Back in Business

My laptop is back from repairs with a new hard drive, a new motherboard, and a new lease on life. I have apparently forgotten how to draw in that time, but no matter, it'll be just like the good ol' days when I was first writing this blog.

So what's been happening while I haven't been writing? Quite a lot and not much. There's a lot of stuff that's been on the brink of happening for a while: I've started working on a neural model of concept formation (which I'll try to explain one of these days), there's an iGEM hackathon coming up this weekend (the largest current piece of documentation about this project is available here as a PDF; again, I need to work on a better explanation of this), and the Canucks just got destroyed in the playoffs (or so I gather from the final score).

I find it a little concerning that I'm getting increasingly lazy about trying to communicate the stuff I'm working on (y'know... brains mumble models, biology mumble design software). It seems that I've finally gotten too busy making stuff to be as enthusiastic about talking about making stuff. This is a bit of a problem since I think the types of projects I'm working on are things that need to be talked about, both because "the world has to know!" but mainly because it's easy to forget how little I understand about my work until I start trying to write about it. I keep wanting to put together a super awesome multimedia webcomic rollercoaster seminar presentation ninja film extravaganza showcasing these things, but I just can't seem to find the time. Fortunately, with the return of my laptop, my ability to make ninja film webcomic seminar things has just gone up twentyfold, so you never know.

Thanks for reading about me being too busy working to write about work. Come back next time when I may talk about what work I'm working on. Work.

Parties: I am the most fun at them.