Patrick Lam

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October: photos post

In October I was working on my NSERC Discovery proposal, so I may have procrastinated sometimes by processing pictures. I selected way more pictures than in any recent month (1330 versus 846 in July), and the total number of pictures in the pool was 16% higher in July (3883 versus 2642). July did include a large collection of Estonian bird photos (710) and a walk up to Apostolidis (528). This month, on the other hand, I had lots of tiny sets, including in-transit days. Still, there were 13 over-100-picture days. (updated: spreadsheet error)

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, November 2, 2025

September: photos post

September was down again in terms of number of pictures processed, but I was not at a computer for many days in September. (I wonder if I could correlate the number of travel days with the number of pictures processed). There are only 9GB of new pictures from September, so maybe not adding too much to the backlog. Desperately trying to have less than a two-year picture backlog. Looking at the chronological order, there are some big trips in the backlog, like New Caledonia in November 2023 and the Travers Sabine in February 2024. It is challenging when there is a set of 400 pictures from a day.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Friday, October 3, 2025

August: photos post

I took some more pictures in August, but not as many as July. I also somehow had less time to process pictures. Plus, there are a couple of sets that I’m not posting here. I don’t know if I dug myself deeper into a hole. Caught up a bit with some May and July photos, as well as some August phohtos. Anyway, less than July but more than June.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Thursday, September 11, 2025

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

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).

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, August 10, 2025

July: photos post

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.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Monday, August 4, 2025

June: photos post

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

Posted by Patrick Lam on Tuesday, July 1, 2025

May: photos post

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

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, June 1, 2025

April: photos post

March was a doozy, so here are the two sets I processed in March, as well as April’s pictures.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Monday, May 5, 2025

February: photos post

Moving right along, I’ve now posted the Around the Mountain Circuit from 2023, and the next big set is August 2023. I added to the backlog with 2000 pictures from Japan though.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Monday, March 10, 2025

January: photos post

Finished 2022 photos, but didn’t have much time to process more photos otherwise. One more January 2023 trip to do and then a huge step forwards in time.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Saturday, February 1, 2025

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Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo; patrick.lam@uwaterloo.ca

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