PhD thesis accepted 3- May 26, 2008 As of a few weeks ago, my PhD thesis was formally accepted by the university, after submission all the way back in November. Naturally, I&8217;m tickled pink, proud as punch, and all of that. My life&8217;s work from February 2004 to November 2007 all bound up into 200-odd pages. It&8217;s viewable online in fancy-pants Flash format or PDF. Big thanks to my two esteemed reviewers who provided excellent notes and comments, and a great amount of inspiration to milk it for all it&8217;s worth..http://thestaticvoid.net/drivel/328/PhDthesisaccepted Back to Bonn- May 15, 2008 Over the long weekend I went to Cologne and Bonn. I lived there in 2003, and it was the first time I had been back to Germany since leaving early 2004. When I first arrived there in 2003, it was my first real adventure, my first proper solo travel, and for all intents and purposes, the first time I had lived out of home. I was shell-shocked initially, but gradually got used to it, and started having fun. By the end, although I hungered for Australia, I did miss the place when I left. So now I.http://thestaticvoid.net/drivel/327/BacktoBonn Platypus 1- May 9, 2008 The platypus is a distinctly Australian beast: a product of isolation, necessity and a measure of mettle. A mixture of mammal and reptile, they are neither here nor there; the awkward, bastard child sequestered away to secluded waterways. A baby platypus drinks milk from its mother not from a nipple, but via milk which is secreted out of pores on the mother&8217;s skin. Although it nurses its young, a platypus lays eggs. Platypuses have no immune system, but synthesise their own...http://thestaticvoid.net/drivel/326/Platypus |