Stinking Cold

Hottest days of the year, month, millennium etc etc.

Me with stinking cold. Most unfair. Only got rid of one around a month back and now it seems to have returned. I'm once more carrying around fists full of full tissues, sneezing in meetings and wondering why my brain runs out of... of... thingy right in the midle of.... of.... thingy.

Margot's new car

Margot's new car
Originally uploaded by RobMiles.
Margot came to see us all a-flutter today. Seems she went out to buy a bag of sugar (or something like that) and came back with a brand new car. As one does. Apparently it "dragged her across the garage forecourt and forced her to buy it".

I'm inclined to agree with this. It does look kind of cute.

It's in the wrist action

Actually got Portia to fit onto the docking station today. Once you figure out the little twizzle you have to give her as you fit it on the back panel (which I can now do two out of four times) it is kind of easy. And I am well pleased.

Hmmm. Little things please little minds, but then again if I had a big mind I wouldn't be able to do anything to please it......

Edit: It has occurred to me that if I did have a bigger mind I might be able to think of bigger things that I could do to please it. I wonder if this means my mind is growing. Heaven forfend.

The Only Man In A Suit

Went to a Teaching Fellowship event today. The university has given me a Teaching Fellowship award to do some work in improving the learning environment for our students. With a bit of luck and a following wind I want to get customisable student learning resources and Tablet PC marking in place for next session. Go me.

I was just about the only person wearing a suit, apart from the big boss (or Deputy Vice Chancellor). Oh, and I've found out that Vice Chancellor isn't nearly as much fun as it sounds.

Anyhoo, going from last week's Imagine Cup final, where I was the only person not wearing a suit, to being one of the few sharp dressed guys does imply a kind of symetric nature to fate I suppose. My line on this is that when people are giving me money, I turn up in a suit to collect it....

Pack that Backpack on your Back

Geoff came round today to pick up a laptop backpack. I used it precisely once when I went through my "Cycling to work might be fun" phase. This lasted one trip. Three things must you know about riding a bike:

When it is hot you are hot.
When it is cold you are cold.
When it is wet you fall off.

Perhaps if my bike wasn't made of the same material they use for anchors and paperweights I might be more inclined to use it. It also has super knobbly tyres which make it very hard to pedal. Actually, with its mostly flat nature, Hull is very good for bike riding. But not good enough for me.