Alexander Mendez
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14 April 2014

Long Exposure

It has been close to three years or so since the last one of these. So much has changed since then.

  • Published a paper (X-ray + IR AGN).
  • Advanced.
  • Working on the next paper (AGN Clustering).
  • More collaborations (mass clustering).
  • Invited talks at Berkeley, Dartmouth, and Yale.
  • Job talks came and went.
  • Accepted a postdoc at JHU this fall 2014.
  • Working on thesis.
  • Travel: Mammoth Cave, KY; Atlanta, GA; Berkeley, CA; Stanford, CA; Santa Cruz, CA; Boston, MA; Hanover, NH; New Haven, CT; Princeton, NJ; Baltimore, MD; Silver Spring, MD; Washington, DC; Lopez, WA; Vancouver, CA; Tucson, AZ; Carbondale, IL; Louisville, KY; Chattanooga, TN;
  • Concerts: Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Death cab, Muse, El Ten Eleven, The Hood Internet, Pretty Lights, Cage the Elephant, Manchester Orchestra …
  • New (to me) Trek 1400 bike. New fisheye lens and time lapse gear.
  • Finished the Monome. Finished GIS art projects. Finished CNC (Whoa it has been a while).
  • Different apartment.
  • Lost some friends, improved other friendships, and made more.