Design for Life

Posted on Tue 12 October 2004 in general

After a desperately dull day figuring out magic numbers for a piece of hardware I did a brief circumnavigation of Manchester to drop stuff of at Katy's and pick up some CD stands from PC World. A bunch of hammering and gluing later I've now collected my assorted CDs and …

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Sock day draws closer

Posted on Sun 10 October 2004 in general

Today's plan was to pick up Nook's old bike and then head home and sort through my letters and paperwork for the last few weeks. I was doing well until I got distracted by Mufi tempting me with food and games in Knutsford. I picked up Ste on the way …

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Amateur Chemistry and Welshmen

Posted on Sun 10 October 2004 in general

I spent most of yesterday doing some separation chemistry. I achieved a reasonable result although I ran out of solvent. I think I may of to rethink the apparatus a little to make it more efficient. It was nice to use some of my chemistry degree though.

Had a relatively …

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Funky Flash

Posted on Sat 09 October 2004 in general

Went out to EK's Lomodisco event at FONT. Bu and Mel were also out for the night. As far as I can tell the main attraction of the camera is they
have good optics but crap cases which leads to interesting effects on the pictures they take. Having said that …

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1 pint good, 2 pints better

Posted on Fri 08 October 2004 in general

Hmmm, perhaps the 2nd pint was a bad idea. I feel a little tipsy and I'm unlikely to be writing any spectacular code this afternoon. Still it was good to catch up with Paula and Katie. We were wondering what parties are coming up this season. I'm pondering if its …


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