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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Turns out 0.5 kg of Kashmiri chili powder is quite a lot

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Never realised how much I looked like this kid when I was younger :-)

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

The Big Book of Bob (Mixing Up the Medicine - Bob Dylan). Very enjoyable. I'm about a fifth of the way through #BobDylan

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Back in (unoriginal) black! Get yours today. userstore.ezymerch.co.nz Profits go to the R Foundation #rstats

James wearing a newly printed useR! Conference T-shirt from the Aalborg 2015 conference.

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Close but I think Peter D was the original role model :-)

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I love that ChatGPT asks me to ask a question in Dutch (even if it just my phone settings)

ChatGPT prompt in Dutch 'Stel een vraag' 'Ask a question'

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Second time in a row that I've ridden around the harbour and managed to miss the ferry to the city by about a minute.

View from Puer 1 at the Devonport Ferry Terminal looking West

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

For those of you who don't know what Ross and Robert look like..a couple of photos from my collection. I'm sure I have better ones somewhere. The BW is from 1994 when our department formally became separate from Mathematics.

Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman circa 1994

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Is it a cheese sandwich or a jalpeño sandwich? You be the judge, I'll just eat them.

A cheese and jalapeño sandwich with perhaps subjectively too many jalepeños

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Mid-winter Xmas for us today. Ham has been "cloved" and just waiting for spicy sticky Asian glaze to reduce.

A half leg of ham with whole cloves awaiting glaze

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Answering my own question - How you you get R Studio to default to a specific directory for open new projects? Under Global Options from the Tools menu, Click on General then Advanced which brings up this nice box. Don't forget to "Apply" it to save it

Part of a dialog box in R Studio that allows the user to specify their own default directory for new projects rather than it being your home directory (on Mac) or the root directory on Windows.

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Well I'm glad that's that sorted out then....

Email from Qatar airlines announcing resumption of flights to Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

A few shots from today's walk on the Whangaruru Harbour side of Oakura Bay

Whangaruru Harbour looking approximately west

Whangaruru Harbour looking approximately east

Whangaruru Harbour looking approximately east north east

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I planted this rosemary about three years ago with just six cuttings from a neighbour's plant. It is well over two meters tall now. Dad uses it as a windshelter

Exceedingly large rosemary bush. More than 2m tall

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Today and yesterday at Ōakura Bay. It is raining now but in fine with that - keeps the droogs and their music indoors :)

Ōakura Bay, Northland looking approximately north

Ōakura Bay, Northland looking approximately east

Ōakura Bay, Northland looking approximately south east

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

So I occasionally buy imported Belgian beer from a NZ Importer. They import beer from all over the world, and I am glad we have their service. However this offer did seem to be taking the literal piss :-)

An advertisement for a dozen cans of Castlemaine Four X Gold for NZD60

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Perfection I'd say :-) Tasted good too

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

You can still buy one if you want...

Advertisement for a Felton branded "Felton mix" shower head and mixer from Bunnings Warehouse

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Well a TV Series. There are plenty of movies set in Auckland but this series captures the city well

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Oakura Bay, Northland this evening. Quite wild surf for this place

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Reckon I just missed this fortunately for us. Was at the top of the Brenderwyns at 3.03pm

Clip from NZ Herald about a truck being blown over by wind at 1454h April 17, 2025

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Bet that some of you didn't know I'm a forensic scientist as well as a statistician :-) Please join us in Melbourne in October for ANZFSS 2025!

Flyer for the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society conference in Melbourne, Australia. October 12-15 2025

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

So why is it that I see no feeds subscribed on Android app but plenty when I look at the website?

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

Check this one out. From my travels today

Chapel of St George, Kloster Weltenburg, Germany

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 19/05/2024

Never knew much about the Cultural Revolution until I started reading the The Body Problem. An interesting grouping. I'm not really radical but I have found myself wondering recently when the shit is going to hit the fan and who will be up against the wall first

A footnote from the Three Body Problem, describing the Five Black Categories from the Chinese Cultural Revolution

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

Glad to see we have our priorities as a country set right:

NZ Herald headline: Central Otago shearer first to shear 500 Merino ewes in eight hours

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 29/03/2024

A few pics from Ōakura Bay today

Tractors and boat trailers at Ōakura Bay looking north

view from Ōakura Bay looking towards the Poor Knights (East)

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

Not capturing the Pink Floyd feel of this evening's sky

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

I am an avowed atheist but "Jesus Christ!!!"

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

I always thought these things were TV chef w*nk but they make sense when you're cooking Indian food

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

My crocheted fox "Lira" made by my very talented daughter

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Another fine artisanal brewing session (neutral spirits from my Dad plus Still Spirits Dry London Gin flavour)

Five bottles of homemade gin in Bombay Sapphire bottles

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

Just had these produced. New R will go in Building 302 cabinet once they have been cleaned. There's also a very large poster of Ross and R which I commissioned to be printed on aluminium (don't have a photo to hand)

Statistics Reception at University of Auckland displaying Birthplace of R

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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

Yet another service I won't bother using again. Original delivery time 820 - 840. No way to cancel. I wonder at what point they'll say they can't deliver.

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