Reef reflection in bubble under a Sarcophyton sp. leather coral

I’ve also posted a few more images from Loloata on Flickr. It’s quite a feat to post images from here, so I hope y’all appreciate it. ;)

A few days ago, Rob Kapilow deconstructed the Bach Double at Dinkelspiel Auditorium on Stanford Campus. Geoff Nuttall and Scott St. John played the solos, and all sorts of people I knew (the rest of the SLSQ plus Livia, Debra, and a bunch of students) supported them from within a small chamber orchestra. If you’ve never been to a Rob Kapilow deconstruction, you should definitely try to get to one (preferably with the SLSQ performing). They’re awesome.

Group photo at Oasis: Jessica Chuang, Livia Sohn, Geoff Nuttall,
Rob Kapilow, Lesley Robertson, Eric Cheng, Claire Liu, and Christina Ho

Afterwards, we hung out at Oasis, a bar close to Stanford campus. I don’t think I had been there since the late 90s. (read more »)

On a whim, I joined Facebook a couple of weeks ago using my computer science e-mail address (@cs.stanford.edu). It made me feel old.

Add me as a friend, if you’re on it! Is it useful for alumni?

A well-known problem, a Mac Pro running OS X (I’m running 10.4.8) won’t sleep when a Dell 30″ monitor is connected to it via USB (the Dell 30″ conveniently has a USB hub and card reader in it).

I’m happy to report that a combination of the D-Link QuickMedia DUB-H7 7-Port USB 2.0 Hub and Sandisk ImageMate 12-in-1 USB 2.0 Reader work perfectly, allowing me to plug in all of my USB devices plus a card reader in a way that is still compatible with OS X sleep.

Dear North Korea,

Will you please stop scaring everyone with nuclear tests? I’m starting to get yanked out of line at airports for questioning and searching.

Your friend, Eric

I don’t think I look like a sketchy guy. The recent North Korea news is the only thing I can think of that would cause the recent change in behavior.

On the other hand, it gave me the opportunity to have a nice pseudo-conversation in broken Spanish with the narcotics agent.

whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and divers at darwin’s arch, galapagos

I just spent a week diving the Galapagos and experienced the best whale shark and hammerhead shark encounters I’ve ever had. More later… (read more »)