http://www.bakeyournoodle.com/~tony/diary Tony's Diary en Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:02:00 http://www.bakeyournoodle.com/~tony/diary/2005/10/13#20051013 Today my ride was made complete when I saw the (it looked like the same duck </kbd>;p</kdb>) mother duck and her ducklings at the same spot, just on the other side of the creek. Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:22:00 http://www.bakeyournoodle.com/~tony/diary/2005/10/10#20051010 For the last week or so, when riding to/from ANU, I've been attacked (for some value of attacked) by a mother duck, protecting her very cute ducklings. Yesterday, the grass was mown, today no ducks! I hope they moved on. Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:44:00 http://www.bakeyournoodle.com/~tony/diary/2005/09/12#2005-09-12_01 In a recent algorithms lecture it was proven that procrastination is the best way of scheduling work (well when you know the payoff, deadlines and have a <em>good</em> estimate of the running time). That certainly explains how it got to be the weekend before my draft thesis is due and I'm still writing it. I don't mean finessing it <tt>:-(</tt>. It seems I failed to grasp the point about having a good estimate. Bah! enough self-pity time to knuckle down