At home I currently have a computer provided by work. This is a Good Thing, as it allows me to post to livejournal^W^W^W unveil the mysteries of the Universe from home in the evenings. The computer itself is a generic HP/compaq desktop, with an HP L2045w monitor ( Read more... )

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It's hot in Melbourne at the moment. Really rather hot. So it's a good thing for the productivity of the maths department here at Monash that we have air conditioning, which was generously fitted by the University in all this building's offices a few years ago ( Read more... )

To the best of my knowledge I purchased a total of two items from Woolworths during my 25-odd years living in England ( Read more... )

Port Phillip Bay is the bay that Melbourne is built on the very northern tip of. The eastern side is mostly sandy beaches with Melbourne's southern and eastern suburbs built up against it, before turning into the semi-rural Mornington Peninsula. The western side is less built-up until you get to Geelong, Victoria's second city, and the Bellarine ( Read more... )

Today I passed through, amongst others, the following places:

( Placenames )

In 2007, I

• Rented somewhere to live from a Real Person
  
• Visited Stockholm
  
• Became a doctor
  
• Had a paper that I am an author on cited by a paper than I am not an author on
  
• Acquired a scar on my right hand
  
• Traveled on a National Express coach
  
• Fell asleep in a meeting
  
• Went on holiday with my partner
  
• Was the best man at a wedding
  
• Moved out of Europe
  
• Paid ( Read more... )

Melbourne Forecast ( Read more... )

Amanda works at Mount Stromolo Observatory, just outside Canberra, and invited me to visit for a few days. So off I went, and a few days ended up turning into a week. Some good things (seing as Canberra seems to get a bit of a bad press generally): the countryside round the city is really nice; you wouldn't know that it had mostly been consumed ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago or so I had a telephone line and cable broadband connection installed. A couple of days later, I got a phone call at work from somebody from the phone company, who asked me a few questions about what I thought of the installer and the job that he'd done. I thought he was fine, so I gave him full marks. What ammused me, ( Read more... )