Dexterity modifier

March 7, 2005 //

Well on Saturday while I was a liiittle bit drunk, I managed to sprain my wrist.
Breakdancing in the street isn’t the way to go.
Anyway, so it’s quite painful. And being a complete wus when it come to pain I’m having a hard time with it. Fortunately many different people seem to be of the opinion that it won’t affect my skiing holiday, which is a relief!

It is however making work quite a challenge, I’m working on very small and fiddly stuff so having greatly reduced dexterity in my left hand is making things difficult.
I’ve not even tried to write with it yet, perhaps an update for you to look forwards to in the future.

Categories Diary-esq

Is it the cold or the cold

March 4, 2005 //

As you may have noticed that my enthusiasm for blogging as slacked a little bit over the last week. This I think is either becasue of the cold weather, or more likely, my recent battle with a cold.
As in runny nose sore throat cold. I’m not single handedly taking on the forces of winter in an epic battle spanning many continents.

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Word for today

March 3, 2005 //

I just noticed the word for today:

bibacious: Overly fond of drinking.

Mmmm, more than one person I know could be described with this word 😉

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Back to rights

March 3, 2005 //

Well I’m feeling much better today, thank you for asking. I spent the whole of yesterday either in bed or on the couch in a sleeping bag watching films. A simple remedy but one that worked a treat as by the evening I was feeling much better and able to do normal type things (like go on a pub crawl).
I’m wondering though, is it normal to be ravenously hungry when your ill?
Anecdotal evidence would suggest that appetite goes down and people are reduced to weak broths and other warm drinks. Not so with me, I was eating like I’d been starved for a week!
Probably has something to do with my tendancy to get very ill but for a very short space of time. My immune system seems to have two states, ticking over handling the normal day-to-day stuff. Or full on emergency, temperature maximum overdrive, completely incapacitate Rob mode.

Good for getting well quickly, very bad for hayfever.

Categories Diary-esq

Simple bit of advice

March 1, 2005 //

If it’s snowing, and settling, don’t go for a run. There is a possibility that you’ll end up with a cold.

Although to be fair I think it may have just brought on the cold I was already getting a bit quicker.

Categories Health

Busy weekend

February 26, 2005 //

Well I got back from Oxford at about midday. I had a really great time (it was my cousin Clares 21st). I was shocked at how many friends Clare could muster for the event! 25 I think was the number of people that sat for the meal, which is maddness. They all seemed to be really nice people too, which of course helps matters seeing as I didn’t know any of them.

I even got a room to myself and a bed, thanks to Geri, gold star to her for that, it certainly seemed above and beyond the call of friendship (to Clare not me, I only met her that day) and was very much appreciated.

Tomorrow I’m off to sort out clothing hire for my ski holiday, then I’ve got to go shopping for food, and hopefully I’ll be going to an extra capoeira class that’ll just be for learning to play the musical instruments. That may depend on how the time goes though.

Categories Diary-esq

Augmented reality, very cool!

February 26, 2005 //

If you’ve got broadband then you really need to check out this video clip. Be warned that the streaming can be a bit dodgy, it froze about five or six times when I was watching it. It’s very worth it though.
I’ve been interested in augmented reality ever since I saw it mentioned on the TV. In that instance it was a portable head-worn system that would sense rectangular shapes, like bill-boards and using a projection system would make it seem that information pertinent to you was printed on it. For example it could tell you that you’ve got email, or the name of someone trying to call you. I suppose there would be nothing to stop it displaying text messages you’ve recieved and things like that.

The possible uses for it are quite exciting, especially in the workplace. I know that airport maintenance crews already have something along the same lines to bring up schematics and the like.
Or for medical use, to be able to see an real-time ultrasound picture like its actually cut into the patient. All very cool stuff!

Categories Technology

Sleepwalking stylist

February 25, 2005 //

Fortunately I’ve now ‘grown into’ my new hair style. It still certainly wasn’t worth £40, but at least I don’t have to spend silly amounts of time in front of the mirror trying to get it ‘just so’.
You see, for as long as I can remember my hair styling regime involved three simple steps:

1: Go to bed (and sleep)
2: Get up
3: Don clothes

Sometimes the resultant style is nothing short of miraculous, impressive sweeping barnets that I could never achieve in a month of sundays. Even if I were actually in front of the mirror and putting in both product and effort.
Perhaps at night I become a sleepwalking master hair stylist?
This possiblity is both worrying and interesting. It conjures up images of housemates waking in the night to find me asleep, but with eyes open, blank stare, in front of the bathroom mirror, product in one hand, other hand styling with exaggerated care.

If it happens either my housemates have never seen it or they are too polite to mention anything. Either is possible.

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Lady luck

February 24, 2005 //

Well I don’t quite know how I managed it, but the recruitment sites I visited seem to have been the right ones!
I am getting two or three calls or emails a day with recruiters telling me of jobs that may be of interest to me. Here is the most recent spec. I’ve recieved:

Job Spec:
Embedded Software Engineer – C, Version Control Systems, Unix, Linux, Electronic/Hardware design – Farnborough, Hampshire. How would you like the opportunity to wo! rk for one of the telecommunications industry leaders on a brand new project for the launch of a pioneering product. My client are looking for 2 software engineers with a background in embedded systems development in C. You will be working on multi-media application and a real advantage would be previous experience of music formats (mp3) or developing in an audio – visual environment as would a knowledge of electronics engineering or interfacing to hardware. Familiarity with version control systems, Unix/Linux would also be advantageous. This is a great opportunity to work for a forward thinking using leading technologies and enjoy fantastic training and benefits. Please call to find out more and don’t wait as these vacancies are live now – located in Farnborough, Hampshire in a state of the art R & D Environment.

To be honest it may be a little out of my league, but I think I’ll still try and find out some more about it. Seeing as it is in Farnborough which isn’t too far away.

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Job exitement

February 24, 2005 //

Well shortly after being confronted with the life dilemma posed by a job prospect in Oxford, a guy from CBS Butler recuitment called. A guy called Russell, he had a very exciting sounding job prospect in reading.
Fantastic, I wouldn’t have to move, its all to do with mobile communications and embedded systems and the like.
In short, it sounds perfect.
All I’d have to do is bone up a bit on TETRA and GSM and other mobile protocols (which I’ve already started to do) and hopefully impress the boss-man when/if I meet him.

Cake, one, piece of.
Coincidently Russell had actually bothered to check out this website!!! I put it on my CV, but I was still mildly supprised that someone would visit it to find out what it’s all about.
Seems like he wasn’t put off by my spelling problems. They’re getting better at least anyway 🙂

Categories Diary-esq, Life
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