It's been a months of ups and downs. At the moment things are on the up-swing, which cheers me up greatly. Yesterday I got confirmation of my distinction for my masters studies, which is a great weight off my mind. I've also got confirmation that some of my phd applications have been received, in some very positive emails. So I'm hoping something ( Read more... )

This amuses me;

http://kevan.org/johari?name=James+Lamsdell

http://kevan.org/nohari?name=James+Lamsdell

Fill them in if you like.

...to crow ( Read more... )

Laptop died a few weeks ago, relying completely on university macs. The thesis is going well - also applying for jobs on top of that, so not really doing much else. Except for watching Spaced ( Read more... )

I just cut myself while chopping chocolate for my cookie mix. It hurts, but it's not deep. In fact, I barely notice it. It's odd, the way it glistens in the dark; it seems to catch just about any light there is. So, anyway. There is my blood in the cookie mix ( Read more... )

It looks like I'm going to have to find something to do for the next year. I'm looking into doing an MRes at Bristol, but I'm not likely to get funding for it. Had a semi-encouraging email from Imperial the other day asking me to apply again next year. Other than that, not a lot's going on. Did some writing this weekend (~400 words), and am going ( Read more... )

Redescription of Drepanopterus abonensis Simpson (1951): implications for stylonurid eurypterid phylogeny - thesis and paper, with Simon Braddy and Erik Tetlie ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've bothered to write anything here, so let's see if I can update it a bit ( Read more... )

Just a little update; I got the Drepanopterus project.
Will bore you all with more details later.

I am now approaching the end of my introductory week at Bristol. I'm enjoying it all immensely; the course looks to be great fun (I have managed to wrangle my module options so that I only have to sit two full blown exams), the staff seem very friendly and the other people on the masters (there are fifteen of us) are good too ( Read more... )