2002 Wrap-Up - The Good and the Bad

Thu Jan 2nd, 2003 01:53:18 AM EST

It's the time of year for making lists. Here's mine: good and bad stuff from the last year.

• bad - gave up on fencing at the Stanford club
• good - started taking taekwondo
• bad - gave up on taekwondo after four quarters
• good - road biking
• good - Kevin Smith's talk
• bad - Maestro Schmitter died
• good - talked to Don Knuth
• bad - paper deadline
• good - Las Vegas with MSU Fencing and Knights of Iron
• good - The Amazing Johnathan
• good - French kissing contests
• good - Usenix Technical '02
• good - free laptops, especially when they're ThinkPad T30s.
• bad - homicidal car drivers
• bad - apartment Ethernet that randomly goes down for extended periods
• good - bike computers
• good - Usenix Security '02
• good - no more glaucoma medication
• good - Michelle
• good - Ashley and Azalia, and the Michigan Renaissance Festival
• good - contact lenses
• good - new road bike!
• bad - speed dating
• bad - Full Moon on the Quad
• good - Kate!
• good - our paper at OSDI '02
• good - Christmas in Wisconsin
• bad - Kate's cat Zoey died