Oh no, I missed my last-blogging anniversary!

I've done quite a bit in the last year. Most important, I've got a lovely girlfriend.

I've also started a new job working at Goldsmiths, University of London in the Intelligent Sound and Music Systems research group in the Computing Department. I'm working on a research project called Purcell Plus. We're attempting to make a musicological case for computational musicology.

So I've moved to London. New Cross to be precise. It's a very lively area. But we still have a flat in Norwich and I often go home at weekends which is very nice.

I'm learning Lisp. Most of the tools my research group are developing are Lisp-based. Once I'd been prompted that Common Lisp is actually multi-paradigmatic and that re-using procedural paradigms from languages like Python in Lisp is perfectly acceptable I started getting on a lot better. I need to learn CLOS and CLIM next. Maybe I'll blog about that.

It's nice working in a computing department. As my first degree was in music I've never experienced a university computer science department before. I like the slightly more productive research culture and the more skill-based, cumulative undergraduate programme. I've been tutoring first year Java labs. (Java is a dreadful language to teach in. Maybe I'll blog about that too.)

We had a great weekend this weekend. Zoe played the Poulenc Double Piano Concerto in Norwich Cathedral on Friday which was fantastic! We went to her sister's birthday party in Sussex in Saturday. And chilled out in New Cross last night.

Should I start blogging again? Maybe.

We went to see Sigur R�s at Alexandra Palace on Thursday. I thought they were a bit loud really. Their music is quite melodic and sonically detailed. It really relies on the high frequencies but they seemed to treat the gig like a rock concert and over-did the bass and the drums. But their specially effects were good. They had a waterfall in front of the stage at one point and various showers of little bits of paper.

One other cool thing: we were stood behind Peter Serafinowicz and Sarah Alexander!

Alexandra Palace is amazing. I'd never been there before but it's absolutely massive and it's in a fantastic location on top of a hill with a lovely view of the city. Unfortunately neither of use took our cameras or phones so no photos I'm afraid

Back in Norwich this weekend and it's snowing!