Astronomy and Coffee

December in Brazil working and vacations. To summarize, gave a couple of talks, talked to a couple of old collaborators about old and new ideas and did some work on the old topics. Some catalogue organization, some kg-project selection (I was actually about to tell more on the kg-project, but now I'll wait until it's ready, it'll be soon).

Also some job applications ...

On the personal side, got officially married to Fernanda, got my eye surgery and had a lot of fun with family and friends. Too bad it was too rushy, as usual.

Special comment on the flight to Brazil. After the long TAM story, I bought a KLM ticket, actually flying Air France going and KLM coming back. Air France changed the flight schedule 12 hours before the flight, then we moved to KLM going to Brazil too. Got to the airport more the 2 hours in advance, but there was no ticket issued and no one working in Amsterdam to solve the problem. After some time trying, the very nice KLM/Air France attendant solved the problem and we checked in 5 minutes before taking off. Not necessary to say that the luggage didn't board ... besides that the flight was great, and flying KLM is for sure my first option now.

This week: 

Got an important application done ...

Analyzed the ADDSTAR simulation for GCSs study in one of our groups and prepared (almost ready) the poster for next week DFG workshop, that decides my contract renewal ... is that pressure?? NOOOO a one day workshop with the referees that are gonna tell "you have the renewal!" ... :-)))

That's it, basically. Looking for ideas on density map analysis where some important part of the data is missing ...