adam.oliner.net

This site’s been broken for several months now, but what with me studying for quals and my crack team of personal assistants embroiled in a legal battle over some comments I made at Jerry Falwell’s funeral, there was precious little time to do anything about it. I took, and passed, my quals about a week ago, so this seemed an opportune moment for reviving my precious online presence.

Jared Casper, a fellow second-year, generously volunteered his server for the task. Even though I have moved off of Eddie’s server, aquatica.mit.edu, I want to thank him for hosting this site for almost four years. He tolerated my belligerent requests and foolish questions with the patience of a saint. Thanks, Eddie.

You will also immediately notice that the appearance has dramatically changed. My blog is now driven by WordPress instead of MovableType. The theme is a modification of the Mandigo Theme by tom; the header image is credited to Marc-André Besel.

OK, it’s been four months, let’s do this:

• I went to May’s funeral in San Diego, and spoke at her memorial service at Stanford. I cried at the funeral, but not during my eulogy. Barely.
• I volunteered at Admit Weekend and lured numerous students to Stanford with my disarming charisma and unassuming charm. Also, sometimes, with bribes.
• Googlers from NYC took shifts visiting me in Mountain View. Daniel and I hit on a bunch of cute girls in SF, without noteworthy effect. I suspect they were turned off by my Eau de Geek cologne.
• I had papers accepted at DSN in Edinburgh, UK and ExpCS in San Diego. You can find them on my Research page.
• I attended IPDPS in Long Beach, CA, and was disappointed.
• I spent four months studying for my quals.
• I took my quals.
• I passed my quals.

I’m back, this time for reals.

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