It snowed again in Halifax, driving in was pretty slushy but uneventful. Elizabeth and I wandered around downtown for a bit, picking up some plane food at Freak Lunchbox (to balance out the stuff we got at the health food store in Truro) and browsing through the books and goodies along Barrington street ( Read more... )

The tomatoes are ripening, the weather is nice and things seem generally under control.

Bruschetta and pasta tonight!

Christmas was good, lots of family and food and time spent running around and getting ready with rottenfruit. Our parents met. I had my first encounter with the nut loaf, which was excellent. We saw frozen rippled sand, like a photograph of water you can walk around (which made up for the lack of snow until yesterday). Gave and got some nice things. Came ( Read more... )

I have arrived, luggage and all, in London. The flight was turbulent at times but on time and pretty uneventful. I've found where I'm staying but have to wait for check-in time, and I've found "London's cheapest Internet cafe," which won't let me do anything laptoppy... but it'll do for now. I remember there being one that was just as cheap and ( Read more... )

Alive, well, and with a clear path to the end of term.

Four things to do before mid-December, two of them should be down before long (or else).

I've been out biking in the snow, discovered the Arch Café with rottenfruit, beaten my head unsuccessfully against a Hardy inequality, eaten reasonably well and had a few good sleeps. I should be able to do this ( Read more... )

Regulars have probably noticed already, but the Wikipedia just got prettier. Yummy.

I also have ternary heapsorting coded for our custom doubly linked lists in Flash. Yippee!

You know it’s windy out when your soup threatens to blow out of your spoon.