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Fourth of July Fireworks at Colgate (and other randomness)

Monday July 4th, after coffee time

Yet Another Beautiful Picture Of Colgate

Let's summarize the past month in a PowerPoint-style bulleted list:

  • Being busy can be both rewarding and frustrating.
    1. Sometimes it is rewarding
    2. Sometimes it is frustrating
    3. Usually it is some combination of the two

Phew I would *not* have been able to pull that off without PowerPoint. Actually I don't really care about PowerPoint, unlike these people...

Why is any of this relevant? Well... It's that time of summer at Colgate. It's hot, humid and it's starting to empty out. The PowerPoint thing was just a loose association (I should make a bulleted list > Bulleted lists are on PowerPoint slides a lot > I should do a web search for people who hate PowerPoint).

The Research

If you think loose associations are a bad sign, wait until you hear this: I've been getting paid these past seven weeks to make them 8) It's this wonderful thing called Research. Two years ago I did some interesting stuff on Visual Features of Graphs, combining some interesting Computer Science with Cognitive Psychology.

This year is a little more serious. I'm working on a novel way to implement some spatial data structures. In case you didn't realise those words work together (i.e. you are not a Computer Science person): click the link. I've been doing this under the supervision of Professor Ohsumi, who has been a great help so far. I feel very... up to speed... on C++ if I do say so myself 8)

So yah... research is going great. I'll post more on it once I have the fancy graphics that are inevitably show up in my research ;) The goal is to have the documentation widely available once the actual code is done.

Oh yah and before I forget: here is a nice home movie of the Independence Day fireworks at Colgate. If you have a subwoofer I recommend turning the volume up nice and loud... Enjoy. I'll post some other movies on the downloads page. Note how I cleverly avoided using the word 'torrent' for that link ;)

Comments:


  1. hooimama:

    It's alive! It's a miracle!

    Great movie!

    After coffee time? No wonder you didn't sleep last night!

    reply to this comment
    (2005-07-05 08:37:32)

  2. Bridget:

    That's great! Thanks for putting that up =O)

    reply to this comment
    (2005-07-05 11:21:33)

  3. Sista Kim:

    Very nice indeed! Did you check my Rhodes pictures?

    reply to this comment
    (2005-07-05 13:41:48)

  4. Sista Kim:

    by the way, nice squirrel!

    reply to this comment
    (2005-07-05 14:51:19)

  5. Oclee:

    Hi Pieter,

    Great video ! also the only thing i understand at once on this page.
    I'll give the textbit some another try's.

    Cheers!

    reply to this comment
    (2005-07-05 14:56:05)

  6. Kaleena:

    Hey! Awesome video! This 4th of July was low key for me, so I didn't go see any of the major celebrations. I'm glad you got to! See you soon ;)

    reply to this comment
    (2005-07-05 15:12:42)

  7. Sista Kim:

    inspired by Kaleena — #6 Hi Kaleena! How are you? How are you interviews going? We are keeping our fingers crossed for you!

    reply to this comment
    (2005-07-06 10:52:57)

  8. Hooimama:

    Hi honeys!

    Are the two of you having a good time moving Pieter's stuff?

    Pieter, give both Kaleena and Clarice a big hug from me!

    reply to this comment
    (2005-07-09 13:34:15)

  9. Bridget:

    Oh where in the world are Pieter and Kaleena? =Op

    reply to this comment
    (2005-07-18 17:41:43)

  10. Hooimama:

    inspired by Bridget — #9

    Bridget, Pieter is home! In Holland! Arrived the day before yesterday (Sunday) with a delay of only 7 hours!
    And the last time I spoke to Kaleena she was in Washington!
    Where are you?

    reply to this comment
    (2005-07-20 01:45:09)

  11. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    Happy birthday to you!
    Happy birthday to you!
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR Piet0r!
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

    reply to this comment
    (2005-07-22 18:06:12)

  12. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    inspired by Arjo Hooimeijer — #11 CEST of course ;)

    reply to this comment
    (2005-07-22 18:06:52)

  13. Franca:

    Vraag me niet hoe ik hier terecht kwam; it just happened :S

    reply to this comment
    (2005-07-31 16:18:07)

  14. Sista Kim:

    inspired by Franca — #13 DE Franca?

    reply to this comment
    (2005-08-01 11:21:00)

  15. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    I'd say it's time for a new posting.

    reply to this comment
    (2005-08-04 06:24:35)

  16. Hooimama:

    inspired by Arjo Hooimeijer — #15

    Hear hear!
    Listen to the brother, brother!!!

    reply to this comment
    (2005-08-05 01:56:42)

  17. Bridget:

    I'm going to have to second (or third, rather) that motion! =OP We are waiting at the edges of our seats.

    reply to this comment
    (2005-08-05 13:11:49)

  18. Hooimoeder aka Hooimama:

    inspired by Bridget — #17 Indeed we are!!

    reply to this comment
    (2005-08-10 06:32:36)

  19. Franca:

    inspired by Sista Kim — #14 Yeps, die van schuin-achter ;)

    Maar ik ben dr weer weg van, want het is niet netjes zomaar ergens binnen te vallen (hoewel ik het dan ook weer niet netjes vond ergens per ongeluk binnen te vallen en niet even te laten weten d谩t je per ongeluk binnenviel). Dillemma dus.

    In elk geval de groeten aan iedereen :)

    reply to this comment
    (2005-08-13 08:48:21)

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