anyone still here?
Good.
Good news I am still alive. Bad news is that I lost the mood to blog, for now.
Doing OK, busy with trying to make some productive progress towards the PhD thing. Been to Spain at the end of September and going to Ireland this coming weekend. In the meantime I attended the 10th annual “Apple Day” in Cambridge’s Botanic Garden. I sampled many apples (roughly 30 kinds) with the favorite being “Ashmead’s Kernel“, an “old” apple concocted in the 1700 England:
An old English winter russet, medium size, golden-brown skin with the crisp, dense, yellowish flesh, characteristic of russets: sugary and aromatic with intense flavor. Winner of taste tests and has some resistance to scab and cedar apple rust.
(These descriptions remind me of wine labels… they mean absolutely nothing until you’ve had a sip. They are so silly too! But I digress…)
Not much else to publicly report.
November 12th, 2006 at 10:45 pm
If the title’s a broadcast ping, then yes, we’re still listening to you!
And if you’re into apples and in need of some light reading, try Seth Lloyd’s “Programming the Universe”.
November 13th, 2006 at 8:30 am
Still lurking! Wish I was going to spain :-)
November 15th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
Me, too on the Spain part. Glad you’re doing well. Snow already on the mountains and hills here. Happy Thanksgiving! Will you do a feast for friends? Is there appropriate fowl there?
November 30th, 2006 at 4:16 am
Here as well - although I prefer the Honey Crisps…