Category archives: Vindaloo
Discussions of the spice of life, spices, and/or life.
Academics shouldn't blog? (Though I try to avoid blogosphere auto-wanking...)
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I know, I know, who reads this blog for meta-comments about blogging? No one, yet I can't help it...
There's an article on Ars which includes this little quote:
Ultimately, I think the answer to this dilemma is pretty clear: graduate students simply should not blog, and if they do blog they should never do ...
Muscles Sliding Under Skin
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It's really just muscles sliding under skin
Maybe a well-placed bit of fat
Lush roundness to smooth the curves
Yet it pulls the eye off course
Perfect geometry as line folds into shadow
Folds again into still-hidden geometries
You want to sketch, to freeze that moment
Capture the mind in the transition forever
But then ...
Days of curry and defeat (And slumber)
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Had a rather pleasant evening hanging around and chatting with Lara on Saturday. However, went rather late, so I was not in particularly good form come Sunday afternoon for the game with grams. She managed to edge me out and win the tournament 3 games to 2. She snookered me twice on the black! Evil ...
Yay! Lara's coming over! (Thai curry shall not go to waste)
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I tried making a Thai curry for the first time today. It's not spot-on (used Indian curry spices (so it's Yellow Curry), regular ginger, that kind of thing), but it is very tasty. The coconut milk is so rich that it becomes a very forgiving dish (much like Indian curry, come to that).
I decided ...
Key words for computer recycling... (Toronto Environment Day)
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I've had some old computer parts (particularly a UPS) sitting in my room waiting to be recycled for ages, but I never got around to figuring out just where I need to take them. So this morning I decided to figure it out (though why I waited until I don't have access to a car ...
Ping! Pop! Zip! (I feel like running around hugging people!)
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I love this feeling! I wish I had a forest nearby. I love being out in a forest in the middle of a thunderstorm when I feel like this. Well, I always love being in a thunderstorm, but especially when I can feel the connection.
Or dancing. Dancing is always perfect when I'm in this ...
All ya need is love (Du-du-du-du-du)
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Just had one of those neat moments of universal love. You know the feeling; the one that says "isn't this just an incredible world, filled with wonders and glories too numerous and subtle to list". Aren't people just so powerful and deep that you just want to make them all smile? An upwelling of joy ...
I need to spend a few years studying philosophy (Wikipedia addiction takes hold again...)
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Just couldn't force myself to sit down and program today, but neither could I find anyone who wanted to get together and discuss ideas. So, being a hopeless geek, I started writing some political screed or another for you screed-loving people; but every time I referenced someone I found myself tripping through the highways and ...
Clintonian Virgin (Why hasn't this phrasing taken off?)
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There are a few uses of it on Google, and there's a number of references to "virgin in the Clintonian sense", but the phrase itself just doesn't seem to have picked up the momentum I'd thought it would based on its coolness factor.
I mean, it's an oblique enough reference not to be too salty ...
Messages from Trois Pistoles (Rosey's aquatic excursions...)
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Rosey has been accepted onto the Toronto School Board's eligible-to-hire list. That means (AFAICT) that she may get (part-time/temporary) teaching work within Toronto starting in September. You can read about it on her blog...
Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.