2025
- 10/03 — September: photos post
- 09/23 — August: Europe, Canada, then back to New Zealand despite an Air Canada strike
- 09/11 — August: photos post
- 09/10 — More flight shenanigans: late August / early September with Air New Zealand
- 08/25 — July: more travels and some scholarly outputs
- 08/24 — Trip report: Tour du Mont Blanc, July 21 to August 1, 2025
- 08/23 — Trip report: Seven Summits Project, Mount Olympus, July 9 to 13, 2025
- 08/22 — Me and the Air Canada Flight Attendant Strike
- 08/10 — Submission re: Amendment to the Devil's Glen Provincial Park Management Plan
- 08/04 — July: photos post
- 07/19 — June: more travels and some scholarly outputs
- 07/01 — June: photos post
- 06/26 — PLDI 2014 or 2024?
- 06/26 — May: exams and travels
- 06/25 — Trip report: Estonia, May 2-12 2025
- 06/01 — May: photos post
- 05/24 — April: exams and travels
- 05/12 — Trip report: Lima (and Paracas), April 11-18 2025
- 05/11 — Review: Les Groseilles de Novembre by Andrus Kivirähk
- 05/05 — April: photos post
- 04/18 — March: last bit of the term (a doozy)
- 03/31 — February: still teaching three courses, plus a hiking trip to Japan
- 03/10 — February: photos post
- 02/14 — Judo Québec Referee Stats 2000-2025
- 02/05 — January: a month of teaching three courses, and two trips
- 02/01 — January: photos post
- 01/29 — December: Last month of sabbatical and two trips
- 01/18 — An extremely smooth travel day
- 01/08 — Submission on the NZ Regulatory Standards Bill
- 01/01 — December: photos post
2024
- 12/06 — Submission on the NZ Treaty Principles Bill
- 12/05 — Trip report: Gisborne, November 28–Dec 1 2024
- 12/02 — November: almost all in Wellington
- 12/01 — November: photos post
- 11/26 — Trip report: Overland Track, Tasmania—part 9 (day 6), Narcissus
- 11/21 — Thoughts on the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti
- 11/18 — Trip report: Overland Track, Tasmania—part 8 (day 5), Bert Nichols Hut/Windy Ridge
- 11/17 — Trip report: Ontario, California, and Manitoba, October 16-29 2024
- 11/17 — October: world tour continues with Flagstaff, Waterloo/Toronto, Pasadena, and Winnipeg
- 11/16 — Review: Epic: Adventures across Aotearoa, by Ray Salisbury
- 11/15 — Review: How Infrastructure Works: Transforming our shared systems for a changing world, by Deb Chachra
- 11/12 — Trip report: Rotorua, October 11-14 2024
- 11/09 — Trip report: Flagstaff, October 5-9 2024
- 11/02 — October: photos post
- 10/15 — Review: Takahē: Bird of Dreams by Alison Ballance
- 10/05 — September: final versions of papers, course prep, Auckland, and Japan
- 10/02 — September: photos post
- 09/26 — Submission to NZ Crown Minerals Amendment Bill reopening gas and oil exploration
- 09/20 — Comparing the Old Ghost Road and Paparoa tracks and their books
- 09/19 — Review: Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen
- 09/04 — August: Camera-ready month, and some weekend trips
- 09/01 — August: photos post
- 08/30 — Review: Ru by Kim Thúy
- 08/19 — Case study: making air travel things complicated
- 08/14 — July: A walk on the Old Ghost Road and a visit to Melbourne and Cairns, plus a workshop paper submission
- 08/12 — Trip report: Melbourne and Cairns
- 08/01 — July: photos post
- 07/20 — Trip report: Overland Track, Tasmania—part 7 (day 4), Kia Ora with Mts Ossa and Pelion East
- 07/18 — Trip report: Overland Track, Tasmania—part 6 (day 3), Pelion
- 07/06 — June: an accept, two rejects, another paper submission, and a South Island walk
- 07/03 — June: photos post
- 06/24 — Trip report: Overland Track, Tasmania—part 4 (day 2), Windermere
- 06/17 — Trip report: Overland Track, Tasmania—part 3 (day 1), Cradle Mountain
- 06/16 — Trip report: Overland Track, Tasmania—part 2, before the walk
- 06/11 — May: waiting for reviews; Tasmania and South Island trips
- 06/06 — Trip report: Christchurch/Lincoln, Queenstown, and Doubtful Sound
- 06/01 — May: photos post
- 05/20 — April: Whanganui Journey, three papers submitted, and a trip to Tasmania
- 05/14 — April: photos post
- 05/11 — Trip report: Overland Track, Tasmania—part 1, Australia vs New Zealand, and overall impressions
- 04/10 — March: more bad professional news from 2023 efforts, Canada trip, Wānaka climbing, and start of the Whanganui River Journey
- 04/08 — Trip report: Whanganui Journey—five days canoeing on the Whanganui river
- 03/11 — February: Travers-Sabine; and, entering NZ at the start and leaving NZ at the end
- 03/10 — Trip report: refereeing in Abbotsford, Edmonton, and a quick trip to Toronto/Waterloo
- 02/14 — January: Nelson, Wellington, other Nelson, and Sydney
- 02/11 — Review: On Cold Iron by Dan Levert
- 01/04 — December: taking all the courses
2023
- 12/07 — November: almost entirely staying put in Wellington
- 11/14 — Review: The Last Front Line by Brendan O'Dwyer
- 11/05 — October: NSERC Discovery Grant writing, and refereeing in Canada
- 11/03 — Museum review: Canadian Human Rights Museum / Musée pour les droits de la personne, Winnipeg
- 10/12 — Mount Hopeless attempt, August 25-27, 2023
- 10/08 — Book review: Wellington's Railways: Colonial Steam to Matangi, by David Parsons
- 10/07 — Tourist guide to Wellington
- 10/04 — How to leave Waterloo/how to get to YYZ
- 10/01 — September: 'back to school' and yet more trips
- 09/16 — August: more trips
- 09/04 — Review: Flight of the Huia by Kerry-Jayne Wilson
- 08/13 — July: some small trips
- 07/17 — No zombies here: motions to postpone indefinitely are silver bullets
- 07/01 — June: back to normal non-teaching term, writing paper after paper
- 06/28 — Atene Skyline Track, June 17, 2023
- 06/23 — Graduate Students
- 06/14 — May: another big month
- 06/12 — West Coast Adventures: Thanks friends! May 2023
- 05/31 — Book Review: We, the Others: Allophones, Immigrants, and Belonging in Canada by Toula Drimonis
- 05/18 — Book review: Before the Dawn by Tōson Shimazaki
- 05/08 — April: finally done with Winter term
- 05/07 — Western Newfoundland, April 6-9, 2023
- 05/06 — ChatGPT's Hot Takes on Programming Languages and Software Engineering
- 05/01 — Montréal
- 04/19 — Bouldering Gym Review: Backbone Boulder, Bromont, April 2023
- 04/16 — Japan part III: Two days in Hokkaido and one in Tokyo, February 2023
- 04/14 — March: lots of good news
- 04/07 — Championnat provincial (Laval), March 24-26, 2023
- 04/06 — Edmonton International Judo Championship, March 10-12, 2023
- 03/27 — Japan part II: historical (looking) buildings in the Japan Alps, February 2023
- 03/08 — COVID infodump, March 2023
- 03/07 — February: COVID, teaching, and a trip to Japan
- 02/26 — Japan part I: cherry blossoms and part of the Nakasendo, February 2023
- 02/05 — January: teaching and extracurriculars
- 02/04 — Around the Mountain Circuit (Taranaki), January 2 to 5, 2023
- 01/21 — December: start of summer / back to winter soon
- 01/20 — Christmas on the South Island: Gillepsie, Mueller Hut, glacier kayaking, and rock climbing
- 01/07 — Book review: Can't Get There from Here: New Zealand Passenger Rail Since 1920, by André Brett, maps by Sam van der Weerden
- 01/05 — Places I've been in Aotearoa New Zealand
2022
- 12/31 — Leaving Early: The Last Day of our South Island December 2022 trip
- 12/03 — November: winter is coming
- 12/02 — Throwback: Aspect-Oriented Programming
- 11/24 — Submission to Ontario's Proposed Amendments to the Greenbelt Plan
- 11/15 — October: midway through Fall term
- 11/14 — Trip Report: Judo Nationals in Christchurch, October 14-16 2022
- 11/11 — Trip Report: Queen Charlotte Track, October 22-27 2022
- 11/02 — Trip Report: Banks Peninsula Track, October 3-4 2022
- 10/11 — September: more research, some trips
- 09/17 — Submission to NZ inquiry on inter-regional passenger rail
- 09/15 — Interactions with Immigration New Zealand
- 09/01 — August: staying in Canada longer than expected, for good reasons
- 08/26 — Reflections on judo grades
- 08/01 — July: last month of classes for Spring, plus some trips
- 07/14 — June: better late than never; so much work.
- 06/07 — Trip report: 2022 judo Open Nationals
- 06/06 — May: first month of Spring term, so much teaching, focus on judo
- 05/22 — plam's travel philosophy
- 05/07 — Three full days in Yellowknife
- 05/01 — April: between Winter and Spring; more travels
- 04/01 — March: first and last full month of teaching in Winter 2022, and some trips
- 03/26 — 24 Hours in Saskatchewan
- 03/01 — February: with short escapes to Quebec
- 02/20 — Warm lights in the Airbnb bedroom FTW
- 02/01 — January: a whole month in K-W
- 01/24 — New Zealand Restaurants
- 01/03 — December: back in Canada and not loving it
2021
- 12/28 — Urban living (3/3): Wellington
- 12/26 — Urban living (2/3): Montreal
- 12/25 — Urban living (1/3): Kitchener/Waterloo
- 12/24 — There are six eggs
- 12/15 — November: last month in New Zealand
- 12/10 — Leaving Aotearoa Part II: AKL-LAX, Los Angeles, and back on Air Canada to Montreal
- 12/07 — Leaving Aotearoa Part I: WLG to AKL and on to NZ6
- 11/26 — Travel during COVID times: NZ to Canada
- 11/19 — Trans-Canada Highway vs State Highway 1: Getting around (Central) Canada & NZ
- 11/01 — October: Suppression in Auckland, elimination elsewhere in NZ
- 10/27 — Answers to NZ Government consultations on Adventure Activities
- 10/11 — September: Delta's Still Here (mostly in Auckland)
- 10/10 — Review: Emerald Hours in New Zealand Part II, getting around the South Island
- 09/05 — Review: Emerald Hours in New Zealand Part I, North Island (but really, transport in NZ)
- 09/01 — August: Here's Delta
- 08/24 — My Photo Workflow, and Adventures in Hugo Development
- 08/17 — Cook Islands: international travel!
- 08/15 — Letter to Canadian ministers about reducing emissions.
- 08/02 — July: to the Realm
- 07/04 — June: non-teaching term month 2
- 06/28 — West Coast Again, May 21-25 2021: Days 4 & 5, Arthur's Pass, Springfield, and Christchurch
- 06/25 — On the Rollercoaster: What an Interesting Location
- 06/24 — West Coast Again, May 21-25 2021: Day 4, Mount French
- 06/19 — West Coast Again, May 21-25 2021: Days 2 & 3, Canterbury Open, Otira Café, Truman Track, Punakaiki Pancake Rocks, and Westland Petrel Colony
- 06/12 — West Coast Again, May 21-25 2021: Day 1, WLG-CHC
- 06/01 — May: non-teaching term month 1
- 05/15 — Holidays: Canada vs NZ
- 05/09 — Review: Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey through the Fragile Arctic by James Raffan
- 05/05 — That Antipodal Life
- 05/03 — April: end-of-term slog
- 04/02 — Queenstown, Makarora, Wanaka, and not Gillespie
- 04/01 — March: finishing the Tongariro Circuit, climbing trip to Pohara, and hiking Wanaka
- 03/19 — Book review: The Ethical Algorithm by Kearns and Roth
- 03/12 — WLG-NSN
- 03/04 — February: mostly work, plus Tongariro Northern Circuit
- 02/10 — 2020 (not travel)
- 02/07 — January: Back to School, and Hump Ridge
- 01/14 — Graduate Seminar Presentation & Discussion Tips
- 01/14 — Book review: Overload by Kelly and Moen
- 01/06 — 2020 Retrospective part 1: travel
- 01/01 — December: Christmas in NZ, 2.5 trips, a Great month
2020
- 12/12 — SE Student Support
- 12/03 — November: 1.5 trips
- 11/02 — October: Wellington only
- 11/01 — Onward! Essay: Putting the Semantics into Semantic Versioning
- 10/31 — Living without a phone
- 10/23 — Weird LaTeX error: File l3backend-pdfmode.def not found
- 10/23 — Advice for Waterloo SE/CS/CE students about grad school
- 10/15 — New-to-me bicycle
- 10/03 — New Zealand Restaurants
- 10/02 — September: Canterbury and Level 1
- 09/10 — Long-Delayed Trip Report: Queen's Birthday Weekend in Charleston
- 09/05 — Our First Great Walk: the Heaphy Track
- 09/04 — Munging Global COVID stats
- 08/31 — August: Back from a trip and into Level 2
- 08/22 — The TranzAlpine and a day at Arthur's Pass
- 08/20 — Racism: Canada and New Zealand
- 07/31 — July, including a vacation
- 07/24 — Pohatu Penguins at Akaroa, Mount Sunday, and Christchurch
- 07/15 — BreakFree on Cashel (Christchurch): A Review
- 07/04 — Level 1 June
- 06/15 — About sabbaticals
- 06/03 — May, moving down the levels
- 05/01 — A Locked-down April
- 04/28 — Leverage deadlines for action
- 04/21 — Moderate multi-pitch in New Zealand, March 11, 2020
- 04/14 — Be aware of boundary conditions
- 04/14 — An Exciting Trip to Mount Taranaki, March 17-18, 2020
- 04/08 — Munging NZ COVID stats
- 04/07 — Be an expert tool user
- 04/01 — The Longest Month
- 03/30 — Explore local
- 03/23 — Be intentional about your time
- 03/16 — Get Natural Sunlight!
- 03/08 — Second month (plus 10 days) in Wellington
- 03/07 — Beyond Diet: on red pandas and doing better
- 03/02 — You also have to descend
- 02/23 — What's Your Backup Strategy?
- 02/16 — Bring less stuff!
- 02/12 — Rock climbing in Wanaka
- 01/31 — First month in Wellington
- 01/26 — Look at the Details
- 01/19 — Don't be a weka
- 01/13 — January 2020 Reflections
- 01/01 — Patrick Lam's Research Publications
2019
- 12/31 — 2019 retrospective
- 12/28 — Optimal travel from Montreal to Waterloo
- 12/26 — YOW - downtown Ottawa, December 2019
- 12/26 — Travel options from Waterloo
- 11/11 — Recommendation Letter for Laurie Hendren
2018
- 04/08 — Biking to Amqui
- 02/09 — Bagotville
2016
- 11/03 — Yotel: A Review
- 09/08 — Kitchener-Waterloo Restaurants
- 06/08 — Lexicon
- 06/08 — Good Talks
- 01/28 — Letter to Minister Bardish Chagger
2013
2009
2008
- 08/06 — Travel options from Waterloo
- 06/26 — Academic Tree circa 2003
- 01/09 — Couch
2004
- 05/05 — How to bike to a workshop
- 03/21 — Concrete Atria are not Atria!
