Apparently it's a been a while since I wrote anything here. Nothing hugely noteworthy has happened; life just carries on. I've been at [Mendeley][] for...
Read More…Apparently it's a been a while since I wrote anything here. Nothing hugely noteworthy has happened; life just carries on. I've been at [Mendeley][] for...
Read More…It's been three and a half weeks since I moved out of Plymouth, and two and a half since I started work at Mendeley, so...
Read More…As mentioned in a previous entry, I'll be working in central London from the 14th. So, since the commute from Plymouth would be pretty horrific,...
Read More…On the 25th of February I was up in London for a job interview. Apparently I didn't do as badly as I thought, because a...
Read More…Since Skippy, Loupie, and Natnie have all published their lists (among others) I thought I'd give it a go myself. So. If I start counting...
Read More…!http://www.fosdem.org/promo/going-to(I'm going to FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting)!:http://www.fosdem.org Finally got around to booking travel and accomodation for FOSDEM 2010; I've...
Read More…The date for FOSDEM X has been [announced][0]: 6+7 February 2010. [0]: http://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2009-July/000754.html I’m hoping to get myself organised to go well in advance this...
Read More…I'm assuming everybody (everybody who cares, that is) has heard about the attack against SHA-1. Part of what this means is that [1024-bit DSA GnuPG...
Read More…So, this weekend I've had four and a half days off (Thursday lunchtime onwards) and, given my usual lack of planning, didn't have anything in...
Read More…So, not all that much has been happening recently. Spent New Year coding, eating curry, watching Monty Python, then watching the countdown with Jools Holland...
Read More…I bought a new domain, godlessliberal.co.uk <http://godlessliberal.co.uk/>_. The plan is to put all my posts related to politics and religion and so on there, and...
So a few weeks back I emailed some loony Christian organisation in the US as part of a protest, basically to tell them to stop...
Read More…Last night was the first lesson of the German course I enrolled on. I now know four ways to ask somebody their name (two formal,...
Read More…Today I learned that, when on a vector converging with a wall at medium to high speed, the correct course of action is to brake,...
Read More…Something that I wasn't expecting when I decided to do a placement, or right the way through until after I started working at PML, was...
Read More…We recently received our annual spamming by Plymouth On Course <http://www.plymouthoncourse.com/>_, who apparently are some sort of umbrella group for the various places in the...
I have a new plant; it's a spider plant that sprouted from one we're looking after for a friend. It needs a name; any suggestions?...
Read More…Today was the first day of my second week at PML_, and I appear to have survived so far. The work's pretty interesting; I spent...
Read More…On Saturday afternoon Gem and I drove up to Dartmoor and wandered around near Down Tor <http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en-GB&geocode=&sll=52.426998,-0.893268&sspn=0.010284,0.020041&ie=UTF8&ll=50.507245,-4.003369&spn=0.002685,0.00501&t=h&z=18>; Dan, Chris Morris, Gareth, and Carl joined us...
I said I'd write about it, so I suppose I'd better. A few weeks ago I heard that Richard Stallman_ was to give a lecture...
So, as I mentioned recently, I had an interview for a placement at Plymouth Marine Laboratory. I heard back from them a couple of days...
Read More…So, the last piece of coursework is out of the way and, barring two exams and a demo, that's the end of another academic year....
Read More…TermiSoc__'s annual general meeting was Tuesday; against my better judgement, I put myself forward for the position of president. Showing a lack of common sense...
Apparently I don't spend enough money, because for the second time since Christmas I've ordered something, only to realise it's shipping to my old address...
Read More…Happy Tuesday, or whatever religious festival you happen to be celebrating now, in the near future, and in the recent past.
Read More…As I [mentioned][] a few weeks ago, the idea of a games night has come up. Since nothing will happen unless someone prods everyone into...
Read More…Well, yesterday (Saturday) was the second TermiSoc LAN party this term. I went along, though as I'm not generally much of a gamer it was...
Read More…So, in an attempt to actually do something with my time, I've decided to take up drawing again. I'll probably also make an attempt at...
Read More…Lisa is coming down for a few days tomorrow, which I'm looking forward to; we're planning to go and see "Nineteen Eighty-Four" at some theatre...
Read More…Well, after weeks of waiting, I got confirmation from my LEA that they'll be giving me money as usual (well, lending). Usefully, they sent it...
Read More…Recently, I read (re-read, actually) an article about introverted people that reminded me a lot of how I feel about social stuff. Whilst searching for...
Read More…The last few days, we've had very hot weather down here (can't speak for the rest of the country) Unfortunately, this means the kitchen and...
Read More…Last week, I borrowed some DVDs from the Blockbuster store on Mutley Plain, and returned them on Sunday evening. I received a phone call this...
Read More…I haven't blogged in nearly a month now, and haven't had much to say in longer, so this post may end up being a bit...
Read More…Just received the results of my third (and final) attempt to pass the first-year Computing module IT & Media Tools. Thankfully, this time I managed...
Read More…Dear Fashion, Please could you start making mens' clothing in colours that do not appear in cat vomit? Much appreciated. Also, producing womens' clothing in...
Read More…Is it just me, or is 7am a bit bloody early in the morning to begin digging up a road in a residential area? I...
Read More…After [Skippy][] and [Loupie][] blogged about LibraryThing I decided to try it out; unfortunately, it prefers American titles to original British ones ("The Golden Compass"...
Read More…I'm a little disappointed that no TermiSoc types bothered with an April Fools' joke this year; Rich's last year was excellent and caused uproar before...
Read More…To log into part of the University of Plymouth website, you must not only provide your username and password, but some extra details as well---presumably...
Read More…I have too much stuff. My bookshelf, admittedly, has some free space, but that's because my Discworld books are piled up on top of it....
Read More…Starbucks have signed Paul McCartney to their music label. Actually, I don't know whether this is reason to hate Starbucks (for supporting McCartney) or to...
Read More…On Tuesday, I'll be going to see a doctor since the first time since---as far as I can remember---1994 (and that was just a checkup,...
Read More…I haven't posted much for a while. To be honest, there's not been much to post about; I've done no coding, lots of reading, and...
Read More…Okay, so I have nothing against long walks - I could happily spend a day (or even just an afternoon) wandering around the countryside, and...
Read More…A couple of days ago I applied for a job with Plymouth City Council, as an "ICT Support Assistant" at Plymouth Central Library. It's pretty...
Read More…Finally (after many years) got sick of my hair being so long. Took scissors to it, now it's around my shoulders. Now I have shorter...
Read More…Hmm. DebConf 8 looks like it'll be in Argentina next summer...wonder if I could beat Seth's record for random long-distance travel. Okay, so maybe it's...
Read More…[Skippy][], sorry to disappoint you (and [various][] [other][] [bloggers][] on [Planet Debian][]): Plymouth had heavy rain last night, and a couple of minutes of hail...
Read More…Well, I spent the weekend in West Brom with Lisa, and once again regretted not specifically asking to be in the quiet coach. I wish...
Read More…About two weeks late, but here it is: I'm going to find something interesting to say, every day, and post in this blog, every day....
Read More…My "Teach Yourself Norwegian" book arrived from Amazon yesterday. In the short amount of time I've been learning, I've found it easier to read or...
Read More…You wake up. It is raining. Your throat hurts. Exits: UP.
> up
You have been eaten by a flue.
Read More…Well, I'm almost completely moved in, though I'm horrendously unorganised at the moment. The room is slightly smaller than the old one, which isn't a...
Read More…Well. In the next few weeks (probably sooner rather than later) I'm likely to be moving out of Ladysmith Road, to somewhere much closer to...
Read More…Just got home from a weekend with Lisa, which was fun. :) We went into Birmingham on Saturday to see Children of Men, which was...
Read More…Well, after speaking to people at the [[university]], I've gotten the impression that the university's policy isn't flexible enough to take [[situations like mine|well44_shit]] into...
Read More…Finally managed to get my results, and I have failed one module. One module which only lasts one term. The module which consisted of things...
Read More…Okay. So, I was an expecting a delivery ([Lord Of The Rings Extended Edition Box Set][1], actually). I managed to wake up at 7:30am in...
Read More…I've finally gotten around to sending my application for a driving licence back to the DVLA, after they returned it in April. This time, as...
Read More…I have been making bread. It appears to be going quite well so far. It's rising at the moment; I'll post when it's done. Update:...
Read More…Problems I've had over the last day or so: + ghc, the Glasgow Haskell Compiler, doesn't seem to work on FreeBSD/amd64 (it's certainly not in...
Read More…After having read MegaTokyo__ for about six months, I'm rather worried by the fact that in that time less than two days has gone past...
Read More…Realised I hadn't posted in a while, so here goes. Everybody's moving out for the summer; the house is a lot quieter without Skippy__ around....
Read More…Rather annoyed at myself for missing Towel Day__, the annual commemorative wossname of Douglas Adams. I didn’t realise it was today until about 9pm. Bugger....
Saturday night was TermiSoc’s end-of-term barbecue. Some of the goings-on warranted videoing; Seth kindly obliged, then sent the following message to TermiList:: if you didn’t...
Read More…Having just watched the first six episodes of Firefly in the space of about nine hours, I have to say that it’s a travesty that...
Read More…Inexplicably, the local Jehovah’s Witnesses know my name and specifically ask for me when they show up at the door. Not that I have any...
Read More…Whenever I have work to do (coursework, usually) I put it off because it's boring. However, I put off the interesting things that I'm putting...
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