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Next it was time to head north, so I made my way through airport security taking this risky picture ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1101 before renting this car in San Jose ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1102 and heading to the Hotel Avante in Mountain View to settle into my room with a sloping bed, ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1103 a limited closet door, ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1104 the best supplied desk I've ever ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1105 and an avant garde sink mounted on, not in, the counter. ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1106 Next, I walked down the street to the Indian restaurant where they served all of this food ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1107 and the bread ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1108 for about #5 which I why I'm happy in the self portrait ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1109 or maybe I knew I'd soon see the laser cut materials in the back of Jacobo's car ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1110 and be able to hold one of the new gaskets ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1111 as we headed off to the Laser Shop ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1112 where Jacobo marked the occasion but the proprietors were not home ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1113 so we went to see OtherChefRob ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1114 but I am not yet able to divulge the details of the secret project I observed there ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1115-X ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1116-X ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1117-X but I was allowed to observe OtherChefRon's car and hear the details of its various demises ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1118 ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1119 ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1120 ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1121 ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1122 and then drive to Half Moon Bay to take our standard walk and admire the cost of real estate ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1123 before stopping to see the dinosaurs on the way back ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1124 ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1125 and then having bread ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1126 with pictures of Jacobo ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1127 and this self portrait ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1128 before his calzone ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1129 and my pizza arrived ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1130 and I began the challenge of taking a self portrait of myself with my food ../../../Sabbat/2005/07.23-08.06.05PrincetonSiggraphGoogle//IMG_1131