Watching a couple of compiler writers giving a talk on their subject to a very small audience is very sweet. I think they might be worse than mathematicians. I want to give them a hug.

Whilst tracking my breadmaker (which departed Glenrothes at 11:57 this morning) it occurred to me: they should have little cameras in the delivery trucks, so not only can we follow the progress with little status messages, we can actually follow the progress directly (also with GPS feed). Get annoyed with traffic jams and bad weather! Now, it's not ( Read more... )

List of books via deepbluemermaid - highlight ones read, undeline ones loved (this was specified as opposed to merely liked) and italicise those which you intend to read.

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible - ( Read more... )

Think I've pulled my back somehow. Quite painful. No idea how I did it - my dad's always had back problems, so I'm generally very careful about lifting things in the correct way and whatnot.

Oh well, I imagine it will go away.

http://xkcd.com/530/

This has to be one of my favourite XKCDs in quite a while.

As a partial compensation for today being back-to-work day, I awake to a blanket of white covering Cheltenham.

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Exciting updates on my life #184:

I have fingerless gloves for typing in. Now only the ends of my fingers get cold.

Set to the tune of 'Invisible Touch' by Genesis ( Read more... )

So, I actually got around to calling the helpline today, and the upshot is that, as soon as I can actually find my national insurance card, I need to register as self-employed. One of the questions is asking for the name of my business. So, anybody have any cunning suggestions for what I should be called? I'll be doing largely software engineering ( Read more... )