Hoody-hoo!
So apart from sheer laziness (and the fact that it’s spring break, so I’ve been reading like a book a day, which is awesome) there’s no particular reason that I haven’t been posting for the last couple weeks. I’ve intended to write some stuff about the ways in which English is different in Montreal, or about a certain Dutch artist that builds mechanical animals, and I’m still going to, but that’s kinda been overshadowed by the fact that I HAVE A FUTURE NOW SINCE I JUST GOT INTO GRAD SCHOOL WOOOOO. Specifically, the MS in Computer Science at William & Mary. No news yet on funding/assistantships, though that should be coming in a few weeks, and I still need to wait for any other offers, but damn. Before long, one way or another, I’ll actually have a place in the fabric of society again.
Assuming they didn’t make some sort of clerical error; I’m sure I’ll be neurotically obsessing over that possibility for the next two years.
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Scott said on March 11, 2010 at 4:44 pm:
Congratulations! Do you know what you will specialize in?
Harry said on March 12, 2010 at 2:17 pm:
More or less — They’ve got quite a few people focusing on algorithms and theory of computation-type stuff, and that’s pretty much what I’d like to be doing. Lots of sexy maths.
Julia said on March 12, 2010 at 9:06 pm:
Congrats! Also, since you have time on your hands and are using it well, you should read The Black Swan.. perhaps the author tries a little too hard to make the subject accessible to the general public and the whole narrative becomes less interesting that it would otherwise be… it’s worth a read though (although i am only half way through it). Some stuff will probably sound dull and obvious to you (good thing i didnt major in marketing!), but i think when it comes to reality and what we think we understand, what we don’t know is just as important as what we do know and it is cool to read those who stand up and try to develop this line of thought.
Julia said on March 12, 2010 at 9:07 pm:
miss you
remember our late night conversations at ursinus?
Harry said on March 12, 2010 at 11:18 pm:
Man, Julia, you’re like the fourth person that’s recommended that book to me! I’ll have to bump it up a few spots in the queue. You’ve read Malcolm Gladwell’s stuff, right? The Tipping Point and all that? He oversimplifies things sometimes, but he makes some great connections. I’m pretty sure you’d love every single word the man says.
Also if I had an extra digit in my bank account balance I would totally visit you over the summer. =)