Category Archives: Old site imports

I don’t like being sick

Posted on July 23, 2009 by hds

You know what it feels like when you’re in a dentists chair and they’ve got your mouth open and some sort of contraption stuck in there so you can’t close your mouth or move your tongue, saliva starts to fill … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh

Posted on July 16, 2009 by hds

I was away in London last week, I spent five days in the office doing everything from setting up an intrusion detection system to presenting the iPhone app I’ve been working on to our directors (who were really happy with … Continue reading →

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Life in general

Posted on June 30, 2009 by hds

I’ve not posted anything for a while, and let’s be honest nothing terribly exciting has happened in that time. Plus, it’s summer. I went out on Saturday night for Gonza’s birthday, we ate, we drank, then we drank absinthe. It … Continue reading →

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Article accepted

Posted on June 22, 2009 by hds

This morning I received a very welcome email informing me that the article that we submitted to SCC 2009 has been accepted. I’m pretty much over the moon about that. It’s titled Towards an Agent-Based Simulation of Hospital Emergency Departments … Continue reading →

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Simulación Orientada a Individuos de un Servicio de Emergencias

Posted on June 12, 2009 by hds

I’ve just finished my research presentation at uni. Basically a presentation to the whole department about what my research topic is, how I’ve progressed and what the plans are for the future. It all went really well, everybody laughed at … Continue reading →

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Dead disc

Posted on June 6, 2009 by hds

I’ve just had my second laptop hard drive die on me in the last year. Of course the difference is that this time I’ve got a Time Machine backup from about 30 hours prior to the death and a bootable … Continue reading →

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Locative

Posted on June 6, 2009 by hds

Last year I read William Gibson’s latest novel Spook Country (it either came out last year or in 2007 I don’t remember – but I had to wait to fetch my signed copy from London before I could read it). … Continue reading →

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You’re just saying that to make me feel better

Posted on June 3, 2009 by hds

I’ve just found out (through twitter of all places – I suppose it does have it’s uses) that David Eddings died last night. I read Pawn of Prophesy on the way back from a school camp when I was about … Continue reading →

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Nimbus trials ISIS

Posted on May 18, 2009 by hds

My new unicycle arrived today, and it’s very, very pretty. It’s a 19″ Nimbus trials ISIS, so basically it’s got a smaller wheel with a (much, much) fatter tyre than my other unicycle. It’s lighter and because I can lower … Continue reading →

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All done, finally

Posted on May 15, 2009 by hds

I’ve just submitted the article we’ve been working on the SCC 2009. Now it’s just a matter of keeping my fingers crossed for the next few months until we find out if it’s been accepted or not. Right now I … Continue reading →

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