My hand might have been forced by the availability of acommodation but I'm really enjoying life in the city (despite the hour it takes to travel to Berkeley). There's something very pleasant about stepping off the BART into the buzz of the city center every evening.
My favorite moments so far are those like last Sunday evening, which I spent in my favorite bar Cafe Royale watching a really good jazz three piece while finishing off the last of my work emails. A great bar where its totally acceptable to use the Internet. Is this what heaven looks like?
I'm aware that my life so far here in SF might not have made the most interesting blogging, but that will change! Tomorrow night I'm off to Annie's Social Club (a rock venue I've heard a lot about) to watch the Flatliners. I will of course tell you all about it.
My favorite moments so far are those like last Sunday evening, which I spent in my favorite bar Cafe Royale watching a really good jazz three piece while finishing off the last of my work emails. A great bar where its totally acceptable to use the Internet. Is this what heaven looks like?
I'm aware that my life so far here in SF might not have made the most interesting blogging, but that will change! Tomorrow night I'm off to Annie's Social Club (a rock venue I've heard a lot about) to watch the Flatliners. I will of course tell you all about it.
*** WARNING - WORK STUFF FOLLOWS ***
I had another meeting with Jay from the Hydrowatch project today and I got to see the sensor nodes that they've been using to monitor micro-climates in the Sierra Mountains.
Jay and his group have developed a generic model for planning and provisioning solar-powered sensor networks. Their model validates a lot of our existing choices and will be useful in our next phase of deployment.
Also, examining their kit revealed that they use a single low cost chip to monitor current flows, whereas we currently use our own specialised board with several components. Switching to these chips will save me significant time and improve the accuracy of our sensor readings, which is great. I'm still hoping that I may be able to wangle a field-trip to the Hydrowatch site before Christmas - it would be great to see the kit at its deployment location.
Anyway, that's enough time spent writing about work... I still have some more that I want to do tonight!
Also, examining their kit revealed that they use a single low cost chip to monitor current flows, whereas we currently use our own specialised board with several components. Switching to these chips will save me significant time and improve the accuracy of our sensor readings, which is great. I'm still hoping that I may be able to wangle a field-trip to the Hydrowatch site before Christmas - it would be great to see the kit at its deployment location.
Anyway, that's enough time spent writing about work... I still have some more that I want to do tonight!
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