I did this review of the year in 2004, and now that I’ve finished what’s probably been the busiest semester so far in the two and a half years I’ve been at uni, I thought it was about time for an update. So here goes… (yes I know it’s not strictly the end of the […]
A Question Meme
Via Kate, something to keep me busy until Doctor Who comes on Children in Need (which of course everyone has donated to, right? :). 1. Your name spelled backwards: luaP (lew-ap I guess 🙂 2. Where were your parents born? Leeds and Bolton I think. 3. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your […]
Doctor Who DVDs
Play.com has almost all the Doctor Who DVDs currently on sale for £7.99, including, as is always the case with Play, free postage and packaging. In one fell swoop, I have sorted my Christmas present problems from all those relatives who want to buy me something that they can wrap up and give to me […]
Warped Pub Crawl
Falling behind a bit here, but this Monday was Warped’s annual Halloween Pub Crawl, in which we go around pubs in fancy dress that is vaguely sci-fi/fantasy related. This year the pub crawl happened to be on Halloween night anyway, but with it being reading week and Riftworld (some LARP event) the turnout was slightly […]
Party at Oxford Central
This weekend was Jennie’s birthday party in Oxford, to which I managed to get down for on the Saturday. Justine and Sophie (one of Jennie’s friends) met me at the station and we went round Oxford town centre, including two museums and the Oxfam Book Fair, which was interesting, before heading off to Jennie’s house. […]
Silly Games
Last night was Silly Games at Warped. For the uninitiated, this is an annual event whereby the majority of the society gathers in a room upstairs in the Burlington and plays, well, silly games, such as the following (although I’m almost certainly get one wrong)… Human Letters This involves making letters out of people, although […]
Saving the world and looking for work
People & Planet I went to my first People & Planet meeting on Wednesday evening, partially to see what it was like and also to give Justine a bit of support because it’s the first time this society has been set up in UMSU. I’ve always had an interest in topics like energy saving and […]
Return of the Powerbook
After three weeks of waiting and being messed about by the local authorised repair centre, I’ve finally got my Powerbook back. Thankfully, all the data on it seems to be intact, including the LaTeX version of my CV – which is a huge relief as I need to update that in the next couple of […]
Wine and no cheese
Last night was Warped’s annual “wine and no cheese” evening, which basically involves getting drunk on wine and throwing cheese out of the window should anyone be foolish enough to bring some along (although no one did this year). I’ll keep this fairly brief to avoid earache from Kirk and Lewis at lunch. The basic […]
Freshers week
So, freshers week is finally over (more or less) and the new students are settling in for their first – or possibly second in some cases – weekend in the glorious city of Manchester. Monday First day back in the department, with three of the eleven sessions we have to attend over the course of […]