Good Drinks, and Wavelets

I spent part of the day today reading Stephane Mallat’s A Wavelet Tour of Signal Processing – time well-spent. This is the first signal processing book I’ve read that I actually like. Along with the Bayesian Choice mentioned earlier, it’s really an enjoyable yet deep way to get into some serious signal processing.

On a lighter note, enjoyed drinks and beer with friends, celebrating Adrien’s 23rd birthday. I discovered that Czech beers are greatly superior (apparently) to Western European, American, Japanese, and South American beers. So a totally unbiased Slovakian told me. That said – I’m inclined to believe him. Slavic monks probably have a certain beery edge not present in other parts of the world (though the Germans & Belgians surely give them a run for their money).

Looking forward to departing tomorrow morning to Malta for a deceptively short holiday of a few days. I received worrying news today that the Department has screwed up my presentation times – we’ll see if it’s really the case or if it was simple a stray email. I plan not to worry about it much in any case.