It feels like it's been a while once more since I last updated. There is a good reason for that. That injury which has had me hobbling up and down the country has turned out to be a broken leg. I was actually hauling myself around on a leg that was broken in two places for five weeks before it was finally confirmed. It seems so impossible now, ( Read more... )

I'm still in tremendous pain, so I'm not going to make this a long one. Despite pain both large and small, nausea, and faintness, today was a good day. The exam board at the university sat today, and I asked a friend to ask my supervisor how I had done. As I was about to sit down to lunch I got a phone call.

Hello, Iwan? I got a note saying ( Read more... )

I've been in remiss as far as writing entries go, unfortunately I always remember when it's too late, and I can no longer afford the luxury of wringing one out at some late hour. I must keep regular hours once more, my body is finally beginning to accept it ( Read more... )

Oh my, it's actually been rather long since I last updated. This was not the plan, but I've just been insanely busy and either physically unable to find the time to sit down and update or physically unable to drag myself in front of a computer and type something that doesn't resemble a tired man falling asleep on a keyboard ( Read more... )

A few days ago I was reading an article (this article in fact) about unusual human settlements. Whilst all are eyebrow-raising, Kowloon Walled City in particular caught my eye. I remember seeing an interview with the set designers for Batman Begins where they mentioned that the designs for The Narrows were based on Kowloon. At the time I wouldn' ( Read more... )

Happy new year! Let's hope that 2012 is great. I did the traditional going to the town clock thing, but not before discovering a renewed appreciation for mulled wine. I needed a change from beer or whisky and this was just the ticket. I want it to be my signature drink, but I don't suppose they'll offer it for very long now that Christmas is ( Read more... )

I'm back on Linux (specifically Ubuntu 10.04) right now as I've become so enraged at Windows that I thought I was going to pop out a lung through my left eye. The continuous necessitation of sluggish reboots due to connectivity problems enraged me more than a Daily Mail reader being made to sit through an all-ethnic gay musical about a single mum ( Read more... )

I had a terrible night's sleep last night. It was one of those nights when my brain would not deactivate for the purposes of unconsciousness. I tossed and turned all night long, having insane dreams about mathematics problems and waking up with a start when I couldn't solve them in my head. At one point I woke up to find the pillow on the floor ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas to one and all. Assuming your Christmas isn't very easily destroyed like two old women who insisted I had ruined Christmas and that I was a disgrace for walking in front of the television briefly on my way to see my grandmother. I could still hear them raging about it as I left. It was like experiencing the living embodiment of ( Read more... )

I've been having a relaxing day of aggravation. I plough on into the world of mathematics, becoming ever more enraged as things become more complicated. At this rate I'm not going to get to physics for a long time. There really is a lot of material. Accursed mathematicians! Maybe if they'd taken more days off I'd have less to trawl through ( Read more... )