Travel Diary 2 4 Oct 2009 So, as I missed Munich, and found myself in Frankfurt, which was shut, being a Saturday, I am now in Erlangen. I’ll say this for German trains, they are rather fast. I have met up with Thony Christie, blogger and sometime commentator on this blog (and a killer Mornington Crescent player), and we are to have dinner tonight after having had Kuche und Kaffee (old German tradition, I am told) in a delightful village the name of which I cannot now recall. I’m here for a few days and thence to the conference in Göttingen. I have managed to finish a paper on the train, too, so it’s been a useful holiday (academics don’t have holidays, they have thinking time away from their duties). More later, of course. No pics as I didn’t think to take my camera… Administrative
Administrative Update 18 Jun 2013 As readers may have noticed, I have been pretty inactive here lately. This is because I have been finishing a book and sending it off to the publishers, which was achieved about 8 hours ago. The book is titled The Nature of Classification, and it will come out from Palgrave Macmillan…. Read More
Administrative Back in the saddle 16 Jul 2009 So, my conferencing has finished, and I’ve even managed to catch up on some sleep. The Ish conference was amazing: I got to hear a lot of papers on topics I am working on and I got to meet some of the people whose work has strongly influenced me, especially… Read More
Administrative Comment snafu 9 Sep 2008 I just checked the spam comments folder, and there, amidst the sea of Envall crap, were some legitimate comments. So I have revived them, and this may explain some discontinuities and duplications in various threads. My apologies to the victims. Read More