The Crab Pot

Dinner with Chin-Yew at The Crab Pot. King crab's really good!

Redmond, God

Now I'm in Redmond.
The immigration officer at San Francisco Airport
was puzzled to see a Japanese guy
emerge from a plane from Beijing,
wearing an Ichiro T-shirt.
When I told him I work for Microsoft Researh Asia,
he (an XP user) instantly complained about Vista.
Of course I told him to wait for Windows 7.
But we really should listen to what he said:
"You change things too often!"

The customer is god.

Note that Haruo Minami the singer never said this.
what he actually meant was "The audience is god".




A memorandum from my twelve-hour flight from Beijing to San Francisco:
A fourteen-year-old Chinese girl, avid fan of Japanese comic books,
especially Death Note, sat next to me. I hope she will become a manga artist
some day and make her dreams come true.

Invited Talk at iDB 2009 Workshop

My travel itinerary:
- July 16-17 Redmond
- July 19-23 SIGIR, Boston
- July 27 invited talk at iDB 2009 Workshop, Kobe
- July 28 IPSJ SIGFI committee meeting and talk, Kobe
- July 29 Fly back to Beijing

Dumb Questions

Javed Aslamに論文のことでちょっと聞きたい事があってメイルしたついでに、「SIGIR来る？」と書いてみたら、彼はSIGIR 2009のgeneral chairだった。やってもうた。

Michael Jackson Forever

おもわずMichael JacksonのHistoryを聴いた。
久々にRock With Youで号泣。
あれ？これMichaelの作った曲じゃなかったのか。
でもDon't Stop 'Til You Get Enoughもやっぱりいいな。
要するに私にとってのMichaelはThrillerじゃなくてOff The Wallなのだな。
ご冥福をお祈りします。