.Lasers in the Jungle: August 2005

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Prof. Bruce Bolt died

Prof. Bruce Bolt died.

I worked with him, in 1986, at Berkeley, and we were expected to have a get together in November this year.

Last December we had lunch in San Francisco. At that time he looked OK.

More at:

http://seismo.berkeley.edu/memorial/bruce_bolt/

http://www.mundiconvenius.pt/2005/lisbon1755/

Geophysical Traditions

Every year, in the 19th of July we have a tradition. We book a restaurant for the all evening and most of the people, in Portugal, with links to geophysics come to the gathering.

At least 90% of then have been one (or are) my profs, my collegs or my students. Some even fit in more of those groups.

We eat, we drink, we talk, we make speeches, etc., all evening.

19th of July is the birthday of the older living professor in geophysics, at the University of Lisbon.

Monday, August 29, 2005

The Trouble with Math

I rarely see TV on real time. I rather record the programs I want to watch.

That fits well with my schedule that is sometime unusual and, this way, I can see most programs with double speed and no commercials, saving a lot of time.

“Showview” consoles (we can see my 3 sets in the pic) are very handy if you want to program all your recorders in the beginning of the month without much work. I had been using then for ages.

However they have become useless because Portuguese TV-guides stop printing the numerical codes for each program.