Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

Body QR Code

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

I like QR Codes.  I've made QR Poems before now, and the idea of having a barcode printed on my hand has been knocking around my head for a while, so I thought I'd give it another shot.  Unfortunately I didn't do it very well.  Note to self: paint sticks ...

*twitch*

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

I've been working on my second year project for the last .... 12 hours now.  Most of the backend is done.  It looks like this: As I snapped this screenshot, I noticed that my BlueJ window was exactly 1337 pixels wide.  That's surely got to be a good sign, right? Now, before ...

Things I currently dislike

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

I've been in the lab since I finished work 4 hours ago.  I've still not managed to get my embedded system board routed.  I'm annoyed with: 40 pin TQFP packages IDC connectors OrCAD's autorouter Having to mix surface mount and through-hole components because I can't be sure what package certain things are labeled as ...

Snow Day!

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Campus was closed after 1PM today due to snow.  Which of course means, SNOW FIGHT.

Snow and Rostis

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

It's snowing in Canterbury!  Whee.  Lots of dark clouds, and my patio has been turned into a giant natural etch-a-sketch (except with less vibration and more snow). Also, I decided to buy some Wendsleydale cheese the other week and I've been wondering what to do with it.  After Ben did some ...