As some of you may know, a couple of weeks ago I got a letter from Ealing Council effectively saying I had to pay them back about two grand, as I hadn't provided documentation of some kind that they had (apparently) asked for. That turned out to be a cock-up on their part, so that was sorted out after a couple of angry phone calls ( Read more... )

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I have just (finally, after about seven hours of work) nailed a major section of my coursework, and one hell of an irritating bug. For anyone with computer knowledge, I was implementing a delete method for an AVL binary tree (well, that was the bit causing problems - the whole system is a lot bigger ( Read more... )

Cat cleans screen

Possibly the cutest thing I've seen in weeks.

Also, this is possibly the greatest movie trailer ever released.

Have a nice day.

Yesterday, Matt and I went to our mate Chris' house for a jamming session. Chris lives out in the sticks, so we had to get a train from Victoria ( Read more... )

Well, I'm out of my room and vaguely mumps-free again (hooray!), and I got my first semester exam results this morning.

Marks out of 100:

Discrete Math: 93
Engineering Math: 86
Digital Electronics: 83
Programming Principles: 79
Professional Issues: 77

That makes a (weighted) average of 83%, which is nicely into first territory.

Just walked home from Formal Methods in a blizzard. Snow! Yay!

The gardens outside my window look so pretty.

if anyone's interested and has a nice shiny uni connection (or similar), you can watch the Tsunami Relief Concert in Cardiff live here.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!Am at Ed's house - Thanks for holding such a great party, Ed. I honestly though it wouldn't be this much fun. I'm glad to be proved wrong! I am, however, severly drunk. Maybe allowing me spirits, beer and champagne in one evening was a bad idea ( Read more... )

First off, Merry Christmas everyone!Second, I got dragged to a neighbor's for christmas lunch. I have, therefore, been drinking (to stay sane) since about midday. Am having some trouble walking in a straight line. It was a suprisingly good laugh, though - the neighbor's three kids (grown up - youngest is 26, oldest is 30) were there, and upon ( Read more... )