Signal Problems At East Finchley
Right, I am down to see Shaun of the Dead at 8:45pm on Thursday evening. Can’t wait! You’re welcome to come Sio if you can get here by then, haha!
Just watched the fabulous program on Stephen Hawking on BBC 2. A couple of things stuck with me from watching it. In the middle-ish, he stays up all night proving why some paper he is reading is all wrong, doing the equations on the black board. I remember the days when I loved doing that sort of thing. Maths was one of my favourite subjects all the way though school. It’s something I missed through all of my degree (I only did about 3 Maths based modules, and did well on all of them), and I wish I could do some more in my spare time. Sad I know, but maybe you know what I mean.
The other thing that struct me was the location – Cambridge. I’ve never been, but it looks very similar to Oxford, of which I have various memories. It’s strange how things like that stir up feelings (while I was thinking about this, “Love Is Only A Feeling” by The Darkness came on iTunes. How odd.) While I would say I am ostensibly (I’ve been wanting to use that word all evening) over Fran, I’m not sure what I to think about my continuing habit of skipping songs that remind me of both good things and bad things. Sort something out soonish hopefully.
The BBC2 prog. was very well made, I enjoyed it. Maths is great – doing the double A-level was very rewarding, but sadly I haven’t had much use for it in chemistry. If you ever want to solve a few differential equations I’m sure I can dig out my notes!
Yeah I found the Hawking programme interesting and very enjoyable (pity I was on the phone for the middle chunk). And hurrah for maths! John, agreed about the double A-level – much fun. Degree level, however, is a little more taxing; I wish I’d done more work last term!
you can do the maths i need to do for chemistry whenever you want john. If I give you the stability constants for some stuff will tell me at what pH my complexes form etc? and whats deprotonated when?
Okay Mike – I’ll need some equations the Nerst equation I think…
Don’t waste time with Shaun of the Dead – see The Butterfly effect. Now! Why are you still here – it’s the best film this summer, you mark my words! Fly you fools!