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Category Archives: personal

Nearly Christmas and New Year (Cold. Very Cold)

22-Dec-09

What a finely freezing frosty day it is. Never have my bits (fingers!) felt like they were not there anymore. I can still feel the numbness in my tips. My laptop provides a comforting heat source in these cold days. Thankful for the poor temperature control on my GPU (thanks NVIDIA!) and my warm battery [...]

Year one almost done

17-Sep-09

It’s been nearly one year since I’ve began my PhD, things have been hectic this past few weeks and months. We’ve had the Eusipco 2009 conference to organise and run which was very successful. Also, for me there has been a lot of work being going on with regards to my research. Next week will [...]

Geek myths

30-Jul-09

Image via Wikipedia

Ever seen those wacky moves with scientists/engineers/geeks that seem to produce instant result?
The Myth:
24 is my favourite example where encryption is childsplay, and takes less than an hour to break, to the right person and everything works and is so seamless and batteries last an entire day with all their fancy phones that [...]

Summer in Glasgow

30-Jul-09

Image by susanlee828 via Flickr

There is always one bit of advice I give to people when they think of coming up north to Scotland, and specifically Glasgow and that is to bring an umbrella.
Our city is a strange one, ever heard the song with the lyrics “All four seasons in one day …” this is [...]

A day at the races

01-Jul-09

After a hard days work I was much confused by the fact there seemed to be a racing match going on around George Square in Glasgow, I being a curious sort decided to record part of the event and whipped out my N82 taking a few pics and a video

A  few pics, not that I [...]

To Magnus

15-May-09

Today was the Memorial for my friend Magnus who passed away recently due to an epileptic fit, It was a relaxed affair, where music symbolising aspects of his life, and of how how he affected those left behind was played, it’s amazing how much you learn of a person after their death, seeing the friends [...]