Hi everyone!

So, a few things have been going on.

For starters, Rob and I both had to apply for Victorian Driver’s Licences to legally drive in Victoria. And they gave me a FULL licence. *grin* Yes, for those of you who don’t know, I was still on my restricted. But I have a full now. And didn’t have to do a test either. Hoorah!

A few weeks ago, Rob got a text message from a guy, Alex, who Rob had gone to Preschool with – and never seen since. Kinda odd. But very nice, as he invited us the Emirates Stakes Day Races, which marks the last day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. So I forced Rob to accept the invite, as I wasn’t about to turn down a trip to the races, with all the social hoohaa involved.

Its a formal event, so guys wear suits, and girls dress their best, (though some looked like they’d just fallen out of bed), everyone brings a picnic, smuggles in alcohol, and that’s your day. Oh, there are horses. But thats a minor part of the whole environment. We didnt bet on anything, and I just wore the same dress I wore for the ball. I *didn’t* have a fascinator (those spi-dang-ly things the ladies wear on their heads) but I think I was alright. It was blindingly sunny and totally packed with people. A great day.

A peak at the crowds at the races. Was a blindingly sunny day.

Me, Alex and Rob.

All the girls in our group.

Horses!

Masters is goin ok. Am still just piecing things together. Am looking at segmentation (separating a scene into different objects and areas) and then the elusive object recognition. I think I’m just gonna use the methods defined in OpenCV (a free vision library) for now, just to get a system done. Then replace pieces later. Yea. I just need to get something done for now.

Hope everyone is well. A warm quiet day in Melbourne today.

Arohanui to everyone,

Liz

PS For those who know Chris Rapson, his myspace is here.