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Happy hubby
Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of meeting my soulmate, my best friend, the love of my life. We've had five happy years together, and I'm looking forward to a squillion more :) -
Cycling with a laptop?
I'm considering cycling between the train and work, instead of bus followed by walking. I'm worried about how my laptop would be affected in the long term, and is it better to carry my bag on my back or on the carrier? Does anyone have any experience cycling with a laptop? -
Taking a break.
Today, I'm taking a break from my thesis, by which I mean I've only spent three hours working on it rather than eight ;) My brain is pretty fried anyway, and I need it to be in top form to work on my conclusion - I always find the fluffier parts much harder to write than the hardcore techie parts. I plan to have my conclusion written by Wednesday ( Read more... ) -
Mmmmhhhh, great food.
Today, metalrabbit baked cinnamon raisin bagels and white soda bread, and both are yummy. Last night we had pan-fried fillet of plaice and homemade wedges, also yummy, and tonight we'll be having smoked salmon and pea frittata. Who needs to go to a restaurant? -
Geek humour
Today's xkcd made me laugh out loud. -
Water
After 4 hours work last night, and another 4 hours this morning, I have restored our water supply, which has been frozen for at least two days. Ireland is not used to days where the temperature doesn't exceed 0 degrees, and it's -6 at 18:00. Although the house we're living in is well insulated, the plumbers obviously weren't expecting such low ( Read more... ) -
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One of my users has a Microsoft Word document with links to lots of images. His problem is that the links are absolute, not relative, so when he puts the document and the images on CD the images are not displayed when someone on another computer looks at the document. So, off I go to the Microsoft Office website to look for help, and that's where ( Read more... ) -
Dr. Horrible
Dr. Horrible, by Joss Whedon, looks interesting. Wonder how well it will do? -
Academic success
I submitted a paper (my first) at the start of June to the SGAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence AI-2008 and they've accepted it :) I'll be off to Cambridge in December to present it - a bit intimidating for my first paper, so I'll be practicing on metalrabbit ;) -
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The death of Adrian Wolfson is a sad story.