“We see things as we are, not as they are…” Isaac Asmiov
Thick as Thieves always reminds me of being at school (in Woking) with two great friends: Gareth and Richard. Both now live in North America on the west coast: San Francisco and Vancouver respectively. Some things really anchor you to a place and time - music does it everytime for me.
We are no longer as thick as thieves…
My Aunty died yesterday - she was the funniest person I know. She always made me laugh. I associate crying a lot around her never before with sadness.
I’ll miss you. And that bowl of sweets 
“Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.”
Just read this and struck me in two ways:
Assuming that ‘Enlarging’ is equivalent to growth in this instance then I am a very lucky bod, as I love and am loved by some wonderful people and I have a number of interests which I love and which sustain me (of which one is of course blogging!!)
VBG
I took the day off yesterday to celebrate my son’s first birthday.
Here he is with his Mum at my sister’s wedding last week.
Its a truism to say time flies however it has seemed so since his birth. So much change!
BTW Its my father-in-law’s birthday today. The two are sixty years apart!
I’ve not been feeling well over the last few days. Possibly something to do with having some dodgy posture thing going on which ash meant I’ve had a very sore wrist for some time. Right now my body has decided enough is enough and is inventing painful areas everywhere. This is particularly unpleasant.
It also means I’m behind in my work (but then who cares about newsgroups anyway?), my family aren’t particularly feeling loved ‘cos I’m so grumpy and the cats aren’t even talking to me.
Its a times like these that I wonder why I gave up alcohol, meat and hallucinogenic drugs (in that order).
Anyway blogging may be light for the next few days…
Oh and I still can’t get my FOAF file to work properly when I add a friend. Can anyone suggest some idiots guide to building this stuff?
Yesterday my daughter was awarded her 200metres award in swimming. I feel very proud of her. Today we also received a video of her dancing presentation which was performed at a local theatre.
She is a gem.
This is my friend: Richard T. Vaughan’s homepage
I haven’t seen him for a while. He does very clever things with Robots or as he puts it:
My research concerns the mechanisms of intelligent behaviour in populations of machines. I am particularly interested in devices that are small, fast, simple and cheap.
My research interests include:
Intelligent networks
Animal Robotics
Tools for network control and simulation of large populations
Minimalist robotics, micro-robots and micro air vehicles
Highly autonomous robots and software agents
Artificial life
Associations
Member, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Associate Member, The Free Software Foundation.
Hope to see him soon.
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