It sometimes feels like all of the last week has been eaten up by computer-related issues. My Macbook finally arrived, and has been set up for the RMIT and home wireless networks. That last one took a while, requiring half an hour on the phone to Belkin in order to successfully diagnose problems with the new wireless modem router... but now I can ( Read more... )

I'm playing around with different ways of managing references at the moment.

Today's experiment is CiteULike. I'm sure plenty of you have been using it for years, but I hadn't really looked into it before. It's a social bookmarking site, broadly similar to delicious.com but with an academic focus. The usual features (tagging articles, seeing who ( Read more... )

I just got a PhD scholarship offer! Actual paperwork will show up at a later date, but the electronic version is still reason enough to celebrate :)

Now I can start making some more solid plans about what I'll be doing next year. Hell, with a three year contract this is more job security than I've ever had...

Today I recieved a flyer and application form for the Smart Services CRC PhD scholarships.

The two documents do part of their job well: saying "so, how sure are you that this is a good idea?" In terms of project or PhD information, they aren't so great. The CRC is quite new, broad in focus, and all the project information is much like you can see ( Read more... )

Walking outside during rainstorms. Hot chocolate from Fräus. Sleeping in 'til midday. Nectarine-and-apricot pancakes for breakfast. It's been a pretty good start to the holidays, so far. aeliel and I are heading off to Blackwood for a while, and should be back in town some time on Tuesday.

Just checked my results, too. I got most of the final wave of ( Read more... )

Essay Topic 1:
We are in a unique period of human history, where we are witness almost daily to some new technological innovation or discovery. The last century was about space travel and nuclear energy, but it has been suggested by the experts that the twenty first will see monumental changes with respect to medicine, via genetics and perhaps the ( Read more... )

I took a break from writing today, and decided to play with pictures instead...

It's been months since I last played with my camera. The incentive this time involved a nice day for wanderin' and an assignment that required a picture storyboard. I decided to try it comic-book style, just for something different.


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I've discovered why sleep doesn't seem to offer any real rest, lately. I've started actually writing essays in my sleep ( Read more... )

Despite a brief public appearance last night, I've returned to uni-imposed exile... at least for another week ( Read more... )

I think I've read, listened to and watched more online interviews in the past 24 hours that at any time in my life...

I switched back over to working on the feature article, and have been trying to get a sense of what my two subjects are like - from the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean. This would be much easier if I'd picked some local ( Read more... )