Which is a shame.

When I were a lad growing up in deepest darkest Essex I used to make mix tapes for girlfriends, before they were girlfriends, to woo them. I was thinking the other day that soon people won't be able to do that, it'll just be a playlist on a scratched iPod or something, which takes out the heart of it. Having to listen to the whole thing from start to finish, pressing pause between tracks, thats what made the thing special, and future generations won't have that. Even making a CD is different, unless you make a cover. Which is a shame.

Blah blah blah

Its been awhile again...
Writing thesis. Have RSI in my right arm, and possible left too. Submitting jobs to the grid and CERN batch farms (watching the output arrive in your inbox is a bit like how I imagine watching racing pigeons come home feels like). Trying this interweb dating malarky. Writing thesis. Trying to sort out a job.

And thats that for now.