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We have a bed!
We now have a king-sized bed, and also a king-sized air-bed. This means that we can now comfortably accommodate guests who need somewhere to stay when they visit Manchester.
We're still not properly unpacked, so having people round for dinner (for example) would be more tricky. -
I have internet at home!
So now I can talk to lovely people on the interwebs again!
In other news I'm off to Newcastle for the weekend for the Maker Faire. Should be fun (albeit tiring fun). -
Manchester, here I come...
Tomorrow's Picocon will be the last social event I attend in London before departing for Manchester on Monday ( Read more... ) -
Yesterday:
1min til train leaves!
run run run run SLIP! SLIDE! CRUNCH!
Blood drips artfully onto concrete floor, shards of glass are visible and just out of focus
An ambulance is heard
Poking and prodding in A&E
X-Ray machine viewed still out of focus
RESULT: Mild Concussion, no glass in wound, glasses totalled. -
We are recruiting again at work
So, if anyone is interested in working as a Research Engineer for the BBC we're recruiting for next year's trainee scheme:
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RIP Matthew "Smithers" Smith
This morning I received the news that my good friend Matthew Smith, known to us in London as "Smithers" has died in a road accident. I have tried to inform everyone who knew him by phone where possible, but if you were a friend of his and myself and Peter haven't been able to get through to you then maybe you'll see it here ( Read more... ) -
I passed!
For those of you who don't read facebook, aren't on Tangency, and didn't get a text message from me, I passed my viva (without corrections) and am now a doctor of philosophy :)
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I have a date for my viva
It is : 03/09/09
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So, I voted.
I ended up voting for "Yes to Europe" because after eliminating the anti-EU parties (we need an international body to handle international issues) and the anti-nuclear parties (climate change is the single most important issue, and being anti-nuclear is much the same as being pro-coal) I was left with Labour and Yes to Europe. -
Election-time Leaflet-time
Today I had three election leaflets awaiting me when I got home. I shall describe them in ascending order of craziness.
The Lib-dem leaflet is full of name-dropping. It's also full of some very stupid policy ideas "Nick Clegg's Lib Dems want action for real tax cuts and job creation to get us through Labour's recession". Gah. It's hardly Labour's ( Read more... )