The new name -- "Steph's Adventure in the Woods" has a few stories behind it, so I'll tell you here!
First, there's a metaphor of "The Woods" as research. On my adventure, it's exciting and there are surprises and treasures to find all over the place. It's also challenging to navigate and I get lost sometimes. I don't always know where I'm going but look up at the stars and the sun for inspiration. (Gosh, I'm cheesy.)
The background graphic of my blog is also conveniently wood-ish, with the sky and trees. By the way, here's the original image where I got the trees from (broken link). The pic is from the summer of 2006, about a 10 minute walk from our house. (I feel so lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the world!) [edit, 2013: This is not to say that other parts of the world aren't also beautiful! -Steph]
I also changed the subtitle of my blog. Originally, it read "A computer science student's personal research notes". However, I am no longer a student, and now that I have a baby daughter, I might not be able to become a student again for a long time. Instead, the subtitle is now "A computer scientist's personal research notes." Even as I'm a mommy, and at work I'm a "Coordinator - Online Support" and one day I hope to eventually be a "Grad Student", throughout all of this I am perpetually a computer scientist. :-D
Haha, update 2013 - I am currently a grad student and am almost done! Still a computer scientist, too!
So, what's with the "2" at the end of the blog title? From 2005-2013, I kept a blog, Steph's Adventure in the Woods, which was hosted by the University of Saskatchewan. Due to administrative reasons, I am no longer posting new entries there. (But I am keeping a copy of all those old entries online!) Instead, future postings will go here on Blogger. That's why this blog is called Steph's Adventure in the Woods 2. :)
Here is my standard university web page where I will maintain a list of publications and stuff.
