Archive for March, 2007

Off in Devon (1/8)

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Until April 7th, I will be in Branscombe, Devon working on my thesis. Rather than spending hours coming up with eight posts, you will just get a photo each day for the duration.
Wish me luck in finishing a good first complete draft: 30,000 words in five chapters.

Adios to Oxford, albeit temporarily

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Files, books, drafts, system recovery discs, emergency rations, bed sheets, caffeinated mints, and more: I am now essentially ready for my thesis writing week in Devon. The sheets I was instructed to bring; the rest is meant to be essential thesis gear. I sure hope this trip proves as useful for advancing the thesis writing [...]

When only the high-carbon option works

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

After an agonizing two hours of trying1 to book Eurostar tickets, I gave up and got a flight to Paris from EasyJet. I am not sure if the bookings problems were Eurostar’s or NatWest’s fault. If my bank is to blame, they have sunk even deeper in my estimation. If it was the train company, [...]

Scientists and remedies: brainstorming

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Tonight, I am brainstorming connections between scientists and remedy design. Addressing environmental problem basically seems to revolve around changing the intensity with which an activity is being carried out (ie. fish or cut down trees at the rate of regeneration) or finding substitutes (using solar power instead of natural gas power). Both kinds of solutions [...]

Quicksilver: nice free addition to OS X

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

I have found a way to reduce the extent to which the Dock in OS X is annoying. Two things about it are especially bothersome. The first is how it makes it overly easy to accidentally launch applications that take a long time to load. In particular, I find myself accidentally hitting the Word and [...]

Now with thixotropic ink

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

With the addition of St. Hilda’s, my collection of all the Oxford colleges actually located in Oxford is complete. At some point before I go, I will need to duck out to Kennington to have a look at Templeton College.
Today, I received the bullet-style Fisher Space Pen that I bought on eBay. The suggested complement [...]