A typical day at the CfA…
So I imagine people wondering, what is a typical day at Harvard-CfA like for Grant? Here is my ‘typical’ day… So after wandering down to school through a crisp morning with patches of snow, I find...
View ArticleGeorgia: done
I made my first foray into the south last week, with a trip to Atlanta to see Nick and Michele get married. As soon as they did that we went away for a week, first driving almost all the way to Florida...
View ArticleCustom internet radio.
I think there are a few things out there like this, the one I found (thanks Goldie) is Pandora. Give it an artist or song you like and it goes off and finds music of a similar ilk. It’s been pretty...
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Boston's Freedom Trail: done
I have now done my first really touristy thing here in Boston, walking the Freedom Trail. It’s a trail that pretty much goes through the middle of Boston, passing a number of iconic monuments,...
View ArticleWorld Cup Cricket Final 2007
Oh dear… what a mess, just not cricket… A large number of Aussies (and some Kiwis) gathered at Tommy Doyles Irish pub (where were the pies?) in Cambridge to check out the final of the cricket....
View ArticleButchering Planet Earth
So the other day I watched one of the excellent BBC Planet Earth series on my computer, awesome. Now I see the same episode here on American TV. they have replaced Sir David Attenborough‘s lovely...
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Black Sheep: done (well not done…)
I went with some people to see the movie Black Sheep recently, it was everything I expected it to be. It had blood, my old mate Nathan as the lead, and of course sheep jokes. Thanks, Independent Film...
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Spring has sprung
Spring has come on quickly here. Just over a month ago there was a snowstorm, and now the trees are leafing up and there is grass. This is the view out my bedroom window. I’ll take one every few days...
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Georges Island: done
I continued my efforts to be a combination tourist/local by making a trip out into Boston harbour today. It has a whole bunch of islands, some of which were used for strategic defence in the mid...
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