So I had my viva this morning. It went well! Interesting discussions with my examiners (especially the external) & a few changes/additions to be made but I have passed!!! :D

Tonight there shall be alcohol & take-away I think....

If anyone remembers back in 2008 I had a camera crew following me for a while to get some footage of me & my chicks for a program on Austrian TV on the region of Austria we're working in (Weinviertel = "Wine quarter"). Anyway, at long last I've been sent a link to it! So if you want to see what I was doing (or laugh at me on tv in my oldest ( Read more... )

PhD drafted, waiting for spelling & grammer checks to come back before sending it to my supervisors (I want sciencey comments from them). Watching a lot of daytime tv & filling in job application forms. It's all rather dull. *yawns ( Read more... )

I realise I haven't commented on my PhD for a while so in case anyone was interested (& because I am sooooo bored I cannot working on it without this break!) here's how it stands ( Read more... )

In two days of work I have added absolutely nada to my thesis. I could do more now but after getting up for bird ringing this morning I am rather nackered ( Read more... )

For those not in the know Endnote is a useful little program that sorts out your references for you & puts them in the right format & creates a nice little reference list at the end of your work. ie it will let you change which journal style your references are in or let you create your own style which is then consistent throughout. Perfect for ( Read more... )

Back from ECCB conference in Prague. Was fun but busy. Flew out Monday morning with office mate from Silwood. Managed not to be overcharged by Prague taxi driver to get to the campus then registered, found our accommodation (3 person room in student hall that looked like a prison block!) & met up with other Silwood mate we shared room with, our ( Read more... )

Note to self: You have more important things to be spending money on than artwork, no matter how pretty & Gwen-suitable it is, like car, saving for New Zealand, getting to Pakistan & having suitable clothes for the wedding, oh & did I mention car?

*sighs*

I made the mistake of asking for the price of this & found it's within my reach!ION: all my ( Read more... )

Updates now I have some free time ( Read more... )

Back in less than a fortnight now! Squeeee! Conting down the days til I get hugs again :D

Happily lemming-man has some time off so many hugs can be had to make up for the 2+ months without any ( Read more... )