2012/10/28

Comparative Cooking


One reason I like cooking so much is that it is so much like a scientific experiment (without the hassle to write the results).

For today's comparative cooking : chicken nature, gingembre and spicy (all steamed), with boiled then fried potatoes and tomato.

Bon appétit !

Carricature


This is how N. sees me...
I see my hair a bit darker!

Earthquake / Tremblor



I feel often the ground shaking, mostly because of the big construction site next to my office, the big trucks passing in the street next to my apartment, or because of the big parking behind the supermarket where I usually go.
I can only guess that the fact that the building are earthquake proof means that they are more flexible, more likely to oscillate than to "take it in".

And many, many, many times I wonder if it is the beginning of a big earthquake. Or if my blood pressure is so high it makes me feel shaking. Or if I am imagining things. Not to the point of panicking, but making me a bit nervous, and disrupting my thoughts.

Yesterday was another occurrence. I was in bed, and felt shaking, and I couldn't decide if it was one of those small earthquakes they call tremblors or my muscles having small spasms. The reports didn't say anything so I went back to sleep. But this morning, the reports state that there was a shake in San Antonio, less than 100kms from where I leave: was not my imagination after all...

2012/10/21

Jam Session



Yesterday I went to a jam session for a friend 's birthday. We did jazz versions of pump and circumstances, petite fleur, summertime... I was out of practice but I had a lot of fun!

Astronomy

J'ai travaillé sur un problème de géométrie qui pourrait avoir des applications en Astronomie. Est-ce qu'il y a un astronome qui lit ça et qui voudrait en discuter? I have worked on a computational geometry problem which I think could have applications in Astronomy. Any astronomer out there wants to meet and chat? Trabaje en un problema de geometría computacional que podría tener aplicaciones en Astronomía. Alguno astrónomo aquí quien quiere juntarse para conversar?