From an email which went round the department yesterday:The euro 2008 championships start on Saturday, so it's time for the departmental football competition. Entries cost 5 pounds, half of which will be donated to SANELine and half returned in prizes (25% 1st, 15% 2nd, 10% 3rd). To enter you need to guess the scores for the first round of the ( Read more... )

This morning, I was unable to avoid learning that all four UK teams have failed to qualify for Euro 2008.

How terribly sad.

So, the conference is over, and now I have to digest the mathematics and the vast quantity of sausages I consumed throughout the last week. I'm staying in Halifax with a couple of the locals who I met at the conference, being shown the city and its great profusion of bars. It's a pretty cool place: actually, it reminds me somewhat of San Diego. ( Read more... )