9. All paths lead to Rome: POPL and PPREW from a syssec perspective

   A week in Rome: what could be better than sitting all day in a conference room?

   POPL (Principles Of Programming Languages) is one of these great conferences that have been around forever and sound very interesting to any systems person. The definition of POPL according to the SIGPLAN homepage is …

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10. Golden Gate bridge, Point Bonita lighthouse and light hike around the Rodeo lagoon

    On our first hike of the new year we set off for the Golden Gate bridge, Point Bonita lighthouse and beyond. We got up relatively late as we only planned a very light hike as the first hike of 2013. The weather was actually perfect and we set off with …

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11. Russian River Canoedeling

    For a change this post is not about a hike but about a canoe trip that we did on the Russian river. We got up early in the morning to arrive at Burke's Canoe Trips around 11am. After a short safety message and shelving over 60$ per canoe (one canoe …

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12. Muir Woods hike

    Muir Woods National Monument is a very special park as you see many redwood groves with huge trees. The park features two short loops down in the valley that pass along a couple of different redwood groves. These loops are like highways, almost paved, and well looked-after.

    Trail navigation

    We …

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13. Lake Anza stroll

    Today was a sunny late September lazy Sunday and we just wanted to get out to enjoy the sun and relax a little. We packed our bag with swimsuits, enough water, some carrots, sweets, and sun lotion and set off for Lake Anza in Tilden Regional Park. As a side …

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14. PhD: expectations and reality

    Introduction

    Deciding to do a PhD is a huge commitment as you are just dedicating a couple of years of your life to a single cause. When I decided to do a PhD in 2006 I was not completely sure what would expect me. I just finished my master of …

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15. Bootstrapping at UC Berkeley

    Today I had my first day at UC Berkeley in Dawn Song's group and I must say that it was quite an intensive day! Most of the time went into going through all the bureaucratic processes here at Berkeley. I always thought that ETH Zurich was bad, but the …

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16. Wildcat Canyon hike

    During the long and strenuous hike in Mount Diablo state park my hiking boots broke and fell apart. The plastic sole apparently lost its flexibility and completely disintegrated. So we had to buy new hiking shoes at REI. As you could have guessed the only model that actually fit my …

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17. Mount Diablo State Park

    When we visited the Black Diamond Mines regional reserve the ranger told us a bit about Mount Diablo. Mount Diablo is a pretty young mountain and when it rose all the geological features of the area changed. In the Black Diamond Mines you can observe that the different geological layers …

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18. Point Reyes National Seashore

    After some time in the national parks we wanted to explore the national seashore as well. Point Reyes is pretty close to us and the reviews sound as if the park could be fun! The drive from Albany to Point Reyes was around 1hr in early morning traffic, not too …

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