Month: September 2004

I chatted to a guy on the train home today. It turned out that he had an operable brain tumour, (and probably lung tumours too). The conversation summised the problems of time and money. I’ve had a belief for a long time that throughout your life you either have time, or you have money, but…

The BBC have been with us in the Swansea Clinical School all morning. Some stuff went out with the breakfast news, another item will go out at 1.30, and then some more on this evening’s BBC Wales news and also on S4C’s Newyddion. They are, of course, reporting on tomorrow’s opening of the latest medical…

Forgive me Father, for I have not kicked alien arse in 5 days since my gaming rig blew. Actually, going cold turkey like this might have been good for me. I’ve caught up on The West Wing series 2 on DVD, which Kim has been nagging me to get on with for ages. I had…

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.