People & Planet I went to my first People & Planet meeting on Wednesday evening, partially to see what it was like and also to give Justine a bit of support because it’s the first time this society has been set up in UMSU. I’ve always had an interest in topics like energy saving and […]
Return of the Powerbook
After three weeks of waiting and being messed about by the local authorised repair centre, I’ve finally got my Powerbook back. Thankfully, all the data on it seems to be intact, including the LaTeX version of my CV – which is a huge relief as I need to update that in the next couple of […]
Wine and no cheese
Last night was Warped’s annual “wine and no cheese” evening, which basically involves getting drunk on wine and throwing cheese out of the window should anyone be foolish enough to bring some along (although no one did this year). I’ll keep this fairly brief to avoid earache from Kirk and Lewis at lunch. The basic […]
Freshers week
So, freshers week is finally over (more or less) and the new students are settling in for their first – or possibly second in some cases – weekend in the glorious city of Manchester. Monday First day back in the department, with three of the eleven sessions we have to attend over the course of […]
Another crazy weekend
Leaving work I left work for the last time on Friday, felt a bit weird to be going as I’ve got used to getting up early every morning and trudging in to work on the bus like everyone else. I thought I’d just be heading off home but apparently I was having a leaving do […]
Pub quiz victory!
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been going to a pub quiz at the Rampant Lion with Gareth, Justine and some of her housemates/friends from fencing. The quiz is split into four parts, each with twenty questions, and we usually do well (we get at least 75% most times by the sounds of it), […]
Curry and registration week
ManLUG curry A few weeks ago, a group of us on the ManLUG IRC channel (#manlug on irc.oftc.net if you want to join us at any point) came up with the idea of getting the group to go out for some social events, as the meetings themselves tend to be rather formal and a bit […]
Powerbook upset
Last weekend my Powerbook suddenly starting playing up, refusing to load and emitting three beeps whenever I hit the power switch. Apparently this means that the BIOS (or whatever Apples use) can’t detect any of the RAM on the motherboard – I don’t know why as the machine was on a flat surface all the […]
Have you ever…
Got this via Nicky. As always, feel free to complete in the comments if you need to procrastinate at work. smoked a cigarette – I’ve had a drag once, nearly choked to death 🙂 smoked a cigar – no smoked anything else – no (I’m a good boy 😉 made out with a member of […]
Top five of anything
Via Ian: Ask me for “top five” list of pretty much anything, and I will list you my top five of that thing or things. Copy and paste this in your own journal and give your own top fives.