(b)logophile

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 [...]

Off tomorrow to the EvoLang conference, in Rome. Wheee! Back Sunday evening.

I’ve been typically lax about putting the word around, so if anyone hasn’t heard yet about my housewarming: consider yourselves invited. It’s this coming Saturday, starting early because Bos en Lommer is far from the centre and the trams/metro stop running at midnight. Contact me for directions, it’s close to the metro station De Vlugtlaan. [...]

Clive Thompson’s blog collision detection put me onto the extremely addictive little flash game Chaos Theory. It’s pretty cool, but not in itself worth re-blogging. But Clive (whose blog is a great collection of weird research, as well as simple-but-addictive time-wasters) also mentioned that the highest score he had achieved was 121. (The game gives [...]

So it seems I barely got back, and I’m leaving again. This time a quick week in Venice and the surrounding area, again a family effort. The thesis is coming along, it will benefit from a change of scene. Back on June 5th, by which time I will be a year older and hopefully sunburnt.