Patrick Lam

Thoughts and travels of Patrick Lam

Me and the Air Canada Flight Attendant Strike

22 Aug 2025

How I managed to fly to New Zealand as soon as possible after the Air Canada Flight Attendant strike, oof.

Submission re: Amendment to the Devil's Glen Provincial Park Management Plan

10 Aug 2025

Yay! A submission wholly in support of a government initiative (Ontario) which legitimizes climbing at Devil’s Glen Provincial Park (and hopefully others in the future).

July: photos post

4 Aug 2025

Managed to do a lot of photos despite two big trips (Olympus, TMB) in July, including a quick turnaround on the bulk of the Olympus photos.

June: more travels and some scholarly outputs

19 Jul 2025

Trips to Gold Coast and mostly Seoul (also Shanghai and Narita); submitted a paper.

June: photos post

1 Jul 2025

In June, more travel, fewer photos posted and lots of photos captured. Pictures from Montreal, Wellington, Estonia, Calgary, and barely Seoul.

May: exams and travels

26 Jun 2025

First month of Spring term; off to Montreal, Estonia, Calgary, and New Zealand!

PLDI 2014 or 2024?

26 Jun 2025

There are 10 paper titles which come from either PLDI 2014 or PLDI 2024. (Year drawn at random, then paper.) Can you guess which is which?

Trip report: Estonia, May 2-12 2025

25 Jun 2025

Research visit to Tartu, passing through Tallinn. First time back in Europe since 2019.

May: photos post

1 Jun 2025

Returning to normal service with lots of pictures processed in May.

April: exams and travels

24 May 2025

Still had exams to give but was able to start moving on with my life this month.