Ah, Bangkok. The full name is “Krungthep Mahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathani Burirom-udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amonphiman Awatansathit Sakkathattiya Witsanu Kamprasit”, which means something about angels and gems. Officially home to 6 million people, but unofficial estimates place it at twice that. Hottest major city in the world, and one of the most densely-populated. Bangkok was my…
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Adventures in Asia, Part 8: Escape from Phu Quoc
Finally, the day came to leave Phu Quoc. Our plan had always been to take the ferry to the mainland and then the bus to Saigon, where we have flight out of Vietnam the day after we leave Phu Quoc. However, when Janelle went into town to get tickets for the charmingly-named Superdong ferry, she…
Wizard People, Dear Reader
Well, Nando and I managed to finish our paper for ICML late Friday night. No, not that ICML, this ICML. I was mostly just glad to get it over with. I was working 14-hour days and getting progressively sicker — I’ve had the same cold for almost three weeks now, and it’s been attacking me…
A Date with John Waters
Just in time for Valentine’s, everybody’s favourite creepy pervert indie filmmaker is looking for a date. With you. Well, that, and he wants to sell you his album. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it now: God bless YouTube. I ordered the CD online before the video was even done. “Let’s be hillbillies and…
there will now be a brief delay while I do… Science
Adventures in Asia will continue, but not until after the paper submission deadline for the 2007 International Conference on Machine Learning this Friday.No, you suck.