tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post4900210983036515242..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: Desert DawnHobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-61866921919023554842012-01-16T13:45:37.561+00:002012-01-16T13:45:37.561+00:00It is Pembroke - but colleges do look quite simila...It is Pembroke - but colleges do look quite similar. :)<br /><br />I've since moved closer to the centre of town...<br /><br />Toodlepip,<br /><br />HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-72939608800858251732012-01-16T13:30:09.625+00:002012-01-16T13:30:09.625+00:00Those pictures looks familiar, isn’t that building...Those pictures looks familiar, isn’t that building the Pembroke College? it looks very similar to the building where we stayed during this period. <br />Organic chemistry is fun; it’s mostly about cooking in the lab :).<br />NNorberThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228796938738530343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-83992442361044762552012-01-16T10:43:17.898+00:002012-01-16T10:43:17.898+00:00Dear Norbert,
There was a time as a schoolboy w...Dear Norbert,<br /><br /> There was a time as a schoolboy when I was convinced that I wanted to study organic chemistry at university. :)<br /><br /> I'm in machine learning / statistics / information engineering, the subject that, twenty years ago, would have been called "artificial intelligence". We don't use that name any more, for reasons that are probably apparent...<brHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-48289847605282064212012-01-15T23:06:33.514+00:002012-01-15T23:06:33.514+00:00Dear Hobbes
My subject is organic chemistry, I sh...Dear Hobbes<br /><br />My subject is organic chemistry, I should finish in a half year, months of painful writing are coming. I was once in Oxford to follow some lectures. It was in january 2010 when everything was under snow, its a very nice city. And what is your subject? I know it is something with computers :)<br />regards<br />NorbertNorberThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228796938738530343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-1357955178164746342012-01-15T22:17:23.024+00:002012-01-15T22:17:23.024+00:00P.s. This haiku is from an early-morning flight a...P.s. This haiku is from an early-morning flight approaching Dubai. It is the first time that I have seen a real desert. Nothing but sand dunes. Mile after mile, just sand dunes. The rising sun cut them in half; one side bright, one side still in shadow. Imagine my surprise when the sand dunes abruptly changed into the gleaming skyscrapers of the city itself. It reminded me of the Emerald Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-4493582300534019462012-01-15T22:15:03.218+00:002012-01-15T22:15:03.218+00:00Dear Norbert,
Thanks for the link - I have adde...Dear Norbert,<br /><br /> Thanks for the link - I have added your blog to my Google Reader, and look forward to your future posts.<br /><br /> I read that you're a PhD student in the lovely city of Milan - what's your subject?<br /><br /><br /> All the best,<br /><br /> HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-44127336193675505202012-01-15T14:11:28.725+00:002012-01-15T14:11:28.725+00:00Hi Hobbes
I am following your blog for a while, an...Hi Hobbes<br />I am following your blog for a while, and it became one of my favorite reading. I started also a blog, its on the very beginning, so if you have some time take a look at it. <br />http://norber-t.blogspot.com/NorberThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228796938738530343noreply@blogger.com