It’s hard to believe it, but I’m almost halfway through finals week. I’m finished with three of my tests, and have one more on Thursday. I’m feeling pretty good about my performance on yesterday and today’s tests (Digital Design and Software Development Tools). I finished both with time to spare and was confident about my answers to every question. I’m a little bit less confident about my statistics exam on Thursday, but with a little more preparation I’m hoping it will go well too.

Unfortunately, the end of the school year means that everyone’s moving out of the cluster and going their own separate ways. Paul headed off to Washington, D.C. early Sunday morning, and Masa-san departed for Japan this morning.

On the evening before Paul left, we took one last group picture of everyone in the cluster, plus a few friends.

The Cluster Date/Time: 2006:06:04 02:58:46 Camera: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D70 Aperture: F4 Exposure Time: 1/60 s ISO: 800 Flash: Yes Size: 2069x1659 Focal Length: 18 mm click to enlarge

Sorry about the fact that I haven’t posted anything in so long. After the engineering open house, things started to get really busy as the end of the quarter drew near. That, combined with the fact that I’ve been moving Ordered Pixels to a new server, and I was without my primary computer for two weeks, is the reason for my recent absence. I have a lot of photos that are ready to be posted, as soon as I write up posts for them.

In the meantime, since I don’t normally post photos of myself, here are a couple nice ones that Ayumi has taken of me over the past few months.

Hiroki and Me Photographer: 佐藤歩 Date/Time: 2006:05:13 16:35:50 Camera: FUJIFILM FinePix S7000 Aperture: F5.6 Exposure Time: 1/400 s ISO: 200 Flash: No Size: 453x604 Focal Length: 7.8 mm Show Location

About to devour some 鍋焼きうどん Photographer: 佐藤歩 Date/Time: 2006:05:03 20:38:56 Camera: FUJIFILM FinePix S7000 Aperture: F2.8 Exposure Time: 1/60 s ISO: 320 Flash: Yes Size: 453x604 Focal Length: 7.8 mm Show Location

Walking along Golden Beach Photographer: 佐藤歩 Date/Time: 2006:05:13 18:59:12 Camera: FUJIFILM FinePix S7000 Aperture: F6.3 Exposure Time: 1/500 s ISO: 200 Flash: No Size: 453x604 Focal Length: 11 mm Show Location

Ayumi, Hiro, and Me at Golden Beach Photographer: Ploi Notklao Date/Time: 2006:05:13 18:48:48 Camera: KONICA MINOLTA DiMAGE X60 Aperture: F3.3 Exposure Time: 1/500 s ISO: 50 Flash: Yes Size: 604x453 Focal Length: 6.3 mm Show Location

Hopefully I’ll be posting more photos soon, once I’m finished with finals.