Research Think I've figured out how to split off a reasonable-sized piece of my research that's interesting on its own! It'll be good to get something written up since things have been slow going lately. The other grad student in my research group left on short notice, so now I'm helping to run his project (which has grant funding and project deadlines) until my advisor brings on some new students. It's actually a continuation of some undergraduate research I did mumble years ago, so I'm excited to get to do a bit more with it! Personal It's been a year this week since I publicly transitioned! Cooking Over the weekend I made shakshuka while waiting for my wife to finish mowing the lawn. I ended up simmering it for about 2 hours and the flavors of the spices really came out! I think next time I'm going to try making it with fennel greens and fresh dill. Yesterday night we pitted about a half gallon of cherries we picked from the cherry tree in our yard. Looks like we'll be making cherry pie this weekend!
You look happy and awesome! Love the hat! Glad to hear things are going well for you. Also, cherry pie is perhaps the greatest dessert there is. Followed by blueberry pie. I know it’s disgusting to say, but I love those hostess cherry pies that are in vending machines. They’re my favorite junk food. Anyways, enjoy and thanks for the update!
Thank you! I think the lemon version of those hostess pies is my favorite, but I would eat almost anything citrus flavored! The pie turned out great -- so tart and perfect to pair with some vanilla bean ice cream. We put a bit of thyme in the filling too; maybe mint would be another interesting addition?
Are you still doing homotopy type theory (or was that your side-interest? it's been a while)? Tell more about your research, if only to remind me of some of the details, please. By the way, by the looks, you remind me of my geography teacher. It's definitely a compliment, I had a major crush on her in high school. :)
HoTT is just a side interest -- and actually I haven't had time for it for quite a while, unfortunately. (Although, now that I've learned more abstract math, I might actually stand a chance of understanding what it's getting at!) My research is on models of complex systems -- stuff with both a big physical component and digital control. Mostly I spend my time reading about formal methods in software engineering and then figuring out how to use those ideas elsewhere. It's interesting but slow going.