Chapter 4
Undergrad at MIT
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MIT: Cambridge, MA
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology sold nebraska house362 Memorial Drive
Freshmen year (1991-1992)
Thursday August 29 MIT R/O starts checkin in Sala de Puero Rico in Student Center Hitchhiker's Guide to R/O HowToGAMIT moved stuff into East Campus, east wing, perhaps 4E or 5E 4pm-5pm President's Welcome Convocation Kresge Auditorium 5pm-7:30 Project MOYA (Move Off Your Assumptions) trained to ask 1.) whats your name 2.) where are you frome 3.) whats is your prospective major trust falls 7:30-10:30 Thursday Night Dinners (Ted B) (tried to go to Mary Chung's but failed, went elsewhere for Chinese, perhaps Crystal) orange tours Friday August 30th 9am-11am math diagnostic test 11:30am-1pm meet with R/O counselors I don't remember this mandatory event 1pm-4pm Freshmen Picnic 1pm project MOYA Finale: guiness book of world record "lap sit" attempt before class picture in killian court 2pm freshmen picture 2:30 mexican fiesta lunch 4pm living group rush begins afternoon visited TDC, PBE, DKE dinner at PBE evening at Kappa Sigma (interested in my ultimate skills) Saturday August 31st Kappa Sig flushed me because they were worried I didn't drink enough. seriously. ouch. Sent me to Brian S at ADP orange tours at midnight were fun at least Sunday September 1st ILG bids could go out that morning, explains why KS cut me the night before visited Zeta Psi (Ken V from ES-M) in the morning hung out with Ken and two girls from Arlington VA that thought my preschool friend Andy W wasn't so great. spent most of day at ADP Monday September 2nd more ADP but no bid, oh well. too many bids had already been given and accepted. if only I had been there earlier in the weekend filled out residence card (due by 5pm) Baker as #1 choice close to student center, good male-to-female ratio, "party dorm" mostly prioritized west campus places roomates Burton-Conner, New House, and Next House not McGregor with singles low on the list East Campus, Senior House, Random, Bexeley Tuesday 9:30am-12:30pm freshmen essay evaluation failed! just conspiracy to get students enrolled in their classes 2-4 ISP Integrated Studies Program 3-5 Concourse 3-5 ESG Experiment Study Group (Benjy at one of these) 5pm dormitory assignments moving from East Campus to Baker 311 Baker 311 Simanta C James B (FREP=Freshmen Representative?) Shinya F Simanta's plan to help the girls with their boxes (met Elaine H) first night together simanta wanted to do something memorable as roommates so he dragged us across the harvard bridge to boston and went went to a bar for some drinks and some food at the CrossRoads Pub. not sure we ever did something as a room ever again. Wednesday Sept 4th 10-11am "What is a provost, anyway?" presentation in Kresge mandatory but mostly forgettable 12:30-2:00pm advisor/advisee picnic Thursday September 5th 9am-10am ID picture taking for last names Boardman-Choi Lobby 13 with Simanta athena course with Simanta, Heather C 4pm registration materials due placed out of 18.01 and 8.01 due to AP tests 6 units of 10.001 credit for AP Computer Science never manged to get credit transfered for SUPA English AP English Literature wouldn't have counted anyway, only AP English Language 4pm-5:30 Kresge Book Night Keynote Convocation Professor Lester Thurow 6-8pm Book Night dinner at Baker Dining disussing our freshmen assigned reading "The Next Century" by David Halberstam Friday Sept 6th 9-11:45am swim test students with last initials A-L I passed swim test and boating test, Simanta failed after cramping up. parents weekend starts Saturday-Sunday parents weekend buying toolbox Monday Sept 9th Reg Day pick up schedules Tuesday Sept 10th first day of classes I thought was Monday schedule showed up at end of 6.001 lecture got tough love from Head TA, Michael "Ziggy" B Baker 411 Benjy T Donny W Jeff T Baker 418 Fred Q Baker 246 Adam L Odysseus K Prashant S Ashwin B 401 Elaine H Shilpa H Mindy M Baker 312 Rene D Baker 313 Dianna G (from New Hartford) Baker 301 Alisa B Sabrina K (also New Hartford) Jodi F Baker 302 Guillermo P Lorin T Baker 315 Brian L Scott M Baker 317 Mary M Baker 318 Kenway L (Otway L in 420) Baker 320 Pablo H Kevin L Baker 306 Stephanie S Emanuella B Melissa R Janice V Baker 346 Beth S Anne S Jessie B Baker 347 Chi W Baker 206 Jennifer T Marisa C Gail D Wendy Y Baker 104 Nicole F Nancy H Baker 106 James P Mark S Tom M Baker 406 Stephanie D Baker 446 Sarah V Amy M Bridget B Gina K Baker 501 Gilbert L (course 6-3) Baker 502 Adam L (J-D) Hiroshi K Baker 506 Andrew K Walter L Matthew G Julio O Baker 511 Marjie D Baker 519 Chris P Kevin B Baker 546 Anne D Pansy L Sherry H Alice C Baker 608 Robert B Baker 646 Jimmy E Baker 138 Suzanne G Baker 115 Scott C James K Baker 205 Per Juvkam-Wold Chris S Baker 101 Stella L Baker 213 DJ Ezra (also of CTY infamy?) Baker 303 Mark Wang RA Wonder Year study breaks Baker 402 Doug M (Adam L fractint) Giang L Baker 407 Lisa C Mariquita G Jill W Baker "Hello. My name is Alan." party Ellen B (MTG Sweeny Todd?) http://web.mit.edu/mtg/www/PastShows1994-1990.html Jason W 6.001 Baker apple picking tour Physical Education freshmen year Sailing - Heather C Skating - Stephanie S Pistol - Elaine H Ballroom - Jennifer T Striking a Balance: RLE Fiscal Officer Donald F. Duffy http://www.rle.mit.edu/media/undercurrents/Vol5_1_Fall91.pdf baker dining Tina the cashier Simanta throwing salt and paper shake at Jen: "Think fast!" freshmen shower night (evening before first 8.01 exam) 22 November 1991 WBCN "Rock of Boston" concert fall of freshmen year with Simanta, Jimmy, (Benjy?)... Foreigner, the Kinks, Smithereens, RTZ and the Raindogs (RTZ was started by two Boston members, they played some Boston songs that night) http://keeganphoto.blogspot.com/2009/03/rtz-at-garden-11291.html http://keeganphoto.blogspot.com/2009/03/there-are-days-like-this-that-i-am-glad.html on 1 December 1991, over thanksgiving break, took mom on 1.2 hour flight from syracuse to oswego and back ran into Rebecca D on the flight back to Boston from thanksgiving. took the T back together. hung out together during IAP both with her friends at Harvard and my friends at Baker. She tried to set me up with one of her roommates, an art history major, and I ended up going to see Les Miserable (February 1992) at the Wang Center with them. Didn't work out with the roommate, but Les Miserable has become my favorite musical of all time. on 28 December 1991, over christmas break, took my last flight as pilot one hour with my dad over Syracuse some winter break in college all night Godfather movie marathon with Stephen S + David G (new years?) (college) 8 January 1992 Alma E Carlstrom died (born 08 Sep 1904) http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi hacking parties, saturday at midnight at the coffehouse went once with benjy bricked in showers at the library, roofs around killian court valentines day dance upstairs at fanneiul hall dinner at European Restaurant (and Pizzeria) (picture outside restauarant of me, simanta, Derrick H, Adam L) Steph and Chris C Jennifer and me ... and Adam (Elaine and Adam just broke up?) dancing with Melissa spring break (21-29 March 1992) Kevin L, Benjy B, Simanta C, Stephanie S, Jennifer T, Brian C, #7? Simanta got in an accident turning left with me in shotgun seat $700 to pay for taurus bumper (Fortunately no damage to our rental...) (on way to see Next House Mayvn ?) went bowling in DC in Ft Myers, stayed at Steph's house, frozen waffles, Van Halen on MTV couple days at beach, building sand castles. went to play putt-putt, steph demonstrated the use of putter as pool cue. two tickets in 24 hours on way back, one in south (georgia) one in Connecticut Marisa C pulled over too but used her tank top "assetts" to get a warning. calling to get U2 tickets with Simanta and Shinya using our dorm phone and Baker lobby payphone. finally got through and Simanta had us jumping for joy in a big bear hug. MIT Spring Concert 1992 Violent Femmes
Summer 1992
Simanta worked at Robotics Lab U2 ZOO TV Tour concert with Simanta, Shinya, myself, Rebecca D, ... August 1992 at Foxboro Stadium although we were pretty far back on the left away from the stage, it was still pretty great. the low point was when a drunk guy behind us urinated on poor Rebecca. MIT FTL UROP bought a boom box CD player at Lechmere. still working in my office at home. my first CD was The Black Crowes's "Shake Your Money Maker". I think I bought the CD with Barabara K at Newbury Comics, which used to have a location in W20, the Stratton Student Center. Barbara K hydrochloric acid mono later in summer bought a microwave, lugged by from Sears at Lechmere. still using it in my kitchen today. Dave Y, Stephen S, and Scott S visited me in Boston trip to LA, went to Magic Mountain to Marisa C, Jennifer T, and Elaine H. continued on to AAAI-92 in San Jose. picked up at airport by Andrew K, went to Chinatown in SF with him, then over to Santa Cruz, before dropping me off at motel in San Jose before my parents arrived. MTG's Sunday in the Park with George (Little Kresge) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_in_the_Park_with_George lighting board operator http://web.mit.edu/mtg/www/PastShows1994-1990.html Adam L was in the cast and end of act 1 there was a slow transition to black that I made abruptly because the girl in the booth next to me removed her camisole and gave it to me to put in the toolbox in act ii (toolbox to fix Chromolume)
Sophmore Year (1992-1993)
Baker 132 Baker 138 Barbara K Baker 116 Simanta C Benjy T Baker 405 Marisa C Jennifer T Baker 505a Meslissa R Stephanie S Baker 407 Mariquita G Jill W Chisrtine H Baker 421 Kimberly K Baker 422 Lisa S (SK friends of Elaine) Baker 517 Chris P Kevin B Baker 518 Brian L Scott M Baker 606 Shilpa H Elaine H Baker 605 Ashwin B Adam L freshmen advisor for Prof Robert Simpson girl who loved writing failed writing test... seminar freshmen Baker 101 Jane M (friend of Sara) Baker 102 Jeanne T (friend of Sara) Baker 103 Amit S Jason T Baker 211 Sara D Trelawney G Tallessyn G Baker 346 Christine S (AXO) Baker 511 Danielle A (sailing friend of Elaine H) Baker 611 Joe D Baker 246 Jacqueline B (James K) Baker 501 Chris S (steph?) sophmore transfer Baker 105 Andrea J Baker 119 Loreli C (Elaine's SK friend) Baker 315 Agnieszka R (with Mindy M) East Campus Tom P Alice C David L Yngve K. Raustein MIT Stunned by Student's Murder http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1992/murder-0923.html Service Planned for Yngve Raustein http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1992/raustein-0930.html McHugh Guilty, Sentenced to 20 Years http://tech.mit.edu/V113/N48/mchugh.48n.html McHugh Retried; Again Found Guilty in Raustein Murder http://tech.mit.edu/V113/N66/mchugh.66n.html Final verdict issued in Raustein case http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1994/raustein-0126.html Cambridge Journal; M.I.T. Student's Killing Divides City Campuses http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE5DA113CF937A35753C1A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Murder of Yngve Raustein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngve_Raustein http://www.mcmanis.com/chuck/robotics/controllers/6270.html MIT 6.270 1994 RoboRaiders competition with Marisa C. 27 January 1994 according to the "A Visit to the MIT Campus" chapter of the Build Your Own Robot by Karl Lunt. MTG's Cabaret (Sala de Puerto Rico) Adam L (Lighting Designer), Scott C, Vicky S, Ethan M (I was uncreditted) spotlight, Nazi flag unfurler, and brick thrower http://web.mit.edu/mtg/www/PastShows1994-1990.html My family was invited to the 3 February 1994 launch of the space shuttle Discovery of STS-60 because of my father's work with Ron Sega, one of the mission astronauts. I had met Ron Sega on several occasions when he was working with my dad, including one time at our house on Woodside Road. Before the launch, we met his then wife and astronaut Bonnie Dunbar at a prelaunch event at the Astronaut Hall of Fame, then owned by Space Camp. I was later amused to see Ron Sega featured in a series of IEEE advertisements when I was getting my PhD. shuttle went off as scheduled, leaving us with time to kill. Later that same day, February third, Jen and I went to Epocot while my dad took Rachael to Magic Kingdom. On the fourth, Jen and I took Rachael to Disney MGM Studios. visited Dave Y on February 1993 for Darthmouth Winter Carnival took train to Notre Dame to see Scott S at Sorin College for spring break Sarah N visit for women and minoritiesa weekend leaves with a crush on Brian L 17 April 1993 cousin Jon C and Paula married in Boston area MIT Spring Concert 1993 They Might Be Giants Drove up to Maynard, MA, to see the DEC Alpha Workstation running Windows NT. Drove up with the MIT LIDS sysadmin. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1993/retirees-0616.html Donald F. Duffy, Research Laboratory of Electronics, 31 years.
Summer 1993
MIT AI Lab UROP Ian E Andre D 24 August 1993 arrived mildenhall ferry from Dover to France IJCAI-93 in Chambery, France. John McCarthy next to me grumbling at French keyboard layout on HP workstations ferry from Calais? 3 September 1993 arrived dover
Junior Year (1993-1994)
They Might Be Giants concert at Harvard with Adam G Baker 224 Benjy T Baker 225 me down the hall from me Andrea J and Christine S floor tutor Neal L was my 6.853 TA for Bill Dally Baker 420: Jennifer, Marisa, Stephanie, Melissa across the hall from 420: Steven T, Chris v K, Carlos, ... Baker freshmen Brad R (and Julia Rosolovsky) Becky M Art David L 6.111 handcuffs Stephanie (fall of junior year) setup at McCormick Theta function, followed by LSC The Nightmare Before Christmas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas (lousy seats very close to the front, steph fell asleep) afterwards frat house skull party (went as Dilbert with coatwire to hold up the tie) Doom over Christmas break took my 486 home to play over break end of IAP trip to Montreal for Marisa's 20th birthday Marisa, Steph, Jennifer, Melissa, Benjy, myself, ? very, Very, VERY cold subway with rubber wheels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Metro McGill Theta house art museum International Humour Hall of Fame drinking at the bar whiskey shots with steph melissa and the sailors dancing to the cranberries Montreal Biodome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Biodome return trip benjy lost visiblity due to snow from back of tractor trailer (why was guy from alabama driving in the snow :)) went off left shoulder, snow in grill popped off alternater belt Dodge Caravan had same engine as my parents' Dodge Dynasty and where I had help my dad replace the alternator I had my tools but girls were skeptical of our ability to fix it waiting in parking lot for AAA forever eventually we fixed it ourselves everything closed due to blizard, even 24 hour Denny's Fort ? truck stop was all that we could find open Spring Break First and only attempt to play in an Assassins' Guild live-action role playing game. The game was Convention and I was probably dragged in because my friend from Baker Brian L was one of the organizers of the game. I played Dr. Henry Zvago, or at least I did for a few days. Given that it was a weeklong game it was a bit overwhelming as at first time experience, I didn't end up finishing. MIT Spring Concert 1994 Belly Rebecca came with Will P, her future husband, I believe it was first time I met him summer UROP crisis - tk didn't have funds, last minute rush to find something - John M. Mallery "whitehouse email project" - Frans Kaashoek OS project (Tom P went to work with him instead) - scsh guy had come to MIT?!? definitely my first choice before May 11, 1994 (Jen has ticket with exact date) Astronaut, administrator recall historic lunar landing http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1994/lunar-0511.html Robert Seamans and Neil Armstrong on the Apollo Program http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/43-robert-seamans-and-neil-armstrong-on-the-apollo-program Neil and Buzz signed our 25th anniverary Apollo T-Shirts that we got at shuttle launch May 1994 - Pink Floyd Concert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57U_Ma_abWQ
Summer 1994
MIT LCS / Media Lab UROP
Personal Information Architecture group
- lab in old X consortium space (before w3c took the space)
- whitebox NeXT machines (25 Intel Pentium engineering samples!)
- Apple newtons
- I got an alphanumeric pager that advisors didn't want
created zephyr integration, including friend location tracker
- scsh hacking
networking interface
finger client
http client and server
ftp client and server
html parser
html formatter (for text or newton)
porting to ever Unix-like box I could get a hold of... SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, Irix, Ultrix, NeXT, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, Apollo?
Dave Albertz (our 43 year old sophmore from IBM) did a Berkely DB interface
- newton browser
talking to OKI cell phone via serial dongle with someone else reverse engineered cell phone docs
slip-like protocol to talk to newton over noisy OKI cell phone
Ed O did NewtonScript client
OKI demo!
PIA people/projects
- professor Michael Hawley
- research scientist Olin Shivers
- Sandra Gordon
- Wandy did functional postscript
- Maria from WILG
- winning SIGGRAPH t-shirt competition with computer controled embroidery machine (SIGGRAPH '94 logo?)
- Rob Silvers photomosaics
- Manish Tuteja (married Jennifer Glos)
- living room of the future (nice remodel of 4th floor machine room)
surround sound
large screen with front projector with Faroudja line doubler
laser disc player
THX and nice leather couches!
before remodel was done, sound system was setup in student office
nice for playing doom, scary rear channel reverb
also played SGI
August 11th-August 15th
Woodstock '94 (25th anniversary)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_'94
https://woodstock.fandom.com/wiki/Woodstock_%2794
http://www.well.com/woodstock/map.gif
Thursday, August 11
I went with Rebecca D to work in a booth selling refreshments for some cause (arrived day early august 11th).
She had seen posters looking for people to work to support a nonprofit around Harvard campus that summer.
We got ride over with some WBCN people who were supporting these nonprofits.
Thursday night we watched "easy rider" on the big screens.
Friday, August 12
Ran into some J-D '91 in the workers village the first morning after sleeping in the camp.
Our concession stand was at an excellent spot just right of the main north stage.
We could hear the performances, quickly go over to catch a performance.
North Stage
Blues Traveller*
James*
Sherry Crow?
Collective Soul?
Violent Femmes!
Saturday, August 13
I got up late one morning and missed being on MTV with Rebecca and VJ Kennedy
https://youtu.be/Z6LG0QtCAnw?t=1228
I pretty much abandoned working at this point. I remember many of performances from the North Stage that day, and two from the South Stage.
North Stage
Joe Cocker!
Blind Melon?
Cypress Hill?
Rollins Band!
Melissa Etheridge?
Crosby, Stills, & Nash featuring John Sebastian?
Nine Inch Nails!
Metallica!
Aerosmith!
South Stage
The Cranberries!
Salt 'N Pepa!
It was not easy to pop over the south stage given the crowds.
I remember struggling to get over hear The Cranberries and caught only the end.
I do remember Salt 'N Pepa's "Push It!" performance pretty well.
Sunday, August 14
I don't seem to remember as many performances from Sunday:
North Stage
Spin Doctors?
South Stage
Green Day!
Santana?
I do recall having some concern about getting back given the chaos and not being in touch with original driver.
But Rebecca did find a ride back with some other WBCN folks.
There was quite a walk back to where the car was parked.
There had been shuttles coming in but again things were chaotic at this point.
We ran out of gas on the way back but a Massachusetts State Police stopping to give us a gallon or two so we could continue on.
In the 30th, there were some articles that led me to reflect on Woodstock'94 and update this section. After reading:
An Undersung and Unruly Woodstock in Pictures, 30 Years On
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/arts/design/woodstock-1994-pictures.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE4.sWDr.KID_0mvmJgrv&smid=url-share
I googled to see if I could find more about the WBCN connection and sure enough in the "Remembering WBCN" Facebook group I found:
WOODSTOCK ‘94:
thirty years ago this week… maybe YOU were one of the people who joined us… I worked the concession stands until all chaos broke out with others who won the chance from WBCN
https://www.facebook.com/groups/129078819864/permalink/10160547997694865/
The poster linked to his article which had several quotes that seem to confirm he probably was in the the car on my ride back:
30 years later, remembering the music and muddy chaos of Woodstock ’94
https://ktla.com/entertainment/30-years-later-remembering-the-music-and-muddy-chaos-of-woodstock-94
"While tickets ran into the hundreds of dollars, some of us went to the show for free. I “worked’” at Woodstock ‘94 as part of a program arranged with nonprofits where they manned the concession stands. You got free admission to the entire weekend, if you got to Saugerties and worked the concession stands for a certain number of hours. Seemed like the opportunity of a lifetime for this music-obsessed college kid. What could go wrong with offering a bunch of people free admission to the weekend if they promised to work?"
"We got a quick lesson in the concessions process (heating up premade hamburgers and chicken sandwiches) and handling the Woodstock cash “scrip.” MTV’s Kennedy stopped by our stand to greet the eager, unpaid workforce of concession people."
"We all ended up abandoning our concession posts. There was a feeling of chaos, danger and incredible: “I can’t believe I’m here to experience this.”"
"I caught a ride with my friend from Sharon, Massachusetts. We actually left way before the festival even ended to try and make our way out of the mess in Saugerties. His car broke down on the Massachusetts Turnpike on the way back from upstate New York. It took hours to get home, but we left with memories that have lasted 30 years."
20 August 1994
Aerosmith at Great Woods (with ???)
23 aug 94 mildenhall
trip to London
Cambridge/Oxford
Cats
on return flight home, mom passed out on plane and was unresponsive
pilot decided to return to Mildenhall AFB. she had come to pretty
quickly and was a little disoriented but generally ok. when we
arrived, my dad and sister rode with mom to hospital in very
unfortable military ambulance ride. I was left to collect the luggage,
climbing around belly of C-5 to find our luggage in the
pallets. afterward, I waited in the DV lounge at the terminal until
my dad came back to get me.
they weren't exactly sure what happened with my mom, they think it
might have just been dehydration. still, they didn't want my mom
flying again for a few days so we had some extra time in
England. Since we were going to be around for at least a few days,
I went with my dad and rented a car at a little place just off base,
I'm guessing my sister stayed with my mom at the hospital. he put me
on the insurance as a driver and I practiving driving stick in the
terminal parking lot. so now I was learning to drive stick and on the
left all at once!
My dad always the "sink-or-swim" type of driving instructor had me
driving down into London right away. I remember the fun of learning to
use the parking break to get started on a steep ramp in a parking
garage with cars beeping behind me.
I was very happy on 25 August 1994 that I got to see Les Miserables in
the West End. It was way better than Cats, of course! We got some last
minute tickets for box seats on left of stage, so we could hear really
well, but not see all of stage right. I bought a Les Mis t-shirt as a
souvenir.
Senior Year (1994-1995)
09: 1001 Main Street
Concord, MA 1742
Baker 420+421+422
Baker 420: Jennifer, Marisa, Stephanie, Amy Hanlon
Baker 421: Brian
Baker 422: Benjy
Baker 634
Simanta C
Baker 635
Nicole F
Baker 617
Elaine H
Danielle A
Baker 616
Shilpa H
freshmen
Baker 406
David H
Baker 546
Chris S (camero)
Baker 311
Shelley W, married Jimmy (James) E
other
Baker 642
Steve N
Went to see MTG's Guys and Dolls (with Jennifer?)
http://web.mit.edu/mtg/www/PastShows1994-1990.html
afternoon of 9 September 1994
Martignetti Liquor store run with Brian L
got rear ended at light turning from mem drive in front of hyatt
24 September 1994
Greek Week Ball (with Jennifer, Dave H+Amy H, Lynetta F+Doug N )
http://tech.mit.edu/V114/N42/greekweek.42n.html
28 September 1994
Greatful Dead at the old Boston Garden
8 October 1994
Boston College vs Notre Dame game with Scott S in Boston
Alexis E
November?-January
December 1994
Baker Holiday Party with Lisa
Jennifer T
called xmas day after seeing Little Women
Lynetta F
17 January 1995
MEng acceptance letter (accepted before April)
20 January 1995
after midnight: met Jen at the airport
next day went to Little Women authors house in concord
signed guest book
watching when harry met sally with Jen, which make our friends gag
Jen's loose ends with Steve N
Feb 1995
STS (Science, Technology, and Society) minor
10 Feb 1995
Winter Carnival at Dartmouth
http://www.rare-posters.com/2110.html
"Whinter Whinding" concert with Jen
Scott S was also there
11 Feb 1995
took Jen to US Figure Skating Nationals in Providence, RI for her birthday
A Blitz Of Glitz On Ice: Skating: Real Championships Struggle For Attention
http://www.newsweek.com/id/106454
FIGURE SKATING; Another U.S. Champion Swirls in Controversy
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/20/sports/figure-skating-another-us-champion-swirls-in-controversy.html
12 Feb 1995
valentines day ball at museum of science
14 Feb 1995
heart necklace for Jen (went shopping with Steph at Burlington Mall)
26? March 1995
Sunset Boulevard at the Minskoff Theatre in NYC with Jen
(afterwards to Syracuse to see Scott)
MIT Spring Break?
March 1995
General Magic/HP trip
General Magic had be stay at Sheraton in Sunnyvale over on Matilda near 237
GM interview on 22 March 1995. lunch with Warren H and Norman A
HP took me to lunch at Japanese place on El Camino
HP had me stay at the Hyatt Rickeys
3 April 1995
General Magic offer
Wednesday, 5 April 1995
Tom Petty with Angie H and Steph S
Friday, 7 April 1995
Belly at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston
Easter (Sunday, 16 April 1995) Jen to Aunt Mary's (with Simanta and Joe? who were in Poolesville)
(is this the time of the "little boys" comment from Grandma T?)
was down that weekend for a Hughes interview in Maryland, stopped by after interview Friday
(got an salary offer that was bumped due to my MEng program)
met Dmitri S, a CMU grad that warned be away from Hughes, only to show up on other side of the interview table at Ariba a few years later
22 April 1995
Lynetta F's bridal shower dinner at the Four Seasons in Boston
I "loaned" Jen $200 to help pay for it
Saturday, 29 April 1995
Senior Ball with Jennifer (Theta Formal same evening)
Microsoft interview
put me up in summer intern housing
Exchange group
Home group
dinner with MIT alum at sky needle
Oracle interview
on campus, bank days of month cube puzzle question
in California,
missed shuttle from hotel (hyatt up by airport) arrived late for HR orientation video
lunch with Mark U, told him about Rebecca D, threats to look him up at NAIMUN's
JPL
phone interview with Erann Gat
http://www.flownet.com/ron/
17 May 1995
Linus Torvalds Speaks in Boston
http://blu.org/meetings/1995/05/meeting_report.html
I remember one thing from this talk:
"He even admitted, somewhat sheepishly, that the slides he was using in his presentation were done with Microsoft PowerPoint because there was no good tool available on Linux."
The audible gasps from the FSF folks in the audience were amusing. They probably thought he should use SliTeX.
graduation trip
Tybee Island, Georgia
Benjy, Brian, Jennifer, and Stephanie
Benjy's grandmothers house on the on Butler ave, near the corner with 1st street, great access to the beach
Benjy and Steph dancing at the club on the water
visit to River Street in Savannah
80's band lounge act at Holiday Inn
gun shots in parking lot
light house http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tybee_Island_Light_Station
The Tybee Bomb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tybee_Island,_Georgia)
7 June 1995
Jen makes it clear she wants to see me in California
Graduation (Friday 9 June 1995)
Boston Pops concert (with family)
21 June 1995 was in Syracuse to see Scott
went clothes shopping, got my first denim shirt, to be a bigger deal one thursday at Ariba
2x REM concerts at Great Woods with Dave L and Steph S (16-18 June 1995)
one was 16 June 1995
other was 18 June 1995
Lynetta and Doug's wedding (24? June 1995)
Other
memorable hacks - cathedral of the all night tool - police car on dome PE - freshmen swim test (where Simanta cramped up) - sailing (with Heather C) - skating (with Steph S (and Simanta C in loser class)) - pistol (with Elaine H) - ballroom dance (with Jennifer T) trips to SUNY Binghamton to see Lisa W twice - once when she was in dorm still - once when she was in house went ice skating visiting Bridget L in Albany on trip with parents between Boston and Syracuse. visit to Cornell to see Stephen S (drove with Melissa R who was going to sister Theta initiation) roommate was Stefan M, who I was later in CS 240 with at Stanford went to hockey game
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