December 2008 - Savas Weblog - Microsoft Research Community

Travel blog - Day 14

I think I am falling apart :-) Yesterday, while helping the dive master push the boat, I seriously cut my foot. I am now limping. My back is seriously sunburned. And my legs are full of itching spots. My guess is that it’s the aftermath of the bug situation...

Published 12-01-2008 7:51 AM by <savas:blog />

Travel blog - Day 15

Back in Mexico. I woke up relatively early. The hotel didn’t serve breakfast so I made my way towards the Belize-Mexico borders, which were only 10mins away (last night I thought they were further away). At the border, I got bounced a bit but cleared...

Published 12-02-2008 12:14 AM by <savas:blog />

Travel blog - Day 16

It’s almost over. Today, tomorrow, and then I am flying back :-( I woke up with a huge headache. Didn’t sleep much. The local “Christmas” beer from last night did its trick (well... it could have been the combination of how strong it was and the number...

Published 12-03-2008 12:14 AM by <savas:blog />

Travel blog - Day 17

The “swimming with the sharks” day :-) So, I woke up early to get ready for the dive. The difference between this PADI dive shop and the one in Belize was extraordinary. We actually followed proper procedures... filling in forms, checking of certifications...

Published 12-04-2008 12:15 AM by <savas:blog />

Travel blog - The good, the better, the geeky (oh and those bugs)

It’s been a wonderful experience. 17 days in the Yucatan peninsula and Belize, plus a daytrip to Guatemala. My love for road trips, for exploring, for being on the move all the time was reinforced by this trip. I feel lucky I had the opportunity to explore...

Published 12-05-2008 1:02 PM by <savas:blog />

At the 2008 Microsoft eScience Workshop in Indianapolis

Just one day after my return back to Seattle , I flew to Indianapolis for the 2008 Microsoft eScience Workshop . The transition from the sunny Mexico to the cold and full of snow Indianapolis is fun :-) It’s great to be here and see this community before...

Published 12-08-2008 11:25 AM by <savas:blog />

Carole Goble as the first recipient of the "Jim Gray eScience Award"

On Monday, Microsoft Research awarded my friend Prof. Carole Goble with the first ever “Jim Gray eScience Award”. I am very very very happy for Carole. She fully deserves it. She’s done and continues to do some amazing work in eScience. Congratulations...

Published 12-09-2008 9:56 PM by <savas:blog />

"Web" vs "REST" APIs

If you are a REST ferian or REST -fanatic, please look away now. This is my regular rant about the term “REST” :-) <rant> I am seeing the term “REST” everywhere these days, as an annotation of things that obviously do not follow the architectural...

Published 12-11-2008 1:16 PM by <savas:blog />

James moving to Amazon

James announced to the world (and it’s all over the tech news) that he’s moving to Amazon . This is a huge loss for Microsoft but I am super happy for James because, as he says in his blog post, change is good. Through my interactions with him, I came...

Published 12-14-2008 12:29 PM by <savas:blog />

Building an MGrammar-based application for Famulus

At the 2008 Microsoft eScience Workshop , Alex Wade and I presented a tutorial on Famulus. The video recording is not yet online but you can download the slides . The tutorial was mostly filled with demos so you should check out the recording when it...

Published 12-18-2008 2:10 AM by <savas:blog />

Woo hoo... ski season is here :-)

Working from home today, which is probably true for most around here. Nothing moves outside, at least in my neighborhood :-) Read More...

Published 12-18-2008 1:18 PM by <savas:blog />

Famulus and M - Added "symmetric" relation

Continuing my previous experiment , I took few mins this morning to add support for “symmetric” relations to my little inferencing engine for Famulus. Here’s an example (starting with a clean Famulus store): Read More...

Published 12-19-2008 3:21 PM by <savas:blog />

Quotes from Sowa’s book

As I was reading Sowa ’s “Knowledge Representation – Logical, Philosophical, and Computational Foundations” , I noted few funny quotes. I don’t know whether Sowa heard them from others or they are his. Commenting on a bad but common practice: “Code first...

Published 12-24-2008 1:42 AM by <savas:blog />

Queen Anne covered in snow

Many of you might have heard about the snowstorms that have hit the US over the last week or so. I live on a hill, not far from Seattle’s downtown, called Queen Anne. The roads in my neighborhood get really icy every year, making driving around a very...

Published 12-24-2008 9:02 PM by <savas:blog />

"Eventually Consistent"

Great article by Werner Vogels . Read More...

Published 12-26-2008 7:31 PM by <savas:blog />

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