Diary: May 2003

Mir lives!

So, my new PSU for mir arrived. It's the right dimensions, but, as you would expect, it isn't quite right. It's not that I ordered the wrong one, I ordered the only one. Turns out the power socket is on the end of the PSU. Not abnormal for a PSU, you may think. However, my PSU lies along the front of my case (under the floppy drive), and the old one had an extension cable to the back to plug the thing in. So either I have the computer turned off, or I have the lid on ...

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Some Stuff Happened, Nothing Exciting

Hi. It's the weekend. Um.

I finished my cursework (that was a typo, but I think I'll leave it) on Friday. We handed in the penultimate bit on Thursday, and went to see the Matrix Reloaded. It was cool. But I was disappointed.

It felt like a bunch of over-extended fight scenes just so they could use some special effects, strung together with an empty plot so that they could cash in on the brilliance of the original.

It was actually a very good film, but it still felt like a bunch of over-extended fight scenes just so ...

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Revision is FUN!

I'm revising. Apparently.

I've got lots of paper on my desk, and my keyboard pushed away to one side to stop me from using the computer.

It's not working... I've been up for about 2 or 3 hours now, and havent read any of my notes. ARRRRRGH

And what's up with my central heating? The radiators are on. The heating control panel thing says they are off. But they are most certainly on. And my house is so hot it's rediculous. Can't sleep and stuff. Very uncomfortable.

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