Delhi

A small update

VM

Mar 28, 2016 — 1 min read

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I moved to Delhi on March 27 (that’s the view outside my bedroom). I’ll be working out of here for the next year – maybe longer, but I don’t have to decide that until much later. This completes one of my five big tasks for the year:

~~Move to Delhi~~
Access new Planck and LHC data
Purchase and devour Fall of Light, book #2 of the Kharkhanas Trilogy
Visit a world-renowned particle accelerator lab
Continue contributing to The Wire

If you’re in Delhi, let’s get a drink!

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