Xerox Science Consulting Program

My supervisor, Mike (he's the only other guy in the last picture), is involved with Xerox's Science Consulting Program, which goes into a school and does a lesson on some science subject about once a month. I tagged along a couple weeks ago and helped the kids program a robot to transverse a track they constructed. They wrote commands like turn_right and forward_5x. Whenever a group's program worked the whole room of third graders cheered loudly.


Crossing fingers hoping it works


Robot navigating the path


And it succeeds

Fourth of July 2009

I was able to make a trip to Boston for our the 4th of July since most Xerox employees got a four day weekend. I slept on a couch we managed to jam into Jose's room. The trip was definitely worth it since there is always a ton of things going on at school during the holiday. I managed to make it to a couple bbq's, this one being the MITES bbq.


The weather Friday and Saturday was always great, so I could not resist snapping some pictures.

Friday night a couple of us made an attempt to go the Preview Concert that the Boston Pops hold July 3rd. It's kind of a rehearsal of the concert they play on the 4th. I say kind of a rehearsal since I didn't think rehearsals were as packed as this. We showed up 15 minutes late, half expecting to be able to see something, but that didn't pan out so we went and ate in Chinatown instead.


Along with china town I also was able to satisfy my craving for India Quality, the best Indian food I have come across thus far.

I had originally planned to watch the fireworks from a rooftop on the Boston side of the Charles River, but the brick wall to the right obscured the view when the first few shot off before the actual show began.


So we moved to the Harvard Bridge, and the show did not disappoint!