hēg denu
The old english words from which my name is derived, hēg 'hay' + denu 'valley'.-
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The family sites
So in addition to me changing my site to run on WordPress, both Thea and Bruce got WordPress blogs up and running while I was in Australia. I was going to post about this sooner, but I’ve been waiting for … Continue reading
Real life and fiction
This afternoon I had almost exactly the opposite of this comic happen to me.
Goodbye HSBC
I just phoned up HSBC to close my UK bank account. As useful as it may have been having an account there, it’s a pain trying to manage an account in a country where you’re not living, and the fact … Continue reading
Redder
A beautiful flash game by Anna Anthropy, It’s Nice That described Redder as what Metroid would look like if it was made by Stanley Kubric, which is not far off the mark. The sound track is fantastic, I’ve only spent … Continue reading
The Cartographer
Today Mike Tyson (again, not the boxer) is releasing his brand new iPhone travel app, The Cartographer. As usual for Mike, it’s a ridiculously pretty app that performs incredibly well – it handles maps, especially for when you’re travelling. Mike … Continue reading
Moved to WordPress
I’ve just moved this site to WordPress, after a long time having a “hand-crafted” weblog / blog thingy, I’ve finally given in and gone the easy route. Bear with me while I get the old set of photos up again, … Continue reading
Kind of forgot about the web site
Not surprisingly in hindsight, I’m quite busy at the moment. Having just started a doctorate in Number Theory, I have an enormous amount of reading to do, which I’m trying to get through as quickly as possible. I’m reading through … Continue reading
What I do now (1)
I remember a maths class I had in first year uni, one of our lecturers was a guy from the maths department named Stu, or something like that. He is (or at least was in those days) an applied mathematician, … Continue reading
Masters (2) complete
Last week I defended (re: presented) my end of course project for the Masters in Multimedia Design that I was doing last (academic) year. Basically trying to fit as much as possible of my 164 page dissertation into a twenty … Continue reading
More masters madness
And other things beginning with M. Yesterday I handed in my masters thesis dissertation (or tesina) for the masters in multimedia that I did last year. I’ve just gone back and checked my git logs, I started writing my first … Continue reading