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The Tesseract free OCR engine is an open source product released by Google. It was developed at Hewlett Packard Laboratories between 1985 and 1995. In 1995 it was one of the top 3 performers at the OCR accuracy contest organized by University of Nevada in Las Vegas. The Tesseract engine source code is now maintained by Google and the project can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/

April 22nd
The wee hours of the morning.

So it seems I'm jetlagged. It's 2:21 A.M. I've accomplished little today. That's not entirely true; I have finally decided upon my apartment in Washington state. I've chosen The Audrey at Belltown, a luxury apartment complex between Belltown and Queen Anne commanding an impressive view of Elliott Bay (and, I hope, a commensurate allocation of Seattle's scarce sunlight). The specific unit I have in mind boasts a fireplace, an in-unit washer-dryer, and a dishwasher. While it's technically a studio, a sleeping area is apportioned off from the main living space.

Community amenities ultimately drove my decision. My final candidates had been the Mondrain APartments in the University District, the "Joey Ray" on Capitol Hill, Tower 801 downtown, and The Audrey. Mondrian was particularly affordable at $695/mo; however, reports of crime and vagrants left me a bit discouraged. I also had the creeping suspicion that living in a State College-like town could be fun but could also be alienating, as I drifted further and further from college. The Joey Ray was a pretty good apartment. It was situated in a charming residential neighborhood and the room I would have rented had a great hilltop view of the "cosmic syringe." The unit I toured smelled distinctly of cat though, and lacked many of the conveniences of modern living that The Audrey, at only $128 or so a month more, had. Tower 801 was nice, but The Audrey has a year-round indoor, heated pool and better views.

Also, the Audrey has laundry in-unit and a larger kitchen.