We have a slight shortage of games running for Freshers' One-Shots and first terms ( Read more... )

Today I rolled out of bed late (despite 4 alarms) and headed off to my first lecture running about 5 mins late. Recalling an email that informed me our room had been changed from Biosciences to Aston Webb, I headed to the appropriate location, then realised I had forgotten which room. A brief discussion with the lady on reception pointed me to WG5 ( Read more... )

Okay, what's cooler; lasers and electrical discharges or conventional machining techniques? When your answer is "conventional machining" then that's probably a sign of being waaay to fond of the Advanced Machining module ( Read more... )

I know, it's my first post in a while. And it's another meme. But it's an interesting one ( Read more... )

This year I got a Business module, for which the lecturer expects us to familiarise ourselves with business and financial news. He told us to buy broadsheet newspapers; I took one look at how much they cost and thought bugger that for a game of soldiers. So I went to the BBC website instead. Figured they had to have something ( Read more... )

Your result for Reincarnation Placement Exam...
Tralfamadorian Messenger

47% Intrigue,  63% Civilization,  56% Humanity,  43% Urbanization.


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Okay, if there were a word in English for the exact diametric opposite of a secret, that word would describe my feelings about Fluid Flow as a subject to be studying. It is HARD. It is CONFUSING. I HATE it. I have always said this and everyone who has known me while I've been studying it knows all this ( Read more... )

My exams are half over. This is good. Analytical Techniques was not good to me.

Also, I am not sure where everyone else is finding past papers. Probably WebCT. I can't navigate that particular rats' nest.

Heat Engines and Heat Pumps: I am not crying!

What this means in not-overly-emotional person talk is that I did not do splendidly, spectacularly or even reliably well, but I did not choke, freeze or sit there for two hours staring at a paper that made no sense at all. In short, it could have gone a lot better, but a lot worse.

Now I will distract ( Read more... )

Who says summer is good? Summer is bad! Summer may have longer days, but in summer I always want the days to be shorter so my eyes stop hurting in the bright light and the heat gets turned down a few degrees ( Read more... )