Backlog: IBM

Posted on April 7th, 2006 by Sacha Chua

I skipped the HFIG panel (bad Sacha! ;) ) to go to IBM. I had so much fun coding a simple data processor, though, that I didn't feel guilty at all. Another blogger had posted this _totally_ awesome visualization of bloggers and their locations, and the blog entry helped me learn how to determine a person's work location given the e-mail address. Neato. Also, I did some more evangelism work. Whee! =)

I had so much fun hacking that I nearly forgot about the 5:35 bus. Good thing Stephen IMed me. =) I ran to the bus stop and caught it, but that was still pretty scary!

I ended up chatting with Quinn on the way home. I should invite her to a dinner party sometime...

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