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Temptation...
Whenever I do an air traffic safety case or plan, I always have to include a list of abbreviations, and have to say (again!) that "TMA" stands for "Terminal Manoevering Area".
One day (probably just before I retire) I swear I'm going to put "Tycho Magnetic Anomaly" in the abbreviations list, and see whether anybody notices... -
I've done an AJ
Like thisI'm posting this from my new Eee PC, which has turned up earlier than I expected, so I now have a real Linux PC, albeit in miniature ( Read more... ) -
E301 result
I see my E301 result is on my OU Student Home page -- distinction. Yay!
Now, what to do next... -
Comics
Prompted by tamnonlinear mentioning it, I revisited Questionable Content and spent the weekend reading the strip from beginning to end, over 1000 strips. Huge fun, though a bit worrying because no matter how cruel Jeph is to his characters they still seem to be having a better sex life than me. But then, Jeph draws that unusual world in which everybody is ( Read more... ) -
Annoying thing
Just been listening again to "Hocus Pocus" by Focus. Has anybody else noticed the similarity between Thijs val Leer's middle vocal break and the Crazy Frog? -
ECA
Well, I sent off my end of course assessment (a sort of project in lieu of an exam) this morning. I'm now just outside Maastricht on business and am shattered. -
College
Well, I've got my result back for my latest college assignment (a close reading of a text of my choice; I chose the first paragraph of "Lake Wobegon Days") -- 96%. And it counts as two assignments in my overall grade. "Awesome research" according to my tutor. By my calculations that means I don't need to submit my final assignment (though I expect ( Read more... ) -
Wii!
Yay! Finally managed to get a Nintendo Wii -- by staking out a local store when the delivery was due. But I'll probably have to hide it for a couple of weeks, because microtig has exams and I don't want her to be distracted. -
Essay Result
Well, I got 89% on that tricky Bakhtin essay -- I'd have got more if I'd given more examples. Still, if I can average over 85% it's a distinction, so that will do! "You show an excellent grasp of the ideas under discussion and are not afraid to engage critically with them". I'm rather pleased with that.