Crunch

I'm hoping my thesis proposal and Info Retrieval papers will write themselves, but I doubt they will. Thanks, btw, to everyone who filled out my survey. And to those who haven't, there's still time. Come along, you belong.

Last week I bought my first album on iTunes, the incomparable Mark Knopfler's latest, The Ragpicker's Dream. Great album, full of Knopfler's understatedly potent blend of blues, Celtic, bluegrass, country and whatall. This one is full of paeans to working folks, including the standout Why Aye Man, which oddly is about British expats who emigrated to Germany to find work in the building trade. I never knew that happened.

Tonight, I bought my second album, Dido's Life for Rent. Pretty good, so far. Kinda depressing at times.

Last week I got emails from Tom Petty and Eric Clapton. Well, not really. They were identical emails announcing the release of the George Harrison tribute DVD. That'll probably be worth checking out.

But I can't shake the feeling that I got emailed a Time-Warner commercial with Petty and Clapton's names slapped on it.

OK, gotta write papers now.