Category Archives: real-life

This and that and the other thing

Posted on 24 August 2010 by cajo

Today was a long day that started at 5:00. I had to enter the essay marks for the SE course and it took a while to figure out how to do that. Our university seems to be moving more and … Continue reading →

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Vive la France

Posted on 21 August 2010 by cajo

Yesterday I had to pay a visit to the French consulate to apply for a visa for my upcoming trip. It was not a too-unpleasant experience, which is not to say that it was pleasant in any way. I had … Continue reading →

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Community service

Posted on 18 August 2010 by cajo

I went to a talk today by Illah Nourbakhsh about the Gigapan project. It was very good: entertaining, informative, and also somewhat thought-provoking. I won’t go into the details of gigapan, except to say that it is a cheap camera … Continue reading →

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Mountaineers

Posted on 13 August 2010 by cajo

The metaphor of a mountain of work is sometimes apt, but there are other times when it feels more appropriate to think of a team of mountaineers trying to conquer several peaks at once. This weekend is one of those … Continue reading →

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Ghost week

Posted on 12 August 2010 by cajo

For some strange reason I have thought and told my SE class that next week is the last week of the term. This must have confused them a lot, and I realize now that I got it all wrong. There … Continue reading →

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Inaugral

Posted on 10 August 2010 by cajo

This evening I went to Willem Visser’s inaugral professorial speech. In fact, there were two inaugrals: Ingrid Rewitzky was first, and she was followed by Willem. I found both presentations interesting. Perhaps I was more intrigued Ingrid’s more because I … Continue reading →

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Biorhythm and blues

Posted on 3 August 2010 by cajo

The notion of biorhythms has been discredited, but since there are naturally high points and low points in one’s emotional, physical, and intellectual life. It is natural to interpolate the idea of a cycle. Don’t want to gripe, but at … Continue reading →

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Digest

Posted on 1 August 2010 by cajo

Last week was a busy one. I hope to have a little more “free” time this week to deal with (at least) my enormous email backlog. I don’t mind working hard because I plan to go away for the long … Continue reading →

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Night falls

Posted on 26 July 2010 by cajo

It’s been a long day and I am glad that it is finally over.  Got up at five, did some work, went to the office at six, did some work, bitter disappointment, OK-ish lecture, home to nap, and finally a … Continue reading →

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SLIW

Posted on 25 July 2010 by cajo

I have heard about SLIW for many years (mainly from television) but I have always dismissed it as a problem that affected other people. In fact, for a long time, I doubted its existence, but now I find that I … Continue reading →

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