Tag Archives: uni

Horror trains from Bath

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Gary

Mirinda is at her DBA residential this week so I said I’d go with her in the car and take the trains back since it was so easy last time. I have to say that the last time was a … Continue reading →

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Sad face

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Gary

The weather was very different today. All cloud and misery. Much more likely than yesterdays flirtation with sunshine. While cleaning up the dining table for the proposed four hour meeting with the architect tomorrow, I found my uni id card. … Continue reading →

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Freshers galore

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Gary

A year ago I arrived, fresh from the plane from Munich, still smelling of beer and sausages, at Northampton Square, eager to register at City Uni. I wandered, bewildered and, quite frankly, lost with all the other first day people. … Continue reading →

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Daylight

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Gary

British Summer Time started in the very early hours of Sunday morning. I never change all the clocks so there’s always a few that are either an hour fast or an hour slow at various times of the year. The … Continue reading →

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Open Source

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Gary

When I chose my elective subject late last year, I didn’t bother checking out the timetable. I just went ahead and picked the subject I fancied. In this instance it was ‘Open Source Software’ or OSS, as we call it. … Continue reading →

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Oh…bugger

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Gary

So, Claire commented yesterday that I knew how to enjoy myself. Well, sadly, it appears I know how to enjoy myself way too much! Today was a bout of gout day. I have been in agony. I’m fine now I’m … Continue reading →

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Spam and Football

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Gary

I had my presentation today and it went very well. I managed a bit of sleep last night and the stench of beer and whisky was washed away with my morning shower…I hope. I was still changing the slides on … Continue reading →

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Rainy days and Mondays

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Gary

I had another uni result today. One of my essays was a purely philosophical one in that it was about the philosophy of information. Now, I always love to babble and this was the perfect opportunity. Naturally, by the time … Continue reading →

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Trying to sleep in class

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Gary

For today’s class we had another guest speaker. She was from a publisher. She looked about 15 but was clearly older…given her job title and the fact she was coming to a university to tell us what her company did … Continue reading →

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School

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Gary

I had to give a brief presentation in class today. We are looking at information retrieval and each week we are given a task which builds on the previous week. Eventually we will have a piece of coursework, gradually increasing … Continue reading →

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