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Category Archives: edinburgh

A Day in the Life

Eleven hours in the labs and we’re not even in the last fornight :\
I made my Last.fm charts program available for anybody to use and it’s had a positive response, hurrah, though people are far too reluctant to give feedback. It’s good to know there’s others out there who like to investigate every inch [...]

A Few Things

Third year 0_o. I’ve chosen Operating Systems, Computer Design, an Introduction to Vision & Robots, Logic Programming, Agent Based Systems, Security and Language Semantics and Implementation (the best of a bad bunch, no way I’m doing ADS eh), along with a course in professional issues, an individual practical and a group project. We [...]

Five Fireworks

Taken on 02/09, from Waverley Bridge. They had a soundtrack and everything, pretty cool. Bigger versions here.

Could do with a sixth eh

Mexican Standoff

Days are happy and spent watching Six Feet Under and thinking about going outside to museums of surgeons but we watch the rain fall instead and it’s much better. I have a new flat in a brilliant location but it doesn’t feel like a home, it feels like a student flat and it’ll take [...]

The Free Fringe Comedy Essence

Paedophilia. Probably then followed by a ‘wait, I shouldn’t joke about that, should I? Because y’know, I don’t actually fuck six year olds (I prefer girls about nine)’
Girlfriends (and lack thereof). Expect reference to (1).
Lesbians/Gays
Annoying international stereotypes, like Oriental looking folk not understanding English, cue hilarious nonsense from comedian
Black people, if comedian [...]

Tuesday Came and Changed

Life in Edinburgh is odd and foreign, and friendships and the city change quickly. Some friends say goodbye and take their leave overseas for a year, others pack up their boxes and move down the road - the two feel equivalent.

++Age;

A birthday and people congratulate you (I hope with hand-clapping) because Facebook reminds them. Yesterday we went to the Museum on the Mound which was totally worth it because we a-built the Bank of Scotland and b-cracked the safe to get a reward of chocolate coins. And today we shall go to the [...]