Entries from June 2007

Google Chicago Engineering

June 27th, 2007 · 11 Comments · Uncategorized

This week we moved into the Google Chicago office. They had to build out some new space both for us and because they were growing so rapidly. So we’re located on a brand new floor. Today there was a ribbon cutting ceremony and media event. I don’t know exactly what happened except that there were [...]

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Flowers!

June 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Roscoe Village, Chicago
Last month I went to Home Depot with Jen and bought everything I needed to plant some flowers in railing planters on our deck. When I came home from a couple weeks on the road a lot of them were dried up from lack of water (Dallas has also been traveling almost every [...]

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Bowling & Cookies

June 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Last night we had an engineering event at 10Pin. Our new office is really close by so it’s really convenient now. I forgot to bring socks and I was wearing sandals, so I had to buy these 10Pin socks. They’re kind of cool, though. It’s nice that they have them available for purchase. Here’s another [...]

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Coney Island Cyclone

June 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

This was the first time I rode the Cyclone at Coney Island. It was one of the scariest roller coasters I’ve been on, I think. Just because it’s been a while since I’ve been on one and also because the coaster is SO old. It was built in 1927 and is super jolting and crickety. [...]

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Astroland at Coney Island

June 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Astroland is a an amusement park at Coney Island that has all sorts of rides and games that you’d find at a traveling fair, except that they’re permanent. Sort of. The park has been sold to developers and it’s unclear what’s going to happen, but it seems there will be some housing and stuff built [...]

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