2010 in review
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it...
View ArticleGoals for 2011
Last year for the first time in a number of years I did not set myself a set of goals. Because my entire life was going through a seismic shift there wasn’t anything that was certain. Now that I am a...
View ArticleThoughts and feelings on the Christchurch earthquake from Australia
On Tuesday afternoon the worst natural disaster to ever hit New Zealand struck in the form of an Earthquake almost directly under the city of Christchurch. My initial reaction was shock that something...
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Goal Review and Memoirs of 2011
Skillet in Sydney Sleeping Koala Vivid Sydney Yarra River My Happy Place For me 2011 has been a year of extreme highs and deep lows. As cliché as it is, it has also past by way too quickly. At the...
View ArticleGoals for 2012
In no particular order: Learn German Summit Mt Kosciusko Be more financially stable Be more generous Keep my house cleaner Publish two papers Keep PhD on track for completion in early 2013 Spend more...
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2012 in review: the year ends, the world doesn’t
Rugby League At the start of this year, as always, I set myself a set of goals, some of them in review: Learn German This went really well until about March and then I got busy. Summit Mt Kosciusko...
View ArticleGoals for 2013
This year I have decided to make all my goals actually tangible and measurable. They are, in no particular order: Complete my PhD Get a real job Learn German Summit Mt Kosciusko Publish a paper and a...
View ArticleRandom goings-on in life
I really haven’t blogged much in the last twelve months. There have been times I have bookmarked some stuff to comment on but by the time I have decided to blog about it the moment or issue has passed....
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Death of a Hiking Boot
RIP Boots When I went to clean my hiking boots after my last hike I discovered large holes in the soles of both boots, therefore ending the life of a pair of boots that have lasted me over nine years....
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Same Pack and Hat, Eight Years Apart
The photo on the left below was taken while tramping to the Coromandel Pinnacles in November 2005. The photo on the right was taken earlier this week while hiking The Cost Track in Royal National Park....
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The Control Centre – 2013
For the past seven years, every two years, I have posted a photo of my “control centre”, aka my home computer setup. Only this time, by mistake, it has been three years since I last posted. So below is...
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2013 – The Year of Adventure
2013 has been great. It’s been a year of fantastic fun, growth and personal achievement. At the start of 2013 I laid out some goals for the year, they were: Complete my PhD Achieved! I submitted on...
View ArticleGoals for 2014
In no particular, but some sort of order: Graduate and get a real job – I’ve submitted the thesis, now just waiting on the marks. Continue Learning German – and go back to Germany. Summit Mt Kosciusko...
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PhD Examination
On Thursday I was officially notified that I had passed my thesis examination and been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy – PhD in Computer Science. I still have to make very minor changes to the printed...
View ArticleMinor Blog Updates
Over the past week I’ve made some minor changes to the blog. These are: Brought a fourth domain which points to this site, bradheap.nz, the other domain names are: brad.net.nz, brad.geek.nz and...
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PhD Graduation Photos
Two weeks ago I graduated with a PhD from the University of New South Wales. The formal photos have finally arrived, and I’m pretty happy with them, plus some of the other photos taken on my own...
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2014 – The Year of Growth
Another year comes to an end. This year has been different to previous years, in particular, my first year properly working in a full time job. During this year I have achieved many of the goals I set...
View ArticleGoals for 2015
Get a stable job (variants of this goal have been ongoing for three years) Continue learning German Learn python Go to Europe Read 20 books
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2015 – The Year of Challenges and Opportunities
(Note: this was posted in February but backdated to December). At the end of my 2014 goal review I wrote: “Bring on new challenges and opportunities in 2015.” Challenging would be a word that aptly...
View ArticleGoals for 2016
Many of these goals are a continuation of goals from previous years Get a stable job (this may involve leaving academia) Continue learning German Read 30 books Travel and/or move to Europe or Singapore...
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