The thesis progresses apace - six chapters completed now. Well, first drafts of them, anyway. I have official permission from my supervisor to send him some stuff when he gets back from holiday in a week's time. The question is, how much should I send?

Advantages of sending him the whole lot are looking efficient and possibly moving up the ( Read more... )

I didn't go into the lab today.  The reasons for this are three: one - I wanted to do other stuff, two - I had a truly hellish migraine over the w/e and wanted to get some R&R to prevent another one, and three - I was going to this lecture at 2.30 and couldn't be bothered to cycle to the lab for just a couple of hours ( Read more... )

Calling physicists / engineers - sanity check required ( Read more... )

Poll What should I have done this morning?Depending on how guilty your answers make me feel, I may reveal the solution used.

I have just returned from a happy long weekend (Thurs-Mon) helping mrpj_antarctica with his Epic Journey with a narrowboat.  I joined him at Stone (just north of Stafford), and left today at Royal Leamington Spa.  There was much lock- and boat-based fun, plentiful food and relaxation, and it was just what I needed after the last couple of weeks.  At some point, ( Read more... )