Xandru
@xmif1.bsky.social
CS DPhil student at Oxford. Interested in combinatorics and algorithms. Avid coffee drinker.
https://xmif1.github.io/
https://xmif1.github.io/
We designed and built a Christmas-themed train out of Lego!
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We designed and built a Christmas-themed train out of Lego!
'Tree' regular (pun intended)
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
'Tree' regular (pun intended)
New fascination: Quirky postal history.
In other news, I am now happy to receive envelopes with nifty stamps from all around the world!
In other news, I am now happy to receive envelopes with nifty stamps from all around the world!
October 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New fascination: Quirky postal history.
In other news, I am now happy to receive envelopes with nifty stamps from all around the world!
In other news, I am now happy to receive envelopes with nifty stamps from all around the world!
Guess I have a new hobby now...
August 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Guess I have a new hobby now...
Nice little Easter egg on this stamp
July 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Nice little Easter egg on this stamp
Made my way to RIAT 2025 and finally got to see some long time favourites, including the Hakwer Hunter, and flying demonstrations of the U2 and Avro Lancaster. Good day indeed!
July 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Made my way to RIAT 2025 and finally got to see some long time favourites, including the Hakwer Hunter, and flying demonstrations of the U2 and Avro Lancaster. Good day indeed!
Already thinking back of home, especially the Mediterranean sea...
July 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Already thinking back of home, especially the Mediterranean sea...
Baking some traditional treats from back home...
June 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Baking some traditional treats from back home...
Making friends at Wytham Woods.
June 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Making friends at Wytham Woods.
A bit of Formula 1 goodness on campus today!
May 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A bit of Formula 1 goodness on campus today!
Appropriately themed graduation tie
March 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Appropriately themed graduation tie
Travelling back in time...
February 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Travelling back in time...
Was lucky enough yesterday to catch a sighting of the Royal Train being hauled by the `Royal Sovereign' locomotive, and got a wave from an important fellow on board too - the driver!
February 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Was lucky enough yesterday to catch a sighting of the Royal Train being hauled by the `Royal Sovereign' locomotive, and got a wave from an important fellow on board too - the driver!
@stephenwolfram.bsky.social @wolframresearch.bsky.social Before updating to 14.2, I used to be able to run ParallelTable over GraphDatabase; now it seems to be causing issues!
February 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
@stephenwolfram.bsky.social @wolframresearch.bsky.social Before updating to 14.2, I used to be able to run ParallelTable over GraphDatabase; now it seems to be causing issues!
Happy 5 years, Tikka! Here she is, aged 1, reading Stanley's 'Enumerative Combinatorics' during lockdown.
February 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Happy 5 years, Tikka! Here she is, aged 1, reading Stanley's 'Enumerative Combinatorics' during lockdown.
Something doesn't look right...
When you wake up in auto-pilot mode thinking about a problem: whole coffee beans in the porta-filter.
When you wake up in auto-pilot mode thinking about a problem: whole coffee beans in the porta-filter.
January 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Something doesn't look right...
When you wake up in auto-pilot mode thinking about a problem: whole coffee beans in the porta-filter.
When you wake up in auto-pilot mode thinking about a problem: whole coffee beans in the porta-filter.
Scenic Binsey - perfect for gathering one's thoughts.
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Scenic Binsey - perfect for gathering one's thoughts.
A cheeky little dedication, found in Frank Harary's 'Graph Theory'.
January 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A cheeky little dedication, found in Frank Harary's 'Graph Theory'.
See you again soon, Malta!
January 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
See you again soon, Malta!
A visit to the late Maltese artist George Fenech's home/art studio turned museum. Spectacular!
January 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A visit to the late Maltese artist George Fenech's home/art studio turned museum. Spectacular!
Getting back into Airfix this Christmas. A calming (kind of?) PhD break.
December 23, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Getting back into Airfix this Christmas. A calming (kind of?) PhD break.
A wonderful evening of Brahms, hosted by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra!
December 21, 2024 at 9:09 AM
A wonderful evening of Brahms, hosted by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra!