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| author | Blaise Thompson <blaise@untzag.com> | 2021-07-25 16:49:14 -0500 |
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diff --git a/source/2016-solstice-letter/index.html b/source/2016-solstice-letter/index.html deleted file mode 100644 index b94d5d2..0000000 --- a/source/2016-solstice-letter/index.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,97 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html> -<meta name="viewport" content="width=80ch, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"> -<html> -<head> - <meta charset="utf-8"> - <title>2016 winter solstice letter</title> - <link rel="stylesheet" href="../style.css"> -</head> -<body> - -<h1>2016 winter solstice letter</h1> - -<p> -<a href="..">← back to memories list</a> -<p> - -<hr> - -<p> -Blaise sent this letter to friends and family to celebrate the winter holiday season, 2016. -In addition to this html version, you can also download the letter as sent: <a href="./letter.pdf">PDF</a>. -</p> - -<h2>Winter Solstice Greetings - 2016</h2> - -<p> -Hello to all my friends and family. -I hope that you are feeling peaceful, cozy, and happy in these winter months. -It's snowing hard outside as I write this letter to you. -</p> - -<p> -I'm now in the middle of my 6th year of graduate school. -I'm still enjoying my time in the Wright group---I hope to be here for a while yet. -The past year of graduate school has been frustrating in some ways. -Lots of progress has been made, but I haven't reached the key checkpoints that I hoped to reach. -I'm looking forward to being a teaching assistant for a graduate-level electronics and instrumentation course next semester. -</p> - -<p> -This summer was busy for me. -In mid May three college friends (Kate, Nina, and Claire) joined me here in the Midwest. -We spent a few days exploring Chicago---river tour, museums, food, even a local contradance. -Pictured below is us outside of Shedd Aquarium. -We then drove to Madison and spent a few days in Wisconsin. -Exploring the House on the Rock with Benji was a highlight of the trip for me. -</p> - -<figure> - <img src="./IMG_20160517_101306032_HDR.jpg"> -</figure> - -<p> -I was honored to stand as a member of Claire's wedding party on June 24th. -The wedding took place near Claire's parents in beautiful Napa Valley, California. -It was a great wedding and I really enjoyed catching up with the Parker, Eckert and Till families. -It was also great to briefly see the Nielsens---Jim and Tracey were kind enough to loan me a car during my time in California. -</p> - -<p> -After returning home from California I had just 24 hours before flying to Amsterdam for an academic conference. -Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy (CMDS) is a small biennial conference in my narrow subfield. -My advisor---John C. Wright---was a founding member of the conference and still sits as chair of the organizing committee. -This year the conference was held in beautiful historic Groningen, the Netherlands. -The first molecular photon echo was resolved in Groningen (DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.674">10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.674</a>). -At the conference I presented a poster on my work to make CMDS instrumentation more reproducible and robust. -Afterwards I spent five days exploring Europe, traveling to Brussels and Amsterdam. -Pictured below is me in the famous Grote Markt. -I didn't really plan anything about my trip, just stepped out of the hotel and started walking. -Everywhere I went was filled with great food, people, and artwork. Very enjoyable---but I was ready to return to Wisconsin after five days. -</p> - -<figure> - <img src="./IMG_20160703_185954.jpg"> -</figure> - -<p> -This year I've enjoyed learning more about philosophy, rationality, and psychology. -Daniel Kahneman's book <it>Thinking, Fast and Slow</it> has changed the way I think about human cognition. -I'm trying to incorporate these ideas more into my personal behavior. -</p> - -<p> -Have a fantastic 2017. Stay in touch. -</p> - -<p> -Blaise Jonathan Thompson <br> -509 N Lake St. Apt 408 <br> -Madison, Wisconsin 53703 <br> -<br> -1-424-225-2493 <br> -blaise@untzag.com -</p> - -</body> -</html> |