PS

16Apr09

Post Scriptum from the airport: I received the invitation so late and my flight is leaving so early, I did not get a chance to tell Carlos I was going. He rarely checks the blog- Could someone write a note on his wall so he does not worry? I would do it myself, but facebook is down for maintenance. They are calling for my plane now. I have to get going!


I will be gone for the weekend. I received a surprise offer to speak at a conference in Ulan Bator. Has anyone else heard of BALAL? I was planning to head to that area next month, just a matter of changing the tickets.

I will be giving my presentation on privacy in an information age. I cannot seem to find my powerpoint on the paper…It must be one of the files I misplaced last week


Progress

13Apr09

Well, it looks like I may have everything together in time for the talks coming up these next few months.  Work is going well (or at least smoothly).  It seems as though I may finish this quarter’s objective list.  Still, I cannot help but think the project is missing something- some essencial element or flavor.  Something is still flat, or coarse.  When I settle on the proper metaphor, I will be sure to let you know.


Evolution

01Apr09

Nano-informatique et Intelligence Ambiante


Last night I had the third of a sequence of dreams that goes something like this:

dream 1 – in a very defined space/context, for instance a high school courtyard.

dream 2 – in another space, let’s say a clearing in a forest.

dream 3 – I am in space 1. I turn my head realize that it and space 2 are the same place. I had viewed each space from only one perspective and find spatial continuity by changing the angle of my gaze. The effect is always surprising and not a little surreal.

(But then, aren’t dreams by definition surreal?)

I used to have this type of dream set frequently in my college years and haven’t experienced it in quite a long time.

I wonder…


Library

10Mar09

Card catalog? Really? How passé .


Tweet!

28Feb09

TRISH’s twitter is up and running, but she doesn’t have much to work with yet. Full functionality will be forthcoming. I suppose I could tell you when exactly, but would it not be more fun to follow her now and be surprised later when she ‘tells’ you herself?


Another letter

02Feb09

I received another one of those cryptic letters in the mail this week, this time post marked from Versailles.  I scanned it and stashed it away with the others.  I have half a mind to get the police involved.

(NB: scan forthcoming)


Late

12Jan09

One would assume that a forward-thinking institution could solve a simple matter like providing available parking on its premises.


I went back home for the holidays- got nothing done.  Evey time I sat down at my old desk, Mother called me downstairs for one reason or another.  Nothing new, but on one particular occasion, I returned to find my files out of order.

Carlos says I had to get my disregard for privacy from somewhere.  What rubbish.  Regardless, I think I will refrain from further visits, at least until the next stage of development is published.  What they wanted with my notes on Mongolia is anybody’s guess.