Category: work

  • Job interview

    I have a job interview this week, on Thursday to be more specific, and I am spending most of today working on a five minute presentation I have to give. I have selected which topic, of those offered as choices, to base my presentation on, and I mostly know my opinion on the topic. I…

  • More information

    For the sake of fairness, I suppose I should note that new information has come to light. Campus Watch now claim that they cut the chain of a totally different bicycle at approximately the same time as my colleagues bicycle was stolen. Also that they have been in touch with the supposed owner of the…

  • How to steal a bicycle

    Find a nice looking bicycle on campus Visit Campus Watch (Security) and tell them you’ve forgotten the combination to the combination lock Show your student card that proves you are a foreign student in your final year of study who is about to leave the country Show the security guard where the bicycle is, and…

  • Quiet campus

    It’s the start of the end of term break on campus now. That means all the students vanish for about a month, and most of the academics with them. I’m expecting things to be very quiet on the work front, except for the ongoing projects that don’t require too much academic input – a good…

  • Drowning out the builders

    The builders are building a lift at work. This is a good thing… improving accessibility etc etc. What’s bad about it, is that my office wall is the only barrier between me and extremely loud drilling and bashing equipment. Insanely loud noises are driving me insane. However I found a way to make it relatively…

  • Third month

    Into the third month of my new job, and all is going well. I haven’t really made the time to post a blog entry, but having just installed Flock to see how it’s coming along, it was a good opportunity to test the blog editing tool in flock, and to post a mini update. It…