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Getting Ready for AoIR

I leave tomorrow afternoon for the AoIR conference in Vancouver (17-21 Oct.). I am excited, as I always am when I get to travel, but the days leading up to boarding that plane always have me doubting my sanity on many levels. Laundry, cleaning, packing, making sure the presentation is (properly) assembled with content inContinue reading “Getting Ready for AoIR”

One foot out the door

The other one still in the room. I have been home for a week now and I have done little, except playing some really addictive (and geriatric) solitaire games I downloaded many eons ago. I met with my new advisor and talked about the upcoming year, projects and people. The meeting was energizing, finally getting toContinue reading “One foot out the door”

Recycling Woes

After barely a week at home, I send out my first batch of recycling to be picked up this morning only to have one of the dedicated recycling bags thrown back into my walkway -rejected. I was confused and a little bit angry about it. Guess I have to get used to the city’s ideaContinue reading “Recycling Woes”

Unwanted Nostalgia – more Facebook rambling

As I sit here on yet another night, contemplating Facebook suicide, I am struck with strong feelings of unwanted nostalgia. So much of my Facebook experience has been about ghosts from my life (lives) past resurfacing; from early childhood friends to old party friends and extended family I haven’t spoken to in at least 10 years.Continue reading “Unwanted Nostalgia – more Facebook rambling”

Thoughts Among Distractions

It isn’t that early in the morning, yet I am finding myself struggling with concentration. The air is heavy with humidity and sound travels clearly. Today is the trials for Montreal’s annual Formula 1 races, and all I can hear are the cars zooming around and around – the track is a good 10km awayContinue reading “Thoughts Among Distractions”

Playing with Aesthetics

Although I liked the crisp clean look of the template the site has adorned over the last few weeks (days maybe), I am still poking around for the template that does all that I want it to do and still looks like me, if I was a blog page of course.

Public & Private: Beyond the Web

Surely the web is an ambiguous space to think about the line between public and private. For many, the ‘public’ space of the world wide web is often accessed through very private quarters – a living room or one’s bedroom. The comment posted on my last public/private rant is well worth the read, as itContinue reading “Public & Private: Beyond the Web”

A Question of Aesthetics

And identity of course. I am struggling with finding aesthetic peace here at wordpress; not for the lack of options, but rather quite the opposite really. With blogger, I had a limited amount of templates to choose from, and any alterations or personalization was done through the code of the template. Often time consuming, andContinue reading “A Question of Aesthetics”