Recent posts-Patrick Lam

February: teaching and a trip to Aotearoa NZ

Yet more course prep, a trip to Pohara and Angelus, and Quebec for Christmas.

Of all the reasons to not correct historical misspellings…

Everything came together for us on this Cascade Saddle walk, on the last possible day. The saddle was a spectacular 11-hour day.

There’s talk of pausing new bicycle infrastructure in Wellington to save rates increases. That would be a terrible idea.

Oops, back to 2 years of backlog, though barely. Better do something about that.

Yet more course prep, a trip to Pohara and Angelus, and Quebec for Christmas.

Yet more course prep, a trip to Pohara and Angelus, and Quebec for Christmas.

Still less than 2 years of backlog, though January will be slower for sure, with 3 courses of teaching.

Time for course preparation, plus another paper submission.

I lost my phone near the summit of Angelus Peak, but recovered it on the second try (oof).

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo; patrick.lam@uwaterloo.ca

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