The author, a GPS junkie in search of a treatment plan, awaiting a fix somewhere in Umbria, Italy.

Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer.  Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken
in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.


— Leonardo Da Vinci


Professor Hawley is on sabbatical during the academic year 2000-2001, residing in what John Lennon called "the center of the universe": New York City.  He is exercising, reading, writing a book, playing music, and searching for new technological themes.