New Air Album Released

I’ve like Air ever since I heard their stuff on the soundtrack of Lost In Translation. They’ve got a new album out, Love 2, and it is jolly good.

Thank Heavens for Sanity Checks

Just before I drilled a hole in the ceiling to run a cable I did a quick sanity check to make sure that the room above was the one I though it was.

Turns out I was just about to drill a hole up into the bath…

Sometimes the Internet is less useful than you think

Rob (on mobile phone in car, having waited 20 minutes to find a parking space):”So, you haven’t got any left in stock, despite me having specifically reserved one online before coming up town?”

SalesPerson:”No. Sorry about that. You can have the one that has been out in front of the shop if you like…”

Rob: “No thanks.” (sound of muttering and reverse gear being engaged…)

First Lab

Spent the day in the First Year Programming Lab meeting up with our newest students.

What a great bunch.

Useful Computer Science Links

These are the links that I mentioned at my Computer Science introductory lecture.

Departmental Student SharePoint site:

http://intra.net.dcs.hull.ac.uk/student

08101 Module Site

http://intra.net.dcs.hull.ac.uk/student/modules/08101/default.aspx

08128 Module Site

http://intra.net.dcs.hull.ac.uk/student/modules/08128/default.aspx

Departmental Forums

http://intra.net.dcs.hull.ac.uk/student

eBridge

http://ebridge.hull.ac.uk/

Note: You will need to log into these. If the login doesn’t work try putting adir\ in front of your user ID.

Twitter

http://twitter.com/HullCompSci

Yellow Book

http://www.csharpcourse.com/

FreeSide

http://freeside.co.uk/

Hull ComSoc

http://www.hullcomsoc.org.uk/

Girl Geek Dinners

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44205850218&ref=share

Rob Miles blog

http://www.robmiles.com/