The last time I used a unix-based command line in earnest was 2001 or so. Since then, if I have been asked to do something that requires use of the command line, I have panicked and asked Richard to talk me through it ( Read more... )

I realised that I never did get round to showing you what Richard got me for my birthday. I gave up on getting a pink bass guitar because the only shop that sells Daisy Rock stuff in central London didn't seem to want to serve us AND didn't have any Daisy Rock basses in, and the only other pink basses I found were hideous salmon-coloured. Instead, ( Read more... )

History, or Why I Decided To Clone My Dino by helen-louise aged 33
Anyone who has met me in person in recent years is probably aware that I am an adult who likes plushie toys and doesn't care who knows it. At home, there is a big shelf above our bed that holds most of our small cuddly friends. And when I go out anywhere significant, one or more ( Read more... )

I have ChemDraw! The standard price for ChemDraw Pro is £640.00, but students can buy it for £90. Yay.

To celebrate this, I have drawn the structures of every psychoactive drug I have ever taken. ( Big picture )

I have spent a fair bit of time this week trying to listen to the recordings of lectures that I missed last week.

By a slightly complicated route, the government has given me stuff for being disabled, and this includes a digital voice recorder. The idea is that I take it to college to record my lectures, to help with studying: like for example, if ( Read more... )

Richard found a very cool video. Ruben's Tube demonstration. Hairy physicist sets up a tube full of flammable gas to demonstrate standing waves.

There is also a Mythbusters version, which explains the science more clearly, but isn't so fun to watch.

Happy birthday stellarwind! Don't try to tell me it was in December, I've only just got your present ready. Me singing the Portal song. About 3 MB. Not entirely in tune.

More voice recorder silliness: A previous recording gets interrupted by my phone ringing, causing me to completely lose the tune. Save the file and skip ahead to about 1 min 15 sec (1.4 MB ( Read more... )

Someone on uk_vegans posted about a vegan restaurant called Rootmaster. It's a restaurant - in a converted Routemaster bus! *dies of squeeing*

I have been a London Transport geek since at least 1994, and frankly, the idea of a restaurant in a bus is too happy-making for words. Also, the menu looks most delicious, especially the desserts (always the most ( Read more... )

I am currently quite excited. Someone on my friends list linked to http://www.essure.co.uk/consumer/c_homepage.aspxRead more... )

Richard & I have been busy planting trees today...

You were supposed to be seeing a "badge" that tells you about my trees, but livejournal apparently hates iframes.