As I settle down for my cup of tea before bed, my thoughts begin to settle. Its been a day of peace, calm, quiet for me. I've enjoyed good food, lovely drinks, good company. I've enjoyed warmth, comfort, peace. That is privilege. I am very thankful for what I have. I don't have much, my bank account is often low, my heating is rarely on, my health is horrendous and I am seeing signs of my teenage health problems appearing for my son. Despite all of that, I am so very rich. I have a roof over my head, plenty of food, my books and crafts, a son I enjoy spending time with and he enjoys his time with me. I have some wonderful friends on the fediverse who brighten my days and keep me connected to the world. I have everything I need. I'm thinking of those that don't have these things. I have spent many years struggling, and in those times of need, people have helped me, for them, I am always thankful. They helped me keep a roof over my head, to give my son Christmas, to keep me alive when I didn't think I would make it. I'm proud to have been able to pay it forward a little this year.
Time to finish this cup of tea and then head to bed with the hot water bottles, cats and a good book.
Thank you, and good night.

#Christmas #ThankYou #Thankful #Grateful #Happy

As I settle down for my cup of tea before bed, my thoughts begin to settle. Its been a day of peace, calm, quiet for me. I've enjoyed good food, lovely drinks, good company. I've enjoyed warmth, comfort, peace. That is privilege. I am very thankful for what I have. I don't have much, my bank account is often low, my heating is rarely on, my health is horrendous and I am seeing signs of my teenage health problems appearing for my son. Despite all of that, I am so very rich. I have a roof over my head, plenty of food, my books and crafts, a son I enjoy spending time with and he enjoys his time with me. I have some wonderful friends on the fediverse who brighten my days and keep me connected to the world. I have everything I need. I'm thinking of those that don't have these things. I have spent many years struggling, and in those times of need, people have helped me, for them, I am always thankful. They helped me keep a roof over my head, to give my son Christmas, to keep me alive when I didn't think I would make it. I'm proud to have been able to pay it forward a little this year.
Time to finish this cup of tea and then head to bed with the hot water bottles, cats and a good book.
Thank you, and good night.

#Christmas #ThankYou #Thankful #Grateful #Happy

This past weekend I operated in a #hamradio #contest, with #FreeBSD and #sway on the logging computer, with help from #tlf, #cwdaemon, and #hamlib for actually interacting with the radio.

It worked better than the antenna, and the antenna worked pretty well.

It's a #niche within a #niche within a #niche but it makes me #grateful for #opensource.

All of you who post about the small things, the flowers among the weeds, the tiny snail encountered on a walk, you are remarkable. How do you keep up your optimism in these times? I'm so glad that you do.

#Grateful

I'm very honoured to be among this year's NWO (Dutch Research Council) Veni research grant recipients, for my proposal "Finding Variables that Matter"!

I cannot quite believe it, but I'm excited to get started on the actual research.

Many congratulations to all of my colleagues who received their Veni grants. Over the last few months, I was lucky enough to get to know them and their research, and I can't wait to see what they do with the funds.

I'm grateful to Delft University of Technology and all my colleagues and trainers for their support and trust. The Veni application process was part of my life for almost a year. Could not have done it without their encouragement and wisdom. Many thanks also to NWO and all reviewers and committee members!

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/tu-delft/record-number-veni-grants-for-leading-tu-delft-researchers

#AcademicMastodon#AcademicLife#NWO#Veni#ResearchFunding#AI#AcademicChatter#TUDelft#Research#Grateful#GoodNews

HyperSchool is a HyperCard application for schools to do scheduling, attendance, and grades.

It includes thousands of lines of #HyperTalk code, plus some
C code to interface to a scantron machine and to do simulated annealing
before the user gets old.