Monthly Archives: February 2012

The streets of Vail Village are actively heated by a set of boilers that burn $250,000 of natural gas each year to melt each snowflake as it lands. I was reminded of this tonight as a parked car’s headlights revealed … Continue reading →

Last minute packing complete. Snacks left behind at the last departure now at the ready for this one. Cab pickup scheduled for 5 AM. Next stop: Denver.

I spent my last morning in San Francisco at the UCSF radiology department, learning about the state of their facility and especially its equipment for MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery. In short, they’re very well equipped, and indeed clinical trials are … Continue reading →

At dinner Friday night I met a new friend who offered me a place to stay on Saturday. He said there were some people I ought to meet. He said the place was called Langton Labs. Getting there was a … Continue reading →

I stayed on a generous friend’s futon Friday night, in a spaceship-styled apartment on a hill south of the Mission. In the morning I set out to see the sights, by walking down to Mission St., and then up to … Continue reading →

This isn’t the first time I’ve been to Stanford, but it feels like it. Last time, by my recollection, nobody particularly wanted to talk to me about their work, I spent my first evening on campus utterly lost, searching for … Continue reading →

From the things you don’t see in Massachusetts department: 30-second ads on local TV for Cannabis, with a long list of conditions for which it is purportedly a miracle cure. I particularly got a laugh out of the dispensary’s appropriation … Continue reading →

T=0 Leave house. Forget carefully assembled bag of snacks on the counter. Oops. T=6 Catch the Red Line at Central T=15 Arrive at South Station T=16 Depart South Station on Silver Line T=30 Arrive at Airport Terminal A T=32 Terminal … Continue reading →

I’m heading to San Francisco, Stanford, and the Bay Area on Wednesday. I’ll be at Stanford for at least Thursday and Friday this week on business, but I arranged to be around for the next few days afterward because I’ve … Continue reading →