Archive for December, 2005

Holiday lull

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

The post-xmas pre-new year lull.
I’ve come into work to clear up the lab, catch up on some papers I need to read and feed the fish. I’m doing this instead of staying home, clearing up there and catching up on books I need to read.

The building is slient, so I think I’ll turn up the music and get to work.

Boredom at work

Saturday, December 17th, 2005

Boredom at work is a bad thing, it leads to spending a day making things like this work:
Balance

(taken in late October - no glue or trickery involved. It collapsed seconds after I took the photo)

Chip and PIN

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005

I’d just like to express my gratitude to the inventor of chip and PIN. It has saved me lots of money so far this xmyth period. The simple reason for this is that I haven’t a clue what my credit card PIN is.

Best invention EVAR! (excluding: sliced bread, the Sinclair Spectrum, painkillers, beer, etc)

Note to self:

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

Using a razor blade as a screwdriver really is a bad idea.

The kind of bad idea that leaves you holding you hand up high while someone applies superglue and a plaster to your finger.