Computer science differs from physics - it does not study natural objects. Neither is it mathematics - it does use mathematical reasoning. Rather, computer science is like engineering - getting something to do something (paraphrased)
This post is sort of a hodge-podge of random bits, mostly just so I can post something new to the blog to prevent it from stagnating too long without anything new. The last semester has been far busier than anticipated. I got a paper accepted to ICC...