Science Sung

http://www.science-groove.org/Now/Most impressive must be a very entertaining lecturer.

Seem to be surviv...

Seem to be surviving the damn cold that won't leave. Have actually been busy this month between lots of people viva-ing and visiting amadou_a's housewarming party. Mostly various viva's have gone well but one of my friends failed (not out right but effectively), she's fighting tooth nad nail to appeal the desion last I heard. Have established that crafts are the new rock and roll after a discussion with ghostpaw and luckyka at the aformentioned housewarming, I've been trying to think of crafty type things I might try that don't involve workshops, lots of tools and much concentration - can't see me knitting I'm afraid either before anyone suggests it.Have also begun thinking about my january social events new year and birthday, I suspect new year will be dull as per usual but can't deside weither to come back to guildford for it or not. Was most impressed with the various banquete posts, would love to do something like that myself at some stage. It's a pitty there are no meadaries (cornish medievil style restaurants - eat with your fingers drink mead etc) in guildford as this would be fun to get people along to for my birthday, found a few medievil banquete things done by castles and the like but there websites only give xmas/new year info (bloody expensive too).

Ah Maths standards are slipping!

Just did the bbc's math quizhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4263590.stmI am somewhat dismayed to discover 2 of the 20 questions where incorrect, the square of a negitive number is the same as the square of the positive number a basic fact anyone should know - giving one question two correct answers. And as a physist the idea that if you roll a ball with twice the force you will have twice the velocity over a greater distance worrie me a little might be true (I can't be bothered thinking about it too deeply, need to assume a constant deceleration due to friction I guess - not really a math quaestion in anycase).I am really looking forward to my up coming escape to cornwall, holiday yay. there are lots of touristy type things I'd quite like to do but a large part of my knows I am never going to get round to them will just slob out at my parents and do a few coastal walks.On the yay front have managed to get tickets for a bath-gloster rugby match so have a day trip to bath coming up, hopefully see a few of my uni compatriots.My coding is finally going quite well (I am just trying to restrain myself from a rewrite to use some nice new techniques I've found), may even get something publishable soon (which would be long over due and fabulous). So back to it.