hēg denu
The old english words from which my name is derived, hēg 'hay' + denu 'valley'.-
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Call of the shadows
When I was about eight or nine years old I got (from where I don’t remember) a shareware copy of a game called Raptor: Call of the Shadows. In those days it was quite common for a game to have … Continue reading
The Original Take-away
Presenting: Mathematics – The Original Take-away Ever since buying a badge with this slogan on it at the Maths Talent Quest nearly 20 years ago, I’ve thought this was a clever joke. Now I have a web-site.
Prove it
In the world of mathematics, proofs are everything. Unfortunately as a 21st century computer scientist my background in proofs is somewhere between zero and nothing (to be fair we were taught proofs in cse1303 – but it went way over … Continue reading
Addicted
I tend to drink a fair amount of coffee, not as much as when I lived in the UK, but three or four espressos a day is fairy normal. I used to try and balance what’s most likely an addiction … Continue reading
It’s Nice That (2010)
Once again it’s time for my incredibly presumptuous self-inflicted It’s Nice That yearly review. I’m cutting it a little fine this year, with a little less than three hours to go before the end of the year, but here we … Continue reading
Life’s good…
I found a link to an episode of Rapnews, an alternative news programme where the news is rapped (as in hip hop) by a number of impersonated people. The link was in an article on The Age about how Julian … Continue reading
Cirque du Soleil: Varekai
On Tuesday night Andrea and I went to see the Cirque du Soleil show that’s in Barcelona at the moment, Varekai. Apart from a free circus show at an ocupa that I saw at the beginning of the year, I … Continue reading
Alphabattle: U
So, after 40 weeks of Alphabattle, I’ve finally got around to joining in, just in time for U. I completed my entry in typically geeky style You can see all of Bruce’s entries on his Alphabattle page, over on Moustache.
Beanie come rasta hat
Partially in an effort to use some of the thousands of metres of wool that I’ve got lying around at home and partially because I wanted to finish something quickly I decided to crochet a beanie for Andrea last week. … Continue reading
The curse of pure mathematics
When I explained my recent attempt to explain what I’m studying to my parents, my thesis director replied (I’m translating a paraphrasing here): That’s the curse of what we do, you’ll never be able to explain it to your friends. … Continue reading