Nickster’s View

I have been trying to write a coherent draft of chapter 2 of my thesis for a couple of months at least. I’ve made some progress and have a first draft completed, but it’s still very much a first draft. The major criticisms of it by my supervisors have been a lack of […]

I feel like today’s Tom Sawyer…especially with every hour I spend at this institution…
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Tom Sawyer
Rush
A modern-day warrior
Mean mean stride,
Today’s tom sawyer
Mean mean pride.
Though his mind is not for rent,
Don’t put him down as arrogant.
His reserve, a quiet defense,
Riding out the day’s events.
The river
And what you say about his company
Is what you say about society.
Catch the […]

Was up in Stanmore meeting Deb outside a bakery at lunchtime today. I went up on the bike and she in her car, so naturally I got there 20 minutes before her. It was pretty cold today and hanging around outside wasn’t much of an option so I jumped into the bookies next […]

Someone invited me into LinkedIn today so I checked it out and signed up. Thinking it was a pretty cool idea I mailed some invites to friends, only to find out that most of them are already signed up. So very Freemason. Maybe there’s some kind of secret handshake too?
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I’m dead from the limbic system outwards. My brain is operating an emergency life support policy and I think only my core cognitive functions are online. I managed to dope myself into sleeping about 2am and the alarm went off at 4.15am. I slept a little on the plane but not nearly […]

I’m off tomorrow to Eindhoven for the day to demonstrate ProSkin at the European Symposium for Ambient Intelligence (EUSAI). This means getting a 6.30am flight from Stansted Airport (about an hour from my place) which means leaving here at about 4.30am. It’s now 12.08am and I’m not even close to being tired. […]

My friend Neil said to me that this blog is very ranty and negative. It’s true, it is. He challenged me to write something nice and inspiring for every negative thought posted and to think of it as karmic accounting, which in itself is a lovely thought.
I’ve been keeping an online diary since […]