Damn. I didn't get the US placement ( Read more... )

Haven't written in ages - much work and well... Just not been feeling very connected I suppose.

I got add-on macro lenses via the magic of eBay, and went out spider hunting today. Sunshine + bricks = salticus scenicus!

( cut for those who wish to avoid spiders )

Uh-oh. A sky dragon is eating the moon.

I love the crazy stuff I am told to learn about... Today I am reading a mathematical analysis of Jenga. Yes, this is work! Apparently there is a winning strategy.

Oh, I haven't been online much because NTL are a bit broken at the moment. Found out it was their DNS servers and changed it. Anyone else on NTL with problems, try changing to 195.130.130.5

My monitor is shaking. Because my room is moving. Which is somewhat alarming as I live in a terraced house.

As a quick dodge to avoid writing a proper post, here are some pictures of my parent's new dog, that I got to entertain over christmas.

( everyone loves puppies )

Last coursework and then this term is finished! (it finished yesterday but I had some necessary recovery days after problemhamster's Christmas party. I have no memory of drinking Ken's death cocktail. This is bad, and indeed led to bad ( Read more... )

That was a crazy exam ( Read more... )

Todays internal discussion point is: will printing in Linux always suck?

Feel free to join in, bring hope.