The sun is setting on the horizon, there’s about 30 minutes of sunlight remaining. Two sisters, on opposing teams, combined with 10 of their children, play soccer on the green field. There’s five 9 and over, three between 5 and 8, and two under 4. The goals are […]
Last Friday, I sent out my new email newsletter for the first time. There were a couple of problems for people that received it, which I haven’t been too happy about: (1) I changed DNS servers for michaelsampson.net about 10 days ago, and some internal DNS servers have […]
Professor George gave another seminar this afternoon, looking at how to carry out experimental research. Joey is self-taught in experimental research methodology (as opposed to being taught through a class). Agenda: – Definition – Pros and Cons – Checklist – Execution – Data Analysis and Write-Up Definition – […]
Joey George is a professor at Florida State University, and is here in NZ to spend time at the University of Canterbury. He is giving a talk on deception in computer-mediated communication. Joey has been studying this area for over a decade. Deception is present in 20-33% of […]
One of the benefits of working from home is having pictures delivered on a regular basis from my children. Today Tim, who likes Lego a lot, brought me this picture … Thanks Tim!!
After the two hectic days in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne, I had a slower-paced day in Melbourne. I did a bit of walking between the three meetings that I had, and that was a nice change from going everywhere in a rush in a taxi. At 10.30am, I […]
Waking at 3.17am … thus waking up 7 minutes before my alarm clock was due to go off. Seeing a little owl on the road at 3.55am. It flew off as I turned the corner. Driving to the airport with a pilot about to fly a plane to […]
Susanna (3) wanted me to bake gingerbread men with her this afternoon. We made 16 — the first 8 disappeared for afternoon tea — and the remaining 8 got iced before being consumed by hungry desert goers. I didn’t have the right icing equipment, so used (very clean) […]
Yesterday it was that day again. I was 36 … wow, I remember when my mother turned 36 … and now that’s my age. Where did those 20 or so years go … On Sunday night we had my Mum, Dad, Sister and Aunt come for dinner, along […]
Left-to-Right: David (11), Matthew (10), Professor Chris, and Philip (9) Professor Chris Rogers, from Tufts University in Medford MA, was in New Zealand for some sessions on robots and engineering. There was a general session on Thursday night, and I took my 3 oldest boys. Eric Mack will […]
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