Wow, what a great course. I have just(ish) returned from the NYCoS course this year having been away for 5 years. Although thoroughly exhausted I had a fantastic time! Thanks to all there for making it want it was and thanks to Chris and all staff for the sucess of the concerts as well. Continue reading NYCoS

YAY!!! Graduated. The ceromony rocked. The words spoken were very moving and it was amazing to see all my mates being slapped by a bunnet 😉 After that I feel that the work may finally have been rewarded. Continue reading Graduation

It finally happened – the new server arrived.Well, not so much arrived, but was constructed out of the ashes of my previous machines. This beast is now running gentoo and is ready to take on the world. Apologies for any downtime that folk noticed over the last week! Continue reading Welcoming Feathers

GOT MY RESULTS! 2-1, not bad at all, in fact rather reasonable.Pitty that my mark this year did not match the 70% last year! Am I the only one, or does a small number seem like an anti-climax after 4 years work? Continue reading Degree

OK – so this site may not be the best in the world, and maybe the one I am working on at http://www.cadenza.org.uk is nothing too fancy either. However behind the scenes lies the biggest and best online web site management software that a man has ever written in one night!!! Just hope the client can appreciate it – this always seems to be the … Continue reading Website Skills

Bah, as everything was going well I got the nice letter telling me that the course fees for NYCoS this year are now due! ah. On top of two cable bills and the TV licence it looks as though I may be putting off buying that kickass new machine for a while. 😦 Continue reading NYCoS Monies

Finally, the project presentation is over and my Uni work has indeed finished!!! woohoo \o/ With all this spare time I may do some,….. coding, erm ah well! Lets all chill and party Continue reading The *real* end of Uni

Well, my first week at work as a full-time working lad has come and gone, and how great was it! I have a website set up on my machine: http://sandwood.ucs.ed.ac.uk which has useful info etc. Just a project presentation to go and I am free and happy 🙂 Continue reading Working Lad

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Well, I cannot begin to say how much of a relief it is to be finished with Uni work. Unfortunately I still have to get ready for the presentation of the project work, but still – hear enough. Sorry all you still working away… see you in the pub tomorrow. Continue reading Dissertation NO MORE

Well, as we all know it is difficult to write this damn dissertation. Thankfully today has been a good day for it. Got a colleague from work (Emma) to look over it all which was a lot of help. Between her and Michelle I am starting to belive that the examiners may understand what I am trying to say. Also got boxed code includes working … Continue reading Work goes on