{"id":356,"date":"2006-07-09T01:35:57","date_gmt":"2006-07-09T06:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=356"},"modified":"2006-07-09T01:37:25","modified_gmt":"2006-07-09T06:37:25","slug":"greetings-from-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/07\/09\/greetings-from-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings from Seattle!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/185293811\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/48\/185293811_f026b2f53d_m.jpg?resize=240%2C195\" width=\"240\" height=\"195\" alt=\"Greetings from Seattle!\" align='right' hspace='10' vspace='10' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;m happily ensconced here in Seattle for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigevo.org\/gecco-2006\/\">GECCO 2006<\/a> (one of the major conferences in evolutionary computation, my primary research area), and managing to sneak in a few pictures now and then.  The photograph above isn&#8217;t a great one, but it shows the mighty mountain in the distance, which isn&#8217;t something one sees all that often.  The shot below is of the Seattle Public Library (the white glass building in the foreground), which is one <em>cool<\/em> building.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m missing WeatherGirl and Sub-Evil Boy&#8217;s World Cup party tomorrow, all in the name of science :-).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/185297528\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/58\/185297528_499850fa23.jpg?resize=367%2C500\" width=\"367\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Lots o' geometry\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/photography\/\" title=\"Photography\">Photography<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/18\/wonderful-little-film-about-paul-rand\/\" title=\"Wonderful little film about Paul Rand (18 Nov 07)\">Wonderful little film about Paul Rand<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/20\/with-joy-shall-ye-draw-water\/\" title=\"With joy shall ye draw water (20 Nov 07)\">With joy shall ye draw water<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m happily ensconced here in Seattle for GECCO 2006 (one of the major conferences in evolutionary computation, my primary research area), and managing to sneak in a few pictures now and then. The photograph above isn&#8217;t a great one, but it shows the mighty mountain in the distance, which isn&#8217;t something one sees all that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/07\/09\/greetings-from-seattle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Greetings from Seattle!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[4,11,1,20,12],"tags":[869],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-5K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":355,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/07\/04\/tons-of-travelling-at-the-moment\/","url_meta":{"origin":356,"position":0},"title":"Tons of travelling at the moment","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"4 Jul 06","format":false,"excerpt":"Sub-Evil Boy just got back from an excellent week with family in a strange land without any internet, which accounts for the silence from both of us. 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