16 Feb 2006 Farewell, Canberra. Hello, New Zealand. (australia, new zealand, photos by me)

So long, Canberra, you bird-dominated and oddly silent little town.I went for a jog last night through the city center and saw maybe a dozen people…. The air was humid and smelled nice, and little blue birds fluttered through the park around Lake Burley Griffin.

15 Feb 2006 MLSS ‘06 (artificial intelligence, australia, machine learning)

So, the 2006 Canberra Machine Learning Summer School is winding down.

14 Feb 2006 As Promised, Pics of Yellow-Headed Canyon Dwellers (australia, photos by me)

Muchly delayed, but finally up.Link.

12 Feb 2006 Canyoning and the Blue Mountains (australia, photos by me)

So last weekend I went to Sydney and to meet Amy, and we drove out to the Blue Mountains.

07 Feb 2006 I’m More Ready Than You Can Possibly Imagine (australia, photos by me)

I’m more ready that you can possibly imagine.I found this sign one one of many abandoned buildings in Canberra…. has a certain feeling that it was made to hold far more people than live here.

04 Feb 2006 A Blood-Red Bird (australia, photos by me)

What Canberra lacks in humans, it more than makes up for in the quantity and variety of its bird life. I must have seen a dozen different species while I was out jogging by Lake Burley Griffin.

04 Feb 2006 I Have Arrived! (australia)

This is going to have to be quick, since my battery is low and I don’t have an adaptor yet, but…

03 Feb 2006 How I spent February 2 to February 4 (australia)

I can’t hook up my camera right now to upload my pics of Canberra, so instead, here’s a photoshopped map of my flight across the Pacific.

31 Jan 2006 Well, I May Finally Have Something Worth Writing About (australia, me, new zealand)

Goin’ on a tripFar awayI am leeeeeeeeeeaving todayOn myRooo-oooo-ocket shipRock…. Ship.