When I got home from Queenstown on Wednesday, Parsnips came running to the door to greet me, and wouldn’t leave my side for the rest of the day – I think she must have missed me. No sign of Pushkin though. I wasn’t too worried, because she loves the outdoors, and now that the weather…
Sometimes I really love my job. This afternoon, the university’s HITLab (which stands for Human Interface Technology, for the uninitiated) had an open day. And as we have quite a bit to do with them (we collaborated on the CityViewAR app, for example), our boss suggested we go and have a look around the other…
What’s making me smile right now: A brisk walk home under a dark and threatening sky – I made it home without getting rained on, plus I’m feeling energised from the exercise. And now the fire is roaring away and soon the house will be nice and warm. I made a start on a big…
This is one of my favourite things at this time of year: I’ve got a large wintersweet bush in the garden, and for about 10 months of the year it’s an ugly, scraggly looking thing that I’m tempted to just rip out. But then at this time of year I remember why it’s worth keeping. …
on’t get used to me posting this much – it’s just because for a change having time to post and something to post about (or at least, pretty pictures to fill the page :-)) have coincided. I’m sure to drop off again come February. But in the meantime, pictures of cats “helping” us unwrap presents:…
I am very very very tired. Some of that is because I went to my boss’s place for a Christmas party last night (which was really nice – it was a beautiful evening so we sat out in his garden and talked and ate and drank until the sun went down – very relaxing), and…
inally I’ve got my new computer! I almost had it a couple of weeks ago, but then I didn’t. But that’s a story best told with a ridiculous number of photos (don’t say I didn’t warn you). So, without further ado, how to build a computer: Except it wasn’t. Because that’s where it all started…
Yesterday was not the best birthday ever. For a start, deadlines and panics meant I had to go to work, and it was a frustrating day with all sorts of technical problems putting us even further behind (though on the plus side, one of the analysts did go out and get pastries for afternoon tea…
As usual when life gets busy, I get worse at journalling. The main thing that’s been taking up my time (apart from work), is studying. I knew the Honours year is a hard one, but I didn’t know it would be HARD. We’re only three weeks into term, and I’m already finding it a…
Well, not really, but I couldn’t think of a more interesting title. It was the first meetup of the year, though. My threats to stop organising obviously worked, because we had a good turnout for a change: Rarsberry, Otakuu, Kiwiviv, and Bruce, Stephanie and Linda (one day I’ll remember their bookcrossing names!). The venue was…