Palfrey's life

Life moves on. Did the presentation I had to do on Wed ("Overview of Localization for Wireless Sensor Networks"), which went pretty well - despite the laptop not talking to the beamer (ack, using Dutch term for projector - despite the fact that the Dutch word for projector is something similar, they use the term "beamer" when they're talking in English... very confusing). Thankfully, one USB stick later we're up and running on someone else's laptop. Given I'd only just finished writing the slides the previous evening, and I'd *never* actually tried to talk through the presentation, it went very well. Guess the practice of trying to explain my PhD stuff to everyone (give me a couple of glasses and some pens, and I can explain *anything*) has helped.

Saw Ines again on Wed evening, but due to my being completely knackered (long day + plus not enough sleep this week), couldn't stay for very long. She seemed pretty pleased to see me tho, and I was informed that I should get more sleep before next week so that we might actually speak for more than 5 minutes... it's probably nothing, but I'm still happy.

raygungothic's latest post referenced amicu, who has chalkcircle listed as a friend. Didn't know either of you two had an LJ (appears that wasn't the case until recently), but welcome! Guess we're moving towards world+dog scenarios.... not a bad thing, higher connectivity in these networks is good. On that thought, got added to Orkut by rikrose. Had been thinking about joining, so when he mentioned it 'twas good. If you want in, you know how to find me.

From mercyspeaks (via sclerotic_rings's friends page)

EXOTIC FOREIGNER ALIAS = Favorite Spice + Last Foreign Vacation Spot
Oregano Crete

SOCIALITE ALIAS = Silliest Childhood Nickname + Town Where You First Partied
Banana Ealing

"FLY GIRL" ALIAS (a la J. Lo) = First Initial + First Two or Three Letters of your Last Name
T. Pa

DIVA ALIAS = Something Sweet Within Sight + Any Liquid in Kitchen
Sugar Milk

GIRL DETECTIVE ALIAS = Favorite Baby Animal + Where You Last Went to School
Kitten Delft

BARFLY ALIAS = Last Snack Food You Ate + Your Favorite Drink
Twix Midori Sours

SOAP OPERA ALIAS = Middle Name + Street Where You First Lived
Edward Curzon

PORN STAR ALIAS = First Pet's Name + Street You Grew Up On
Bugsy Curzon

ROCK STAR ALIAS = Any Liquid on the Bar + Last Name of Bad-Ass Celebrity
Vodka Rickman