Today I had a four-hour meeting with my thesis supervisors, and got their cautious approval for a radical plan: I’m changing the topic of my thesis entirely and starting pretty near from scratch, with one year of funding to go.
It’s not as crazy as it sounds. Michael Franke (yes, the Iterated Beer Response dude) and [...]
I’ve started putting the photos from our holiday in Greece online. Only started, there are heaps to come yet (links with dotted underlining go to pages that haven’t even been started yet) but there’s already a bit to see. I’ll post here again when it’s finished, but by the looks of things that might be [...]
Matt has put his photos of the Glendalough trip on Flickr, there are some beautiful shots. (And yes, those are my feet.)
It’s not a typo, although it might not actually be a word… Via Last.fm user WerkshuwTuig I came across a script asking “How eclectic is your musical taste?” Apparently I’m hitting 96/100, which tickles me pink and breathless.11. I’ll admit that I’m gaming the stats to try for an increase: having Béla Fleck and [...]
Another photo gallery.
In Wanganui I stayed with Ian and his fiancée Katie. Ian is a pilot and flying instructor, and I finally (after many years of promises, of living in different places and of foul weather when we did coincide) got to fly with him, in a wee four-seater with Katie and a friend in [...]
My camera arrived today, which gave me the final push needed to start putting my photos online. You’ll find the beginnings at http://picasaweb.google.com/tikitu; I’ll post here every now and then as I get new galleries up and running.
First up: The Golden Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Association Show (the A&P show). The annual show combines a [...]
Apparently there’s an exercise for the new logic masters students, to find out stuff about people in the far-away land of Nieuwe Doelenstraat. Just to be helpful, then: my bachelors was in Computer Science, at Otago University (New Zealand), and then I did the logic masters right here in Amsterdam. Other people with a sciencey [...]
I’m launching a new unbusiness venture.
Every now and then I get asked to proofread something written in English, usually by a second-language English speaker. I’m one of those odd sorts who actually enjoys that sort of thing, but not enough to do it for free. I’ve always felt odd asking for money though, and even more so nowadays with [...]
I turned 25 a couple of days ago (quarter century! woo!). This would hardly merit blogging, except that there’s a nice numerological coincidence with my father’s birthday, which is today. (And his father’s is the same day as mine… it’s almost like they planned it.) He’s turning 50, which makes this cool for a couple [...]