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Kissing Snakes Goodnight...

Sun May 4, 2008, 2:51 AM
Yes! Yes! I am a Soundgarden fan...

It's been ages since I was on here and a lot of it's to do with not having my camera. Got it back now so no more excuses to not try to improve my picture taking technique. I have been writing in the meantime... Maybe I'll get the courage to post some of it on here.

In other news, work's been taking up all of my time (LIES!!!).

OK, not all of it. But I got some news yesterday (this morning) which makes everything I've done this last year worthwhile. I'll quote: "It is my pleasure as WCCI EC program co-chair and head of the award committee to inform you that your paper, Measuring Exploration/Exploitation in Particle Swarms Using Swarm Diversity has been selected as one of the three best student papers for WCCI 2008."

To explain the above: a paper I wrote and submitted to the WCCI at the end of last year, based on work I'm doing for my Masters in AI, has been selected as one of the best student submissions. The WCCI is the World Congress in Computational Intelligence and the next conference (which I hope I'll be able to go to- trying to get a Chinese Visa) is in June, at Hong Kong.

I've been having a few doubts about the usefulness of my masters research and I've been delaying completing it (lies again, that's really more due to my laziness). This was the shot in the arm I was waiting for. I could already see all the way to the end of my research tunnel, I've just got to get off my arse and finish the damn thing :P And now that I know what the science world thinks about what I'm doing, I'm very, very anxious to show them the rest of it...

I'll wind down now... Just thought to share the details of my last couple of months with you guys...

Enjoy!

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  • Mood: Triumph
  • Listening to: Jesus Christ Pose (Soundgarden)
  • Reading: The Dream Cycle of HP Lovecraft
  • Watching: Characters show up on screen while I type
  • Playing: The Witcher
  • Eating: Very soon, Egg Benedict
  • Drinking: After yesterday, nothing! Ever again!

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  • Current Residence: South Africa
  • Interests: Most things... + Differential Evolution
  • Favourite band or musician: Soundgarden + Audioslave
  • Favourite genre of music: Alternative Rock
  • Favourite poet or writer: H.P. Lovecraft + Thomas Hardy + Charles Dickens + Andrzej Sapkowski
  • Favourite style of art: Alternative + Macro + Abstract + etc
  • Operating System: Vista Home Premium
  • MP3 player of choice: I don't do mp3 players
  • Favourite game: The Witcher
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC
  • Favourite cartoon character: Bob Arctor from A Scanner Darkly
  • Personal Quote: The tooth fairy teaches children that it's OK to sell body parts for money...
  • Tools of the Trade: whatever I can get my hands on... A640 + 450D + CS3...

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I always thought he would be around. I use to see him a lot at varsity. He gave me insight into the courses i was studying. I felt comfortable hanging out with him.

I am going to miss him. He has left behind a legacy, in his research and in the activities he participated in with friends.

He was a great guy. I wonder what he was thinking about during the last moments of his life. He must have fought really hard to survive. I know he would have done that and bragged about how easy it was in such a difficult situation and then give me hope to do the same.

This guy was really intelligent. He understood things that were unattainable for some. He made himself look like a bit of a slacker but he had a brilliant brain that showed in his work and academic life.

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R.I.P., my friend. You were the awesomest friend ever. I feel lonely now... I feel sad... :(

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nice killearnith that you love this collage and I wish yo a very amazing super chritsmas period and new year... embrace

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Spend sometime in mine- :gallery:
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