Prague Prep

At Pat's request, I recorded a cover of Matt Nathanson's "Church Clothes" on my new 12-string. It's a lot of fun to play, but as you'll soon see, it's different enough that I still need a lot of practice.



I gave a presentation about the work we do at Drexel yesterday. It went pretty well. People seemed interesting, and it was cool to have a group of the AI research people at University of Edinburgh in one room. These are some of the best Computer Science students/professors in the *world*. I was hoping to get some photos of the Informatics Forum (where I presented) today, but I got to walk home with one of my co-workers instead (it turns out my flat is on his way home), so it didn't happen. I will take some pictures another time - it's a really cool building, and brand new - so nice and shiny!

The weekend before last, there was a crazy random parade that went down the Royal Mile. It was basically a barrage of bagpipes and drums, but there were some creepy floats (mostly animal heads). I only caught the tail-end on video, but the volume gives you a pretty good idea of the shear number of bagpipes that actually exist in this country.



I leave for Prague this Saturday. Now that I'm finally getting settled in, I'm going to miss Edinburgh.