Today it was upwards 90 F in Irvine, and soon I will go back to Umeå with about 4 F today. I have had a good time at UC Irvine and California – I have been very busy, but I have had time for things I could not have done at home. And I have [...]

Yesterday I went from Irvine to Berkeley, and after advice from someone who is actually thinking about starting her own taxi business (focused on the campus area) I pre-ordered a cab for mid-day yesterday. When it did not turn up on time, i called them again, and this rather angry woman was very concerned with [...]

Over the last couple of days I have been able to reconnect with the Pacific. It is chilly and windy here with interspersed periods of sun, but reconnecting does not really require sun. I am currently shifting gears – planning for some intense writing away from home. Yesterday I produced a new version of article [...]

I am waiting for the final leg of my rather long trip now. I have not been able to blog as much as I had hoped because of laptop failure and busy schedule. I have had a good trip though and I am very excited about a range of new contacts, ideas and perspectives. It [...]

I have very dependent on having access to computers and networks. When I am at home there is a lot of redundancy. I have access to several laptop and desktop computers. When traveling a normally only have one laptop with me, and I use it all the time. On this trip I have had some [...]

when they tell you that your luggage is too heavy when you still have 8 flights to go… I primarily blame the sf/fantasy bookstore I visited yesterday. They did not have the one hardcover (J V Jones) I was looking for and I ended buying two big and heavy hardcovers. Also now I definitely have to [...]

I am having some clam chowder and a sierra nevada listening to one of many café/bar conversations on this trip. In this case, there is a woman and a man trying to sell a system which uses feedback (hits) from real estate sites to assess how aggressive you can do bidding (i am not quite [...]

I left Umeå and Sweden this morning, and it is nice to be in transit again (peace, energy, reconnecting). Over the last month I have been on several trips – all of them relatively brief – but this time I will be away for a bit longer. My first stop is Cambridge, Massachusetts. I will [...]

Over the last month I have been in Palo Alto, Amsterdam and Tallinn. And soon I will leave on a long trip where Cambridge, Massachusetts, is my first stop. There are lots of things to do before leaving, but I am looking forward to going away for a bit. I will meet interesting people, do [...]

you are on a tight schedule when the hotel staff on you ordering a taxi for the morning looks at you very compassionately. And yes, the taxi will pick me up at 4:45 in the morning. I had a good conference day here in Tallinn and I have made a number of contacts and there [...]