So anyway, as you can see, one of the things I'm into at the moment is extremes, going from the heat of Sydney to the Cold of Calgary in less than a day.
Last week I was in Sydney for OzCHI 2006. On the day after the conference, I went with Ann and Yoko to Manly beach to step into the ocean for an all too brief paddle.
At 3pm I was on a flight across the Pacific to the freezing north of Canada (yes, I know there is more north than Calgary). I'm getting towards the end of a sabbatical visit to Calgary, which has been going through a bit of a cold snap this week. Here you can see me, only hours after getting off the flight from Sydney, helping out Alan and his brother flooding the local community ice rink. It's 3 days later and I'm told the ice is a good 5" thick now. I'm not checking myself until it warms up over the next few days (really don't want to spend more time than I have to outside when it's below -20C!
OK, that's probably more of a post than I've managed for a long time, and at the moment it's to nobody because I haven't announced the existence of this to anyone yet. Come back soon (once you get here).
