well, Rin and Rodders both leave the ville tomorrow, Rodi flying home to Guadalajara for a few weeks, then on to his new postdoc in cheeseland (France), Rin driving home to the Mornington Peninsular to get a real job, get her thesis written, and just basically get out while she still can.
here they are [...]
The problem with getting feedback, especially from people who are cleverer than you are, is that they often immediately identify the parts of your work that you were hoping they might skim over - the ones that you yourself know aren’t really up to scratch.
They also begin by making general statements about how great your [...]
In March I’ll be starting a postdoc at the University of New South Wales. However, I’m not so sure about this whole Sydney thing.
When I lived in the big smoke before I loved it - but I’ve changed since then. Sure I still like going to the pub, seeing movies, eating good food past [...]
There comes a time when you get too big for playground equipment - it’s a sad time. Here’s Dunc learning the hard way!
MySpace and Bebo are lame.
There, I’ve said it.
Guy Marion tried to convince me otherwise at my birthday dinner, going so far as to say, “I bet you a case of beer that, within a month of setting up your MySpace page, you’ll have been contacted by 10 of your best friends from your past”. [...]