Got my M301 TMA2 results today: 85%. I somehow managed to miss out an answer to the last part of the last question, resulting in a loss of 8%, which would have taken me (I suppose) to 91-93% – DOH. Still, the tutor said this was an excellent mark despite the missed out question. Will [...]
82% for my second chem assignment. Not overly impressed, but the tutor said it was an excellent effort, so I assume the rest of the course found it difficult too.
“People who smoke around children should be harpooned”. Who was this? Some fascist right-wing neo-nazi brigade? Some rabid mothers activist group? No, it was my own delicate flower, my lovely and tolerant wife :) I laughed for about ten minutes.
I saw a curious thing on the tube this morning – a woman dressed for the office, nice suit etc – wearing thongs. Flip-flops. Green rubber ones. Not the most practical commuter footwear in the world, though undoubtably comfortable! Repeat after me: “now there’s something you don’t see every day”.
4am. Far too early to be dragging oneself out of bed to get to Gatwick, but drag we did. Thankfully, the car started first time and we checked in with heaps of time, scooting through to the airside with a little more haste than usual due to the recent warnings. Apart from the checkin attendant [...]
I just realised, this blog has been going for over a year. What a year eh? Could have done without that one. We’re off to Monte Carlo, Marseilles and Nice for easter; going to pop in to Aix to visit Jayfer and family and spend some time on the beach. Photos when we get back. [...]
If you ever log on to Eve Online, keep an eye out for these two characters, Silent Bruce and Cranky Jeff. Then say hello :)
For posterity, because I’m always using deprecated methods on java.util.Date due to not taking the time to learn dateformats and calendars: SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(“yyyy-mm-ss ~ hh:mm:ss”); dateFormat.setLenient(false); return dateFormat.format(new Date());
It’s been a busy week, topped off with a busy weekend. Work has been increasingly time-consuming, as the project nears delivery, and I’ve been putting in several late nights. It’s a bit easier to handle them when I get paid for overtime though :) Cath has also been working long hours, with various time-consuming tasks [...]
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