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Grad Student Orientation Event this Friday

Hi friends,

Sorry for the relative dearth of posts recently. There are a few reasons for this:

1. We are in scramble-to-get-it-done mode for prepping our DEMO Fall05 here at the startup. Our biz-dev guys are down in Long Beach now getting ready. Check out live video updates at http://www.demo.com/

2. I've been catching up with a lot of friends and family lately

3. I've been putting some time into my own hobbies.

Hopefully things will change soon and you will start to see more posts.

Later this week, I will be back on campus! I have been volulntering my time to help out new incoming Grad students. The department will be hosting an orientation lunch on Friday to welcome the new students. For those of you that have been busy asking me questions all summer, this is a great chance for you to network with your future peers and I highly recommend it. It's really true that you will probably meet your best acquaintances at orientation. It'll be nice to finally put a face to an email address and I'll be able to give you the inside scoop on how to get RA and TAships, getting around paying tuition, finding jobs and venture capital, the local housing situation, and what are the best seafood bars in Silicon Valley.

Looking forward to meeting you all,