I'm going to write something small each day until the end of March. I want to remind myself of small things in my life that aren't my thesis. Sorry if all this is too weird.
Mar 31. Sleep. (/changes 4, /dissertation)
Mar 30. A thousand and one installation programs by people who think they know best. (/conclusion, /abstract, /front matter, /changes 3)
Mar 29. Third-wave feminism. (/changes 2)
Mar 28. Computer nerds discussing philosophy. (/evaluation)
Mar 27. Hybris, the classic Amiga game.
Mar 26. Advertising on the Internet.
Mar 25. Mitochondria.
Mar 24. Voice dictation software.
Mar 23. Conceit.
Mar 22. People who have a lot of double-jointed body parts. (/implementation)
Mar 21. The ineluctable modality of the visible.
Mar 20. Music written for the 19 equal temperament scale.
Mar 19. Toffee apples which are mostly toffee.
Mar 18. Muscarinic, nicotinic, atropine, lobeline.
Mar 17. Jeans: they make even nerds look cool.
Mar 16. The average geocacher. (/design)
Mar 15. Old-book smell.
Mar 14. That moment in a Western when the bad guy enters the saloon.
Mar 13. Slime mould.
Mar 12. Hax.
Mar 11. Ducks on the pond at Sydney Uni.
Mar 10. The fundamental interconnectedness of all things.
Mar 9. The Krebs cycle.
Mar 8. Non-minimalist industrial design.
Mar 7. The flash mob craze of 2003, 2004, and 2005; the miniature flash mob re-craze of 2008; and the flash mob ennui of 2009.
Mar 6. Bioluminescence.
Mar 5. Adults who maintain a semi-ironic interest in cartoons.
Mar 4. Water slides with not quite enough water in them.
Mar 3. The cold.
Mar 2. Playing piano music much more quickly than it should be played.
Mar 1. Non-dairy cheese substitute.
Feb 28. Terrible science fiction novels.
Feb 27. "Woman In Blues". (/paper)
Feb 26. Words like "bluff", "indubitably", and "torrential".
Feb 25. Easter egg chocolate.
Feb 24. 80s-era synthesisers for children.
Feb 23. Moving to another country. Well, this is kind of a big thing.
Feb 22. Arduino programming.
Feb 21. Sourdough. (/componentisation costs)
Feb 20. Crushing things underfoot!
Feb 19. Finding the best baklava in the world.
Feb 18. Daal with enough spices.
Feb 17. 8-bit platform games.
Feb 16. Slinkies which only go down two and a half stairs. (/background, /changes 1)
Feb 15. One of those Japanese ghosts which have no legs, so must crawl along the floor.
Feb 14. o2 c2 c1 c1 o1 b2 b2 b2 b1 b1 o2 c2 c2 c2 c1 c1 c2 c2 o1 b2 a1 b1 o2 c2
Feb 13. Not being up at 3am... oh who am I kidding.
Feb 12. fsssht clunkfssht clunkfssssht clonk (/literature review)
Feb 11. click click zzzzzuuuuuuuup
Feb 10. clunk clunk clunk
Feb 9. Oh no! Perspex devils!
Feb 8. Well, this is all getting a bit maudlin. Building a laser cutter.
Feb 7. Not having a hobby.
Feb 6. Having a hobby. (/introduction)
Feb 5. Swimming.
Feb 4. Hamlet, in love with the old man's daughter, the old man thinks.
Feb 3. Persistent soap scum, light pink.
Feb 2. Red onions, chopped into long strips, and dropped into a hot, oiled saucepan.
(Feb 1)