Aquarium Fish

I went to get an oil change today. Yes, I'm a robot. In the waiting lounge at the car dealership, there is a small aquarium with a couple of fish. I wonder what it feels like to go around in circles. This poor guy here didn't even go around the entire tank, it only went around the same fake corals over and over again. Must gave gone mad...

Mail Boxes

Mail Boxes at my apartment complex. Just a boring picture for a long and boring day.

Cork Stoppers

As a suggestion from my college adviser, I am turning my Master's thesis into an article for submission to a few machine learning journals and conferences. I thought to myself, what better place to get myself reacquainted with my year old thesis than a coffee shop. Just like in college. So if I'm at a coffee shop, where did those corks come from? Well, it just so happens that this coffee shop in Kirkland, is also a wine bar. At the end of the bar, they have a large crystal glass filled with wine cork stoppers. A couple of my previous posts show the design they make with the milk froth on the mochas.

A Foggy Day

It was an interesting day today. Weather wise that is, because work was pretty routine. It was foggy when I went to work, when I went out to lunch and going back home in the afternoon. I've never had a day that was completely foggy.

Kirkland Marina at Dusk

This was a fairly boring weekend. It rained Saturday, so I stayed in most of the day. Today I went out for a while in the afternoon and ended up at the Kirkland Marina. See this location in Live Maps.

Yarn Colors

This is a small craft my mom picked up sometime last year somewhere in Mexico.

Coffee Design

I went out to a coffee shop tonight and asked for a mocha. They always do a neat design with the milk's froth. I know I've taken a picture of this before, but this is a different design.

Morning Frost

It was cold today in the morning, very cold. All the plants and grass were covered with ice crystals.

Windows Vista Launch

Today was the Windows Vista and Office 2007 world wide launch. So in several cafeterias across the Microsoft campus they showed the web cast of Bill Gates in New York City launching the products. At the end of the event, they dropped a ton of balloons attached to the ceiling. Some of them contained prizes which I obviously didn't win; probably because I was busy trying to take a picture. See this location in Live Maps.

Footprints

Went to Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, south of Seattle. Went for a walk around the beach and came across these fresh seagull foot prints. See this location on Live Maps.

Sunset Over Puget Sound

I went for a small hike to the Discovery Park in north Seattle. I made it to the south beach in time for the sunset.


I got to the beach as the tide was going out. It was actually already out pretty far, but it still kept going. It was neat to stand at the edge of the lapping water and notice it move back several feet in a mater of minutes. In some spots where the water pooled, the reflection from the sky gave the pools a neat mirror image.

Tree

A tree on my way to work.

Morning Due

It's surprising how a little sun can make a difference.

Skull

My brother Roberto gave me this skull some time ago. It's made of black pottery from the State of Oaxaca in Mexico.

Dinner

I made Szechuan chicken stir fry tonight. And no, I'm not pigging out. I made enough for several days. Yummy!

Peppers

A close up of some dried peppers I have hanging in my kitchen.

Bellevue Downtown Park

A view of the water fountain that goes around the park. See this location on Live Maps.

Books

Nothing interesting going on today... Just waiting for the weekend.

Raindrops

It's stopped snowing. But now it's back to rain. Most people at work are glad the snow is over. But I honestly prefer the snow. I know if I commuted, I would have a different opinion, but walking in snow is much nicer than walking in the rain. I took this picture on my way to work this morning.

By the way, what color would you say this is? I can't decide if it's violet, lilac, purple, magenta, fuchsia, plum or what.

Walking Home

It snowed again today. However, it decided to not stick around. It rained in the afternoon, so I had a slushy walk back home.