For what it’s worth:
I’m back in Turkey, currently in Ankara and soon in Antep, after an extremely eventful two months.
My rate of posting in this blog shows no sign of changing.
However! I hope that this year will feature a more even balance between my teaching and my research, my work here in Turkey and my [...]
It’s been a crazy few weeks– what with flu and paperwork and friends and teaching and all manner of things– so it’s been quieter here than I intended. But there’s at least a little seasonal spirit in Antep, with Christmas cookies and plans for a few celebrations.
Merry Christmas, everyone, however you observe it.
I’m afraid this is nothing but an exhausted post again– I taught for eight hours today instead of my usual Wednesday four, as one of my partner-teachers was ill and needed a substitute. On the plus side, all of the classes went well, even the Emergency Substitution ones; on the minus side, that is [...]
As Schwern is giving a lightning talk in my name at OSCON today, on looking at programming as a techne or an empeiria in the Platonic (Gorgianic) model, I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody follows my internet-address here.
Yep, it’s pretty empty. Yep, there’s more in the works. Nope, it’s not here now. [...]
I haven’t fallen off the face of the planet, but everything I want to write is a little too complex for my work-addled brain. More to come.
But first, bullet points:
• I’m working with struggling rising ninth graders (and current ninth graders) for Americorps; it’s tiring. Not to mention that “struggling rising ninth graders” [...]
In the time since the odd introductory post below, I’ve done the following:
Found out I’ll be moving to Turkey in September
Finished a Reed College thesis
Graduated
Found a summer job
All of which, naturally, mean some changes for how I’m living (and how this blog is going). Right now, though, it’s summer, and [...]
Here at the outset, I’m tempted to write a windy, self-important post (like this one!) to introduce everything. Luckily, I can resist the urge.