14.7.08

e-mail hell

I never thought, with technology of today, that an organisation be capable of: losing messages; employing untrained "support staff", such that a basic request to use an e-mail client cannot be resolved. In the end, have given up using the university mail network altogether.

Since the last post I was hoping to have finally conducted some experimental work. Unfortunately, no. Further equipment failure, higher priority of other personnel and a mini holiday season have all contributed to additional delay.

In the meantime, I've managed to complete the postgraduate skills record and a draft document for a an imminent annual review, all using tex for further practical experience. I have also had some fun trying to remember my school level calculus. I'd been thinking: "where are all my school books now?!"; "how is it possible for my brain to be able to remember those differentiation/integration procedures after reading a maths book again, after so many years?"; "why didn't my maths teachers make this topic more relevant to my interests". Or maybe they did but I was busy not listening...

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