Feeling a sense of slight dizziness just now, I've drafted my PhD proposal and sent it to a couple of colleagues for their thoughts. Referees have also been approached. Hopefully all will be in place by this time next week and I can rest up over Christmas...
Right: what next?
(Meanwhile, English cities have witnessed student protests for quite a few days now - some of it has reached Scotland as well, although the legislation they're agitating against doesn't apply up here. For now. Rather like the Ushahidi example of collaborative data management, the students in London have been using Google Maps to plot developments as they try to outwit and outmanoeuvre the police. More information here, while the map's here.)