Lol...I entrusted the choice of laptop to my boyfriend as he loves his gadgets and knows a lot about computers and i knew he would get me a good one ... he chose a 17" widescreen laptop ... i couldn't even get it into my bag let along carry it around. I used it for about 2 months and then got fed up and sold it to a friend at a loss....in the end i ended up with my boyfriends macbook which is more compact but i still wish i had something smaller/lighter as i spend a lot of time commuting on trains and having a smaller laptop means i can work the extra hours on the train

SKIN

18.08.08

So, today's aims I havn't done so well on, didn't look at the lit review as I couldn't face looking at it (don't enjoy doing it) but did have a look at the references using LaTeX. Spent the afternoon programming...which is what I enjoy doing the most and although I probably spend too much time doing this at least it is productive.

Hey! Nice to meet a fellow LaTeX user...I am planning to produce my thesis in LaTeX and although I am learning loads I knwo it will be worth it! I am programming some diagnostic statistics and graphics in R which is a statistical programme. I don't know if it proper programming (I have never had any formal education in programming) but I suppose it kind of it as it uses if/else/for etc...I can use some of R's inbuilt functions as well... it's a lot of fun and problem solving but I really enjoy it!

clan

pints !!!

slap

Thanks for the nice words, olivia, I am not sure what it is about me they don't like ... I am much younger than them coming into a phd straight from my undergrad degree which was at a former polytechnic. Also because I don't live in london i think there is a bit of snobbery going on...they cannot comprehend that I don't want to live in london and love living in the country ... and a couple of times when I have been invited for drinks i've had to leave early as i had to get a train back home. I don't know...at least in a few years i won't have to put up with them!

span

NIGHT

18.08.09

Morning everyone...had a really nice relaxing weekend and was quite busy so didn't have time to post. Did some non-phd work things: painted shed, hoed the veggie garden and had fun picking loads of tasty veg. Made some tasty pasta and watched some dvd's...an all round chilled out weekend. Although I did manage to get in a couple of hours programming which was good. It was just what I needed and now am all ready to get working this week.

Although, I have gotten the cold shoulder again from my colleagues who I share an office with. Am not sure what exactly that I have done, but they don't even bother to talk to me any more. I always say hello and goodbye, but one girl in particular gives me the most evil stares ever ... not quite sure why but I just be civil and plug myself in to my ipod and get on with my work.

Today's Aims:
1. Spent this morning looking through my programming testing and checking it, there are still a few glitches that need to be worked out.
2. Still working on getting references into LaTeX I think I need to do some testing to work out how it works properly, incase I ruin all the lit review I have already written!
3. Get up to date with literature review- have done a lot of work but I need some order and a plan of what I am going to do next.
4. Have a look at list of programming that is still left to do! (Probably wont have time to do this today thou!)

15.08.08

So....on the aims I managed to finish the pape (woo hoo) but it took much longer than expected, so I only managed to start working out how to do the BibTeX stuff for my lit review. Am hoping to look a bit more into this on the train on the way home. Will take some programming home for the weekend, but don't know if I will get much work done. Am so pleased I managed to get the changes to the paper done quickly (well, for me) so that i can move onto more interesting things. Has been a slow week for me work wise, but am hoping things will pick up next week.

Am moving house in 3 weeks (eek!) and so have to start packing at some point...so that will be this weekends fun! Anyways, have a great weekend everyone! And thanks to all those who have posted with encouragement!

we posted at the same time!! actually...i was a second earlier than you. spooky!

doom

loam

how long did it take me to think up that one!!

PS...sorry for rubbish spelling...i can't edit any of my posts!