snow in cambridge

Three days after the official start of spring, winter came (back??): We got loads of snow in the morning. It was very nice although it melted in the afternoon :( Shakir, who has never seen snow before, was really enthusiastic about it.

sightseeing in cambridge

Jarno, Arbora, Shakir and I enjoyed sightseeing in Cambridge. We went to the museum of classical archaeology with its fantastic sculptures from the Roman and Greek Empires. After that, we went to the folk museum and saw how living in Cambridge was centuries ago. Shakir guided us to the tower of St. John's college from where we had a fantastic view at Cambridge! Then, we had a look into the Fitzwilliam museum before we enjoyed a concert in King's college chapel. We finished the day with Indian food and some ales afterward.

hillwalking in lake district

Last weekend, we went again to the Lake District to climb some of the hills there. It was quite fun although we suffered from strong wind, rain, and hail (at least on Saturday).

office guns

Today, I randomly found the office guns homepage: How to build reasonable weapons from stationary... Cool stuff! http://www.officeguns.com

trip to ely

Jarno and I went to Ely by bicycle. Instead of a nice path for bikes we had to go on public footpaths, which essentially means across meadows. That was quite exhausting, especially if you do this for 15 miles (3 hours). Nevertheless, Ely Cathedral was very nice to visit. On the way back we took a "standard" main street.

visit in london

Yesterday, I went to London for a couple of hours. Mainly because of a seminar in which I gave a talk about my research. After struggling with technical things it went OK I think. Anyway, I met a lot of people I knew from before, e.g. Christian or Dilan. The 10 hours in London were definitely worth it!

the deadline

Yesterday we had an important deadline. To meet it we switched into "work-only mode" with increasing working times. Unwanted. Example? If the deadline is Friday and you find discover that your theory is wrong (Friday morning, 1:30 a.m.) you have to rewrite the paper and your code. Resulting in 20 minutes sleep that nigth in which I found the answer to the problem. That was luck! Anyway, now I'm back in "normal mode", which is probably better for health and stuff. Next deadline is in 2 weeks...