Today, now that everyone else and his aunt has a blog, I give in and start one as well.

I think I’ll write mainly about my research: it will help to keep track of my thoughts and to maintain the right long-term prospective.

In 5 years I’ll be the world expert on a (hopefully not much) insignificant slice of mankind’s knowledge; it will be interesting to chronicle the journey from the choice of the topic — still unknown to me — to binding the dissertation.

I’ll also write about life¹ here at Caltech, so that the people on the other side of the oceans can keep an eye on me. Don’t expect much fun: my guess is that five years here will be far less interesting than the three months I’ve been in Japan.