Category: Daily

The students arrive on Wednesday, and honestly, I am looking forward to it. I’ve only been in Swansea for 6 months, and the other lecturers have been here much longer, but we’ve spent so much time in preparation that I’m really wanting to just get on with the teaching now. I want to see it…

On further examination the power supply in my gaming PC *is* blown after all. It’s spinning the fans but nothing else is powering up. The mobo doesn’t begin to boot, the disks don’t spin, the CD trays won’t open and the graphics card’s fan doesn’t spin. I still believe the graphics card is burnt out…

Students arrive in one week.

Do you reckon Kim sabotaged my PC because I’ve been playing too many games recently?

Ooooh crap. I was running around inside Doom III last night and my PC switched off on me. I left it a few seconds, and (probably unwisely) switched it back on again. Bang! Crackcrackclickbang! Off again. Uhoh. Usually when something inside a PC goes bang it’s the power supply. With a bit of sniffing around…

Some days are great for cyclists. Swansea traffic was gridlocked today, and not just in the centre. Traffic wasn’t moving all the way back to the university & beyond. So as a cyclist you get to be a smug git & bomb along the middle of the street, ducking under lorry’s wing mirrors & sweeping…

I’ve been juggling for Jack for a while. He thinks it’s hilarious, watching me throw, drop and bounce plastic ducks, furry skittles, plastic fruit or other weird objects around the living room or bathroom. But I’ve been mucking about at it for so long that I can actually juggle now! At least, I can juggle…

I was getting Jack dressed after his bath, and talking to him about his Aunty Ele (my sister, currently in the South Pacific somewhere). I asked him if he was looking forward to seeing Aunty Ele again in a few weeks time and he said, “ess”! (Meaning, “yes”) This is strange, because he’s in the…

I was just watching the Simpsons with Jack. During the intro, a millisecond before Homer said it, Jack said, “Doh!”. Kim says he’s a bigger geek than I am. Woohoo!

I just had lunch on the beach. Come to Swansea! By the way, does anyone want to buy a copy of Doom III from me? Being over cautious I ended up with two, as usual.