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I Think I'm Paranoid (Manipulate It)

Hmm, well. It was pointed out to me that blogging about work, especially when said work can be identified provided you read American Rhapsody with enough care, wasn't necessarily the smartest thing to do.

But nobody reads me, I thought. I get a few dozens of hits a day, mostly on the French pages, and none of them from anywhere near here. And I haven't been that harshly critical. And I'm only here until September anyway.

Still. I have written things I would have kept to myself had I been writing under my own name, and I'm clearly not that far from doing that anyway, so I taken a few posts (or parts of posts) down.

Nevertheless, I'll have you know that I have no idea where the reams of paper are kept. The printers seem to always be magically refilled whenever necessary without requiring any external intervention.

And if I have the courage, I'll write about re-reading Jane Austen sometime soon. Don't expect anything deep, though: it's been done too many times by more gifted than me.

Tuesday 21 July 2009
09:15
in Blogging Matters

I Told You So!

Yup. I did it at last! After months and months of toying with the idea and talking about it, I upgraded AmRhaps to dotclear2 (which had, in the meanwhile, moved from 2.0 to 2.1.5), adapted my theme to the vastly irritating new format, and created an English section.

And obviously, I made it happen when I am tremendously busy, having to finish an insane amount of projects before (1) my officemate and collaborator graduates (2) a conference deadline (Advisor and I are submitting two papers and I am loosely participating in a third one) and 3) I leave for Israel, where I am going to spend the whole summer interning in a very nice industry research lab, while two projects will keep moving on with only my remote assistance (three weeks from now... and I still don't have my plane tickets, which is driving me insane).

But the good news is, although I am getting more than my share of stress, wondering if I will ever get my PhD (the other student in the lab who started the same year as me graduated Friday morning -- to be exactly accurate, I should mention a third guy started in the Fall of 2005, but he quit the program, so I guess I'm not in that bad of a shape), and more generally speaking completely losing it, going to Israel means I get to spend some time in France both in June and September. And that, readers dearest, is beyond cool.

Especially when topped with the sweetness of the discovery of Tel-Aviv and Haifa (and I hope, many more places), the mental break of being away from the lab, and having the same mornings and evenings as France (moving from nine hours behind to one hour ahead is going to be quite surprising, I'm sure).

Wednesday 20 May 2009
20:24
in Blogging Matters

At the Moment

I read

Novels by Ross Macdonald, Len Deighton, and Elmore Leonard (but not all at the same time).

I listen to

Minor Majority, Of Montreal, Porkupine Tree, Angelfish, Léo Ferré, The Nationals, Sarah Vaughan, The Ditty Bops, Absynthe Minded, Mozart, Stamitz, Bill Evans.

I am

busy, busy, busy, oh, and did I mention busy, delighted by Oscar Wilde (One should always be a little improbable), a little improbable, still very much of a bloody leftist, heathen atheist, and a woman scientist.

Deep Thought

'To leave is to die a little. But to die is to leave a lot' (translated from French)
[Alphonse Allais]

(Almost) Legal Mentions

(Dammit this one joke only works in French. You're missing out.)
Not recommended for children under 36 months.
Please handle carefully.
Ask your pharmacist.
Suitable for infant feeding.
Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health problems.
Beware of the kitty.
Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.
By the way, smoking kills.*
 
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