Patrick Lam

NZ: Catlins (2024) and Kaikōura (2026); another TMB day; field hockey in Vancouver; skiing in Québec; and fresh pictures from Olympus.

Being Program Chair of a conference is a lot of work.

Some weekend trips in July, and processing the ensuing pictures, as well as others from the backlog.

I used to ski a lot, but not anymore.

Unusually, I didn’t leave town all month!

This time, I oppose the Conservation Amendment Bill.

No travels but fewer pictures processed than May, maybe due to reading more books.

Lots of words in this book on the history of photography in New Zealand.

Pretty much no teaching.

A more reasonable May, though still a fraction of photos processed numbers compared to late last year.

Not quite done with teaching in April; that would be May.

Neither took nor processed many photos in the last two months, but that still means that the backlog extends further back in time.

Last month of classes and two trips to referee in the West.

Yet more course prep, a trip to Pohara and Angelus, and Quebec for Christmas.

Of all the reasons to not correct historical misspellings…

Everything came together for us on this Cascade Saddle walk, on the last possible day.

There’s talk of pausing new bicycle infrastructure in Wellington to save rates increases.

Oops, back to 2 years of backlog, though barely.

Yet more course prep, a trip to Pohara and Angelus, and Quebec for Christmas.

Yet more course prep, a trip to Pohara and Angelus, and Quebec for Christmas.

Still less than 2 years of backlog, though January will be slower for sure, with 3 courses of teaching.

Time for course preparation, plus another paper submission.

I lost my phone near the summit of Angelus Peak, but recovered it on the second try (oof).

Less procrastination in November, though also no travel, so still a high number of photos processed.

Mostly NSERC Discovery Grant editing, plus a Wilderness First Responder recert and the Ontario Open.

Back to the negative submissions about NZ legislation, this time about an underhanded attempt to modify the Fast-Track Amendment Bill by claiming it’s about supermarkets.

In October I was working on my NSERC Discovery proposal, so I may have procrastinated sometimes by processing pictures.

Some domestic NZ travel (more skiing than usual) and then just work (research and service) as normal.

September was down again in terms of number of pictures processed, but I was not at a computer for many days in September.

Grenoble, Montreal, Beaver Valley, stuck in Ontario, and then Auckland.

I took some more pictures in August, but not as many as July.

Not out of the woods yet.

Mount Olympus (Greece), the Tour du Mont Blanc, and a VSTTE submission.

The Tour du Mont Blanc, 170km of walking around Mont Blanc (and some cable cars).

Attempted some summits on Mount Olympus.

How I managed to fly to New Zealand as soon as possible after the Air Canada Flight Attendant strike, oof.

Yay!

Managed to do a lot of photos despite two big trips (Olympus, TMB) in July, including a quick turnaround on the bulk of the Olympus photos.

Trips to Gold Coast and mostly Seoul (also Shanghai and Narita); submitted a paper.

In June, more travel, fewer photos posted and lots of photos captured.

There are 10 paper titles which come from either PLDI 2014 or PLDI 2024.

First month of Spring term; off to Montreal, Estonia, Calgary, and New Zealand!

Research visit to Tartu, passing through Tallinn.

Returning to normal service with lots of pictures processed in May.

Still had exams to give but was able to start moving on with my life this month.

Referee seminar in Lima plus a side trip to Paracas and Isla Blanca.

Classics of Estonian literature: Days of our Lives for not-so-great feudal villagers.

March was a doozy, so here are the two sets I processed in March, as well as April’s pictures.

I guess it’s accumulated work catching up with me towards the end of the term, such that, despite having no trips longer than a weekend, free time was at a premium.

OK, this month had a trip to Japan.