Category: Daily

  • Work avoidance techniques

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    I went to see Blue C the other day. He’s not all powered up yet, but he’s all set up in a nice big room. He’s our new IBM supercomputer at Swansea University, by the way. Yes, OK, it’s Sunday evening and I’m blogging because I’m procrastinating. I’m preparing my teaching for tomorrow morning (the…

  • Updates

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    Just to update you all, that thing the other day went fine (they always do, and I didn’t hack up on anyone important), Cheltenham lost 2-0 to Newcastle (and made an awful lot of money in the process), and all of my computers are currently working. Kinda.

  • Click click

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    I’ve almost got my home theatre PC back up & running after some major problems developed in the last week. Like it wouldn’t start up. And it wouldn’t play any media files. Which would be important for a multimedia PC. So without going into details, lets just say I spent much time repairing XP &…

  • Cheltenham Town vs Newcastle United

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    It’s probably the most famous game Cheltenham Town will ever play, round 4 of the 2005-6 FA Cup against giants Newcastle United. It’s great to read on the BBC Sport page, “Souness wary of Cheltenham”, but not quite as nice to be regarded as “a potential banana skin”. But hey, it’s true. It should be…

  • Coff

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    Today, I ha’ bin mostly coffin’ up phlegm. Hack hack. Note the time elapsed between Jack’s birthday party and family illness (Kim’s the same).

  • Timing

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    Today I have to do a very easy thing, but it has to be done well. The Head of Department has asked me to give a 5 minute tour of the Anatomy department to some visiting bigwigs – some people who are important to us and our funding. Easy peasy. No problem. Except that I…

  • Frozen

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    It was so cold this morning that my beard froze cycling to work. By the end of the Clyne Valley path the rear mech on my bike had frozen too, so I couldn’t change gear until I gave it a bang. The sun was very welcome when I reached the bay – a beautiful morning.…

  • Blogging Away

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    One of the nicest things about this blog (and admittedly one of its aims) is how friends and family from around the world follow what I’m up to, particularly when I’m traveling. When I got back from the US this week, almost everyone I spoke to knew what I’d been up to and where I…

  • Found

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    Yes, the PhD student turned up. But his luggage didn’t. Oops. His plane got delayed at LAX so he missed our planned flight. He only got back to Swansea about an hour later than me though. Still no sign of his stuff.

  • Lost a PhD student

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    I’ve landed back in the UK, but without Gareth. He was supposed to meet me at JFK, but didn’t make the flight. British Airways won’t tell me if he’s on another flight, so I’m waiting at Heathrow terminal 4 arrivals & using the web to trace possible airline problems. My coach leaves in an hour.