Hi all,
thank you for the good wishes.

Well, it's actually a PhD in Computer Science, but with archaeology as my main application. I've just left the Computer Science department to start post-doc work in the Archaeolgy Department. My work was on image display - working towards perceptual consistency when viewing images over a network (such as image databases over the Internet), specifically on viewing conditions and how they affect perception. It was a mad mix of techie, archaeology and psychology stuff, and I've really enjoyed working on it.

The PhD defense was pretty terrifying, but I got through it and actually started enjoying myself towards the end. There were a few drinks had last night, but I'm teaching today, so had to be restrained - I'll make up for that in Hull9.

It's mad to think it's all over - I went through some drastic changes on the way.

Right, I have to go and twist peoples' arms and see if I can make it for summer graduation (apparently I've just missed the deadline).