Dolorosa.
July 14	Northward, past Dead Sea, through West Bank to Jerusalem.
July 14	Hezbollah hits Haifa. Israel pounds Beirut. War intensifying.
July 13	Hike down Mt. Sinai. Catch bus to Israeli border. Eilat.
July 12	Bus to Mt. Sinai. Hike up at night for sunrise.
July 11	Camel trek to Blue Hole. Snorkel, Bedouin lunch.
July 11	Sling paper published in the Bulletin of Primitive Technology.
July 10	Take bus to Dahab.
July 9	Snorkel reefs at Ras Mohammad National Park.
July 8	Cross Red Sea by ferry to Sinai Peninsula.
July 7	Bus to Hurghada.
July 6	Whirlwind tour of six Luxor sites. Unbelievable!
July 5	Valley of the Kings, Temple of Hatshepsut, felluca up Nile.
July 4	Arrive Luxor. Visit central Luxor Temple, Mummy Museum.
July 3	Visit Old Cairo. Catch overnight train to Luxor.
July 2	Explore the citadel and huge City Stars mall.
July 1	Saqqara, Pyramids at Giza, Memphis.
June 30	Egyptian Museum. Wander the alleys of Khan-al-kalili.
June 29	Land in Cairo, meet Hesham.
June 28	Depart Aphrodisias. One night in Istanbul.
June 27	Hard work to wrap up work. Constant brownouts hamper work.
June 26	Visit Pamukkale, Heraopolis, hot spring.
June 18	Find enormous aqueduct tunnel and bridge.
June 10	Sick. Recuperate in Karaçasu hospital.
June 8	Both IBM patents filed with USPTO.
June 5	First visit to Karaçasu market day.
May 22	Hike to top of Mt. Babada, a 35Km trek.
May 20	Scramble around large necropolis. Crawl down cave spring
May 17	GRE Scores are in. Very pleased.
May 17	First day in Aphrodisias.
May 15	Explore Ancient Efesus. Quick stop at Virgin Mary's house.
May 14	Depart for Selçuk. See the Basilica of St. John.
May 13	Blue Mosque, Aya Sophia, Spice Market. Leave for Izmir.
May 12	Topkapi Palace, Grand Bazaar.
May 11	Arrive Istanbul.
May 9	Give compilers demo lecture.
May 8	Blob code finished. Physical controls built and tested.
April 26	Prepare slashdot logos for competition.
April 7	Search-by-sketch version one complete.
April 6	NewsGlobe version 1.0 complete. Record Westchester rap.
April 5	Meet Peter Bergen, who met Osama bin Laden.
April 4	My picture appears on gamasutra.com
April 4	Two new patents in the work via IBM Research! Sweet!
April 4	Integrate Timeline with Jeff's text analytics package.
April 3	Visit Harrison family's new house.
April 2	Take GRE CS. Head home to help family pack truck.
March 27	Plan summer itinerary. Ramesh Raskar lecture.
March 26	Return to New York. Catch up on work!
March 24	Bahamas. Storm causes early departure.
March 22	Explore charming San Juan, Puerto Rico.
March 21	Relax on St. Maarten's Orient Beach.
March 20	Hike Tortola and chill on beach. Virgin Gorda is spectacular!
March 19	Arrive in St. Thomas. Snorkel - reef, fish, shipwreck.
March 16	Depart New York. Cruise to Caribbean.
March 15	Assisted mouse demo reaready for testers & data collection.
March 4 to 5	24-hour cell-phone game programming competition.
March 3	Ben visits for the weekend.
February 27	Ted Selker Lecture.
February 25	Film "Wrench" - Saw parody.
February 23	Timeline version one complete. Radiometer arrives.
February 18	Escape for ski weekend in Catskills with Dan Fitz.
February 13	Find nice 3-arc second (90m interval) elevation models.
February 5	Blueman group. Very cool.
February 3	Find 30-arc second elevation models for Turkey.
February 2	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart taping. Thanks Brewers!
February 1	Henry the Chinchilla joins the family.
January 29	Visit Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown.
January 23	US Patent and Trademark Office replies to pat. application.
January 20	Setup Slinging.org wiki.
January 14	Overnight train back to Venice. Fly home.
January 6 to 13	Meet Stacey's family. Ski the Swiss Alps!
January 5	Depart by train to Gstaad, Switzerland.
January 4	Full day in Venice. Lunch in front of San Marco Cathedral.
January 3	Wake up in Siena. More kebabs. Return to Venice.
January 2	Tour Orvieto's caves and cathedral. Eat wild boar & kebab.
January 1	2006! Northward! Hill town of Orvieto; Jazz festival.

2005
December 31	Tour Pompeii. Return to Priano for New Year's bash.
December 30	Mt Vesuvius. Further south to Priano, Amalfi Coast; Bingo.
December 29	Get lost in Naples traffic. Decide to stay the night.
December 28	Hike Abruzzo Nat. Park. Second night in Pescasseroli.
December 27	Explore Porto Santo Stefano. Get lost in Rome Traffic.
December 26	Day in Pisa. Lunch by leaning tower. Head south.
December 25	Happy X-mas. Land in Venice. Pickup car. Drive to Pisa.
December 24	Depart for Italy.
December 22	Complete compiler in two-day coding marathon.
December 20	Finish VirtuaRacer. Multimedia presentation day.
December 17	Meet Ms. Tschang from NetHope. Go to Guggenheim.
December 16	Scrap "Big Projection" idea. VirtuaRacer instead.
December 14	Attend VSO presentation in NYC.
December 9	Newssohot T-shirts arrive.
December 7	Distributed computing ants competition.
December 6	Final version of distributed computing ants code.
December 3	Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Yeomen of the Guard" Opera.
December 2	Google final round interviews. Fajitas Party!
December 1	Buy my first independent christmas tree.
November 29	Richard Stallman talk at Cooper Union.
November 24	Thanksgiving with Stacey's family.
November 20	ACM Regional ICPC. Top NYU Team; 13th overall.
November 16	Visit Google's NYC Office. Slam dunk tech interview.
November 11	Go to ABC HQ, meet with head of ABC News.
November 7	Come up with O(n) collision-resolution ethernet algorithm.
October 31	Dress up for Halloween. Carve Pumpkin.
October 27	Meet Professor Childress to discuss sling projectiles.
October 25	Slinging.org t-shirts arrive.
October 23	Paintball. Head home.
October 21	Amish Country. Hershey Park in the Dark.
October 20	Credit card used fraudulently. Depart for weekend in PA.
October 15	Surprise party for parents! Three months in the planning.
October 13	MTV News. Ask Bill Gates a question!
October 11	New York City Technologists meetup.
October 9	In-the-city BBQ canceled.
October 6	First Shasha lunch at Apple restaurant.
October 5	Idea session with Shasha.
October 2	Across the Narrows Concert. Beck, Belle and Sebastian.
September 30	Start salsa classes.
September 23	Housewarming party!
September 23	Join Aphrodisias archaeological project.
September 15	Fly to Rochester, MN. Meet Hypervisor, BlueGene teams.
September 6	Classes start; three days a week.
September 5	Move in with Stacey.
September 3	Fly home to New York.
September 2	Fly back to London. Roll of tape confiscated!
September 1	Relax in Malaga. Go shopping.
August 31	Last day in Morocco. Ferry to Spain, and bus to Malaga.
August 30	Decide to skip Fes, push on back to Tangier.
August 29	Day on the beach to recoup. More medicine for Stacey.
August 28	Load up on medicine. Depart for Casablanca by train.
August 27	Dinner in Djemma el Fna.
August 27	Drive to Ourzazate, Aït Benhaddou, High Atlas Mountains.
August 26	Book tour. Get guide around medina. Stacey sick.
August 25	Very cool medina and Kasbah! Overnight train to Marrakech.
August 24	Bus to Algeciras. Ferry to Tangier, Morocco.
August 23	Fly to Paris, then Malaga, Spain.
August 22	Fly to LA, then London. Meet Stacey in UK.
August 19	Final day of EB. Submit 9th and final patent disclosure.
August 14	Return to San Jose. Final week at Almaden...
August 13	Meng stays the weekend. Tour NYC.
August 11	Extreme Blue Expo. Enki rocks! Talk of spin-off?
August 9	Go to Westford to meet Lotus Execs. Drive to New York.
August 8	Visit CUE group at IBM Cambridge. Attend Intern Seminar.
August 6 & 7	Explore Boston. Sleep at Meng's frat house.
August 5	Fly to Boston.
July 31	Return to San Jose.
July 30	Visit Stacey in NY. Kayak on Hudson.
July 27	Almaden fun day. Google open house; Orkut, Serge.
July 25	Submit fifth patent idea to IBM for review.
July 23	EB Paintball excursion. 4:1 kill ratio.
July 21	Demo Enki to Lotus Execs. Thumbs up.
July 13	Submit third patent idea to IBM for review.
July 11	Symposium at Almaden. Mingle with the big wigs.
July 10	Stacey departs.
July 9	Hike among the redwoods. Dinner on beach. Propose?
July 8	Head north to Redwood forests. Dinner by river. Camp.
July 7	Meet Congressman Smith (R-TX). Visit Don Eigler's lab.
July 5	Cruise up scenic route 1. Go back to work.
July 4	Pedal to the metal through desert. Fireworks over Pacific.
July 3	Drive to Grand Canyon and camp the night. Spicy chicken.
July 2	Fly to Las Vegas. Visit Hoover Dam, Lake Mead; Go gambling!
July 1	Stacey arrives in sunny California.
June 29	Submit finalized sling paper.
June 18	Hike Half Dome, Yosemite. Elv 8,836 ft.
June 10	Happy Birthday Stacey!
June 4	Snoop around Google headquarters.
June 3	Extreme week at Extreme Blue ends.
May 31	First Day of work at IBM.
May 28	Leave for San Jose.
May 27	Plan end of summer trip; Spain and Morocco with Stacey.
May 24	Frantically catch up on work.
May 23	Fly home! Scabies!
May 22	Catch 10am bus back to Quito. Visit Mitad del Mundo.
May 21	Whitewater rafting. Swing jump off a bridge. Intense foosball.
May 20	Repel down waterfalls. ATV down route of waterfalls.
May 19	Bus to Guamote for market. Bus to Baños in afternoon.
May 18	Sit on roof of train up the Devil's Nose, and onto Riobamba.
May 17	Day trip to Cajas National Park. Bus to Alusi at night.
May 16	Fly to Cuenca. Catch 9am bus to Ingapica, Incan ruins.
May 15	Day trip to Cotopaxi. Climb to glacier tip. Elevation 15,748 ft.
May 14	Visit Otavalo for renowned Saturday market. Mugged at night.
May 13	Explore Quito. Pants get shredded by pickpockets on trolly.
May 12	Depart Newark for Bogota, then on to Quito, Ecuador.
May 11	Mountain bike with Stacey, meet Dan for ice cream.
May 10	National Museum of TZ website done, minus collections.
May 9	Find "poster" at 3am, Chinatown. Meet robot. Aegir demo day.
May 5	Fencing team dinner.
May 4	Ceramics final project done; all but glaze.
May 3	Deans awards ceremony; CS Department award.
May 2	Aegir demo day; client segfaults-a-plenty.
May 1	Server having stability issues, but nicely scales to 200 clients.
April 30	Scout whitewater rafting trip.
April 27	Scholar-athlete awards.
April 21	Deans leadership roundtable. Meet Gene for dinner.
April 20	Kristina breakup. Sling paper half done.
April 19	Crank away on Aegir client code with Gabe; Good progress.
April 19	Help author Shannon Hale with sling-related text in her book.
April 18	Book Los Angeles to London to New York flight.
April 17	Book Ecuador flight. Riots start in Ecuador.
April 15	Notify MCI of IBM internship.
April 10	Slinging.org surpasses 100k visitors since April 04
April 9	OTAS project dies, or so it seems.
April 7	Depart Shanghai. Looking forward to fresh air.
April 6	29th Annual ICPC competition.
April 5	Buy lots of "antiques" in market.
April 2	Aborted 1st landing. Explore Shanghai.
April 1	Leave for ACM ICPC World Finals, Shanghai.
March 31	Aegir Server v0.5 complete. Chat, movement, and more.
March 31	Morgan Stanley quiz night.
March 29	Accept IBM Extreme Blue internship offer.
March 28	Google technical interview very cool; solve all problems.
March 26	Dinner with Amy K.
March 26	Second Slinging.org chat session.
March 23	Aegir Server v0.1 goes live on i5; scalability looking good.
March 22	Internship offers rolling in...
March 20	Final TZ museum design done; templates in progress.
March 17	Finally better! First real meal in 6 days! Lost about 8 lbs.
March 15	Visit intelligent doctor. Diagnosis: Quinsy
March 12	Visit Kristina's house in Massachusetts
March 11	Week of *$%!& throat begins
March 10	First complete outline for sling/medieval I.S. developed.
March 9	Morgan Stanley and Accenture tech assessments go well.
March 8	Morgan Stanley dinner at Otto Enoteca.
March 3	IBM technical interview goes well, despite high fever.
February 26	Ski Belleayre Mountain with dorm. Roommates B-day.
February 23	Talk with Jane by phone. Catch up.
February 16	Slinging.org hosts first chat; 7 people.
February 4	Leave for weekend-long fencing trip, Boston.
February 3	Morgan Stanley dinner at Park Avalon.
January 23	Happy birthday Kristina!
January 29	iMac arrives smashed. Wrangle with FedEx begins.
January 28	Slinging.org hosting upgraded to 15Gb a month.
January 27	Slinging.org chewing through 400 megs a day.
January 26	CS Games and NYU "Games"
January 25	Slinging.org transferred to new server. Revisions go live.
January 22	Blizzard suspends account without reason. Draws wrath.
January 21	iMac SE sells for $450.
January 20	Hesh's DSL saturated. Buy proper hosting for Slinging.org.
January 20	Enter the ranks of cell phone users.
January 11	Join Open Tsunami Alert System programming effort.
January 8	Arrive home. Ben Eagle Scout Ceremony.
January 6	Snorkel Molokini.
January 4	10.2 mile journey back with pack and 3/4 liter of water.
January 3	Hike across crater bottom. Sand Storms. Camp inside.
January 2	Camp on slopes of Haleakala Crater. 100 mph winds.

2004
December 31	Celebrate 2005 New Year in Hana, Maui. Hungry.
December 30	Return from P.R. and leave for Hawaii with Hesh.
December 28	Visit El Yunque rainforest, National Park.
December 24	Leave for Puerto Rico.
December 21	Visit Guggenheim Aztec exhibit. Semester over.
December 9	Win DURF Grant to fund National Museum of TZ site.
December 2	Go to the MET.
November 25	A day off finally!! Work all day to catch up.
November 24	Unix Tools spring 05 grader.
November 23	New iBook arrives, very sweet.
November 21	Start interactive graphics final project.
November 20	Buy new iBook for $994!
November 20	Powerbook sells on eBay for $961!
November 19	MECCA mux diversity app polished to perfection.
November 17	Buried in more work than I can handle.
November 16	GNYR ICPC, 12th out of 66 teams, grad & undergrad.
November 5	Slinging.org's 10,000th forum post.
November 3	SBC SDL fade graphics tester complete.
November 2	First time voting. Another 4 years of Bush…
October 29	First day of real programming at MCI.
October 22	Ambient Information SBC project started.
October 8	Swap computers; G5 unleashed!
October 6	Orion Lander completed for Interactive Graphics class.
October 4	Dinner with Kerry; met on Amsterdam to NY flight.
October 3	Mountain bike race: 33rd out of 61 "beginners".
September 28	Undergraduate grant submitted.
September 23	Squash club starts regular meetings.
September 16	Heading up the ACM competition with Chris Q.
September 14	Jane and I go our separate ways.
September 13	Project Goliath preface finally complete.
September 12	"Week of Neglect" ends, or so I think...
September 10	First day at MCI WorldCom.
September 9	Slinging.org: 2.6 million hits, 55k visitors.
September 7	Back to school. Grader and eTutor for Comp. Archi.
September 1	Trek 6500 en route. IROutlook domains registered.
August 29	Kes, a Jack Russell Terrier puppy, joins the family.
August 28	Visit Jane. Discuss IROutlook, develop idea.
August 26	Working on 6 simultaneous websites. Feel the pressure.
August 24	Home.
August 23	Quickly revisit Niagara. Off to Pennsylvania.
August 22	Finish Toronto, scoot down to Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
August 21	Depart Ottawa; explore Toronto.
August 20	Finish Montreal. Stop by Trois Riviere en route to Ottawa.
August 19	Finish Quebec, then off to Montreal.
August 18	Visit Montpelier, Sherbrook, Québec City.
August 17	Depart on Canadian Road Trip. First stop Montpelier, VT.
August 16	Jane arrives.
August 11	Slinging.org receives 306 visitors today. Highest yet.
August 10	Battery Park to Bear Mountain Bridge by bike; 56 miles.
August 2	Project Goliath. Slinging.org gears up for ambition project.
July 31	Slinging.org forum thriving. July: 7k visitors, 48k total.
July 28	Return home. Sad to be back.
July 24	Return to Dar. Miss the field already.
July 23	Invited to morani to elder Maasai party.
July 11	Arusha trip. Drop people off, restock on supplies.
June 23	Vehicles packed; Depart for Laetoli.
June 19	Start developing Tanzania National Museum's website.
June 12	Depart for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
June 7	Bike performs admirably on trails.
June 3	My eBay Trek 6000 bike arrives; assembled and ridden.
June 2	Visit MCI, very impressed, strong part-time job possibility.
May 31	Slinging.org: 5100 posts, 37k visitors, 1.7 mil hits.
May 20	Assisting with second Discovery Channel show.
May 17	Grades are in: A, A, A, A-
May 13	John gone; Chris mans the store and runs the show.
May 5	Semester over, gearing up for Africa.
May 1	Simsalabim hotline server gone for good. Long live Ergo!
April 24	iMac sold on eBay.
April 19	Tivo arrives, life changes...
April 18	Happy Birthday Jane.
April 6	Getting squashed at squash, but having a ball.
April 2	Osiris massively multiplayer RPG development begins.
March 24	Slinging.org surpasses 3500 posts, ~28k visitors, 1mil+ hits.
March 23	It's official, I'm taking up squash; equipment en route.
March 11 to 21	Trip to the motherland, "time of my life" with Jane.
March 4 to 7	CS Games, overall 8th out of 26.
February 19	Motorbike dead again; new spark plugs do the trick.
February 11	Bought ticket to England for spring break.
January 18	Discovery Channel/BBC documentary on slings airs.
January 17	Gearing up for CS Games.
January 14	Return home.
January 11	Depart for Orlando, FL; Fun with Hesh, Oliver, and Rob.
January 7	Full patent filed with the USPTO.
January 6	Jane leaves. Find out grades: A, A, A, B.
January 1	Welcome 2004!

2003
December 31	New years in/near Times Square.
December 26	Selected as next semester's eTutor for Unix Tools.
December 22	Jane comes for winter break.
December 19	Finals over; survived fall semester.
December 9	BA Honors project completed.
November 22	Motorbike hasn't started in 2 weeks, Carducci fixes.
November 9	ACM Prog Competition, "Best Fresh/Sophomore Team"
November 8	Motorbike parking signage in place, bought permit.
November 7	Slinging.org passes 10k visitor mark, 364,863 hits.
November 1	PIC development stalls, hardware troubles.
October 28	Aurora project revived with Hesh developing Java client.
October 22	Motherboard wall art complete.
October 18	Local paper, front page story about motorcycle parking.
October 9	Village Board passes motorbike parking resolution.
October 7	Slinging.org receives 153 visitors today.
September 29	Present to town board about motorbike parking.
September 19	PIC microprocessor development begins.
September 14	Slinging.org t-shirts suggested.
September 12	Motherboard wall piece started.
September 10	Slinging.org's 4000th visitor.
September 5	Meet with Grimm, start ind. study with him.
September 2	Aurora project stalls again.
August 31	Site redesigned.
August 30	Slinging.org's 3000th visitor.
August 24	Horizon Designs site retired, H2 goes up.
August 21	Slinging.org forum passes 200-posts mark.
August 18	Aurora MMORPG graphics code feature-complete.
August 17	Menken project done.
August 15	Aurora MMORPG project resumes with Ethan's help.
August 13	Sculptor Walt Horton contacts me regarding slings.
August 12	Slinging.org receives 85 visitors today.
August 11	Slinging.org's 2000th visitor (since June 1st).
August 11 & 12	Travel with Hesham to MIT CS conference.
August 2	Slinging.org forum goes live.
August 1	Win Sony SL10 Clie handheld for Jane.
August 1	Resume day job.
July 26	Jane Leaves :(
July	Tour NYC, travel to Canada, much fun.
June 28	Jane arrives; month in US. :)
June 27	Laptop sells on eBay for $490.
June 14	Finally get to ride my new motorcycle.
June 9	CM website wraps up as Menken's project begins.
June 2	Slinging.org receives 46 unique visitors today, highest yet.
May 28	Grades for spring 2003 semester very sweet!
May 19	BBC contacts me regarding sling documentary.
May 18	Summer school session begins.
May 12	University finishes.
April 19	Slinging.org generates first email question.
April 18	Happy Birthday Jane!
April 14	Slinging community pledges support.
March 20	Slinging.org goes live, little content.
March 19	Aurora MMOPRG graphics and server code progressing well.
March 16	2003 CS Games Montréal, 1st place!
March 14	Spring break, depart for Montréal.
March 6	Universe MMORPG started.
February 21	Intercollegiate sports honor roll.
February 2	Augmented reality proposal complete.
February 1	Chris Harrison from UK visits!
February 1	Remember Columbia and her crew.
January 31	Team Captain for CS Games, Montreal.
January 30	Finches given away
January 21	Back to college.
January 21	Patent pending.
January 3	Finches leave nest.
January 1	Welcome 2003!

2002
December 26	In newspaper for "Coolest hobby of the year" (Trebuchet).
December 19	Finch eggs hatch!
December 17	Started winter break job.
December 16	All finals finished.
December 12	Trebuchet finds home at high school.
December 11	Semester over.
December 5	Pet finch lays 4th and final egg.
December 2	Pet finch lays an egg!
November 3	ACM Programming Competition.
October 27	"Fire!" completed.
October 19	"Fire!" programming started.
October 17	LCARS-like graphics for LIC finished.
October 11	Trebuchet in the newspaper.
October 5	LIC software being developed.
September 27	Patent process started.
September 20	New 8 in 1 Hauberk started.
September 4	Start university.
August 11	L-Day, trebuchet v2.0 done.
August 4	Trebuchet version 2 started.
July 31	Trebuchet completed.
July 26	Trebuchet Project started.
July 24	AP Grades are in... 5, 5, 5!
July 23	Return from England trip.
June 26	Begin trip to England.
June 25	Graduate High School.
June 6	1st place Tingley Scholarship.
May 18	4th place engineering at ISEF.
May 13	Off to ISEF.
May 13	Get US Citizenship.
April 11	Chainmail suit completed.
April 9	1st place NYSSEF, advance to international.
April 4 to 5	3rd place state level JSHS.
March 16	1st place WESEF, advance to state level.
February 24	Halberk almost done, need stand.
February 9	3rd place in JSHS, advance to state level.
January 21	Meteor Run and Sprite Class done.
January 18	Hauberk over 4500 rings!
January 13	Chainmail hauberk fits me!
January 5	Meteor Run project starts.
January 2	Chainmail shirt expansion starts.
January 1	Welcome 2002!

2001
December 23	Chainmail shirt small, but done.
November 21	I'm making chainmail!
November 19	Intel paper completed and sent.
October 26	Ameba game finished.
September 29	"Chris Harrison Day" in my town.
September 29	Recognized as "Outstanding Citizen" by NY State Assembly.
September 29	Eagle Scout ceremony. "Chris Harrison Day" in the county.
September 11	Oh my god! Watch events unfold live on BBC.
September 5	School begins.
September 4	LIC version 2 construction complete.
Late July	"Laptop-in-Car" project started.
June 27	Started work at Curtis.
June 26	Sandak engine complete.
June 21	Sandak programming 80% done.
June 20	School year ends.
June 13	Sandak RPG started.
June 7	BaLiS OpenGL final build.
June 5	BaLiS CMU final build.