Staybridge Suites in Princeton is a nice place to stay. It’s in the price range of the cheaper hotels (Best Western, Holiday Inn Express), but it’s set up for longer term stays. I’ve got a little suite, with a bedroom separated from the main area, a kitchenette (fridge, stove, sink, dishwasher), and a sitting room. The cabinets are socked with plates and glasses and stuff. They serve breakfast (with a self-serve waffle maker!) and a “sundowner” dinner buffet, which are included. I’m connected through the complimentary high speed internet. They’ve even got a little DVD rental machine, where you put in money, swipe your room key, and get a DVD. I’m not totally sure what the downside is. Maybe that there’s no meat market hotel bar (“OMG, did you see Frank’s face when I said 3%? I mean, 3%! HA HA HA HA HA!”) , no restaurant, and it’s a block off the highway.
Pleasant dinner last night with the guy I’m working for down here. Turns out that one reason he hasn’t been responding to much email is that the other two “director” level people in bioinformatics have left their positions … leaving him with a lot of extra responsibilities. Plus, he’s been renting the house next door while rebuilding their own house. The new setup is sw33t. We sat around drinking wine, assembing Ikea furniture and talking about what we hope to get done this week. His kitchen is a model which one could do worse than to emulate.
The machine I’ll be working on today has 64 processors and a quarter terabyte of RAM. I am filled with geeky joy.
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