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Due to a number of medical problems back home I haven't been able to satisfy my experiment schedule.

More specifically I don't think I will get to the Open University labs before August. This means I won't be able to do my experiment in time for the CHI2016 deadline. It's a bit of a bummer.

In the evening I was watching an episode of "Halt and catch Fire" TV series about programmers. I realised that the fundamental difference between computing research and HCI research is that computing research can be done at all hours. You can work late into the night. Given that HCI research generally requires people this is not an option.  With computing research all you really need is a computer and a supply of coffee. I think it also appeals to the heroic 'CodeWarrior' in me.

I've also been looking at CUDA recently (GPU programming - don't ask me why I like the notion of making something running 100 times faster ). It reminds me of how far the world of algorithums is from the world of HCI. Which is weird- I mean HCI needs the 'infinitly fast machine' so fast operation is vitatal so yo would think algorithums would abound but no.