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Nick Kirsch

06/24/2006

We woke up at 5:30. I spent some time reading/writing email from the blackberry. It’s

nice to stay in touch, but boy is that inefficient. Hopefully in the future we can get

some wireless access from the apartment – if we intend for our off-hours to be productive.

Otherwise, I want to find some interesting places – seeing Dave walk around in his

underwear is only amusing the first time. ;)

06/23/2006

Up at 6 and over to Caffee Manya for a hot breakfast. I ordered an omlet (which

is scrambled eggs unless you specific something else), potatoes, sausages, and

a latte. Dave and I talked about the previous days events and enjoyed watching

the people.

We arrived at Isilon about 9:30 – the first to arrive. We had a 10 AM

interview with Denis, who is a kernel programmer at SWSoft. Andrey considered

06/22/2006

The alarm rang at 7, but I didn’t get out of bed until 8:15. The jet lag, lack

of sleep, and absythne all caught up with me. I spoke with Eriko while Dave

showered. We decided to take a different route to the metro. It wasn’t faster

(and possibly was just a tad longer) but it was in the shade - which was nice.

We stopped by a bookstore, but it was closed.

06/21/2006

Dave woke up at 5 and I woke up at 6. In the morning we goofed off and I called

Eriko. She was doing well and Zack visits were very helpful. Dave was superbly

pissed as he ruined his shirts in the laundry - or thought so until washed them

again. We left the apartment 8:15.

We headed towards Aravaskaya which was close to a pedestrian only shopping

street that Alex had told us about. We got a little turned around and had no