Blog Posts (Page 6)
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Feeling Guilty
This just goes to show how little time I spend in the department: After my meeting with Stefan today, we went to photocopy the work sheet, and I checked the pigeon holes for any mail. Shamus saw me looking and said, “you won’t find any mail in there; that’s for postgrads.”
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Hannah and JC’s Visit
This weekend, Hannah and JC have been up to Durham.
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Countdown Numbers
As a mathematician, obviously I am pretty poor at mental arithmetic, but I’m usually okay at the Countdown numbers. Not quite as good, however, as this guy:
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Spider-Man 3
We went to see Spider-Man 3 for Jay’s birthday today. I’ve seen the second, and really enjoyed it. This one, I must admit, was no different — despite warnings from critics and friends alike that “there’s too much going on.”
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Ooh, Vector Art
Today I stumbled upon this vectorising tool, called textorizer, that converts images into SVG format. You can specify your own text and size, as well as playing around with the edge-finding sensitivity.
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MySQL Joys
1NF teaches us that we should not store repeating groups in fields. Given that we have a table satisfying 1NF containing values as such:
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College Day
Always a great day, and this one was no exception!
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My Favourite Number
I love the Internet. I love how countless code monkey hours are wasted trying to stop the inevitable. I love how people actually think it’s possible to remove information from the Word Wide Web.
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Gmail in Multiple Clients
Gmail has always confused me when opening POP emails from multiple clients.
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Back in Durham 2
It’s good to be back up here. When I got back we went for a drink at Wetherspoons, where Reg showed off his new back piercings — and Lara managed to slap them as she left! Then Monday night: the first day of term, Collingwood’s fund raiser at Walkabout, and St George’s Day — so many reasons to have a few (many) drinks! And tonight, some live metal/harcore music at Bar19, thanks to Helen and Chris! All in all, a great few days.