Unusual but interesting meeting tonight. I gave a demo of frassle; it was a little nerve-wracking at first because frassle's basic functionality has lots and lots of rough edges, but by the time I got to the cool stuff about learning category relationships it was well received.

It's clear at this point that I should put together a guided tour of frassle. It will be demoed at least once in the next few days, and if people are coming to it without a real guided tour from me, they will need some explanation. The interface does not, at present, explain itself.

I also brought my roommate Josh. He seemed to really enjoy the meeting and I'm sure we'll be chatting about it during the ride to work tomorrow morning. Another new visitor was Sarah, who is a smart and charming postdoc researcher blending social science and medicine. Many good conversations before, during, and after dinner, and I'm still riding high from my little demo.

One other note. I don't know if anyone noticed, but famous Harvard (ex MIT) linguist Stephen Pinker was sitting at a nearby table in the Bombay Club. On my way back from the restroom, I saw someone sitting at a table and thought, geeez, that guy has hair just like Stephen Pinker. I walked around, and there he was!