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January 21, 2006
New York, Day 2
My second day in New York was spent visiting some of the popular sites. Here are the pictures with captions:
My first stop was the at the New York Public Library, where they try to keep everything free.
In the library's lobby.
One of the library's study rooms. The other study room, which had computers, seemed much more popular.
Grand Central Station: I got some food inside.
Empire State Building: I waited about 1.5-2.0 hours to go to the top.
Looking south from the top of ESB. My roommate, Alex, wanted a picture of the Statue of Liberty. Well, the Statue is in this picture; it's about 2 pixels tall. You might be interested to compare this picture with this one.
Still looking south, but downward. The street that cuts diagonally across everything is Broadway.
Looking north, the greenish patch in the middle of the city is Central Park.
So that sums up my trip. I'm sorry that I didn't try to be a story teller this time, but I can only be creative 3 times per year, and I didn't want to waste 2 instances on this New York trip.
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January 15, 2006
New York
So, I went to New York City about a week and a half ago for a job interview. Fortunately, I had some time to explore the city, so I can tell you a little about my excursion. We start off on the night of January 3rd, when I arrived at my hotel and took the elevator up to my room on the 7th floor. To my surprise, I was greeted in my room by three women.
I thought it might be fun to lie on the bed and take a picture of myself in the mirror. This is the only picture I took of myself during the trip.
It was late, and I was hungry, so I headed South down MacDougal Street and stumbled upon a small Mexican restaurant. I ordered myself a burrito plate and tried to get some mango juice, but they had run out. The burrito plate turned out to be quite large, but I ate it all, which I may have started to regret as the night wore on.
After my meal, I decided to go North. I passed through Washington Square Park, encountering a large Christmas tree under an arch and a man who wanted me to buy him a hot dog. I only have a picture of the former.
I continued northward up to Union Square, where they have a farmers' market three days each week. The picture below (which, unfortunately, is a bit blurry) was taken from the middle of the lot where the farmers' market is held. It depicts a Barnes and Noble bookstore, my next stop on my journey.
The Barnes and Noble store was quite large, spanning four stories, and I made the obligatory stop at the computer book section, spotting a book that makes mention (with a screenshot) of Taco HTML Edit. Considering that it was getting late, I decided to return to my hotel, the Washington Square Hotel, and watch the conclusion of the Penn State game. During the return trip, I strolled into a nearby Starbucks coffee shop, hoping to warm up by drinking one of their cold hot chocolates. I arrived at the hotel and crashed into bed after a long day, uneasy about sleeping under the gaze of three strange women. I knew that tomorrow would bring its own curiosities.
To Be Continued...
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January 12, 2006
MacBook Pro
This is my first week back at school. I'm basically taking one real course (Artificial Intelligence), a couple one-hour courses, and a bunch of research hours. On Tuesday, I ordered one of the new MacBook Pros from Apple. I got a pretty high end model (with the extended warranty; seems like new computer model with new chipset architecture is more liable to have problems). They're not scheduled to start shipping until February, so it'll be some time before its in my hands. Maybe, I'll engage in the common Mac-user practice of taking digital photographs of the unpackaging of a new Mac when it arrives. Last week, I went to New York City for a job interview. I'm going to try to post pictures of my travels soon.
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