Things have been a bit quiet as of late, work keeps me busy during the day and most evenings are spent catching up on admin (e.g. sorting out the upcoming UKUUG conference) or writing academic documents. Not being involved with FoE has freed up a lot of time, but it all seems to have disappeared into /dev/null or somewhere.
On the thesis front I have finally got approval of my first technical report, which basically describes the technical experiment I was asking people to complete back in August (you can even look at the exciting PHP code behind it, should you have nothing better to do this weekend). I have to write one for each experiment, but thankfully they will all be along similar lines so I can hopefully get the other two completed and emailed across by Monday morning.
I also got some feedback on my redrafted thesis chapter, apparently it is along the right lines but reads like a mystery/thriller. In other words, a career as a novelist seems more likely than tenure at the University! Still, it means another rewrite, though a less substantial one than the last time. The final hand in date seems to keep getting pushed back, which is frustrating as I can’t work on anything else, and I think it will now be the end of July before I can hand something in. 🙁
Sounds like you need a holiday in Alderney soon
😉