Monthly Archives: October 2006

arcadian architecture

Last year, almost to the day, I was writing how the blackbirds had decided to abandon the carefully composed ad-hoc architecture for somewhere – it turned out – somewhere unknown. I’m delighted to announce that they’re back again. This time … Continue reading

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cold cloth back

We sing em the way you like it, I said. It is told in the market And it will be. You will be dead, the man said from the other side and saw that he was smiling. He put the … Continue reading

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fu-haiku

That, and the panic in her voice. He had remained true enough to himself for art to imitate life however feebly – to the very end of Miserys hackneyed adventures. They knew who she was, all right. More fu-haiku. What … Continue reading

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combined forces

When I was first exposed to wikis I couldn’t see an application. And then along came wikipedia and it seems a wonderful tool. It’s increasingly difficult (but not impossible) to find a gap in wikipedia’s coverage. One of my professors … Continue reading

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keep up!

It’s been a strange day today. My mum rang me to see if we were all ok. More than the ‘just touching base’ kind of call, one of genuine concern. While it’s always good to hear from Mum I was … Continue reading

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21st century haiku

Today, my good friend Oran (not a real name, a real friend, or real good) who lives, I suspect in either Nigeria, Pakistan, or one of the other previously Soviet ‘stans, sent me, humble little me, some original spam oops, … Continue reading

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aquaculture – design – update

Ah, I like it best when things start to get back to normal. It’s beginning to feel like forever since I wrote here. I’ve been cutting the code for Marica’s research (sorry, still not finished – the target was six … Continue reading

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