What’s going on in the kitchen???…. or rather the bathroom.

Posted on Jan 31, 2009 in Blog I just got this email during the week… I have no idea what’s going on. Either this is addressed to the wrong house or something really weird is going on in the house’s bathrooms…. I’m inclined to believe the former since I’m not familiar with the bath having been blocked…. Dear Students, It has been brought to our attention by the College plumber, who...
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Making Money

Posted on Jan 24, 2009 in Books Like always when new Discworld novel comes out I just had to read it. Making Money by Terry Pratchett is a direct sequel to Going Postal and continues the tale of Moist von Lipwig who has built a successful post office that works. Now the patrician of Ankh-Morpork wants him to revitalize the banking industry so he puts Lipwig in charge of a bank. Before taking over the post office Lipwig was a...
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Reykjavík Invasion

Posted on Jan 24, 2009 in Blog I thought I’d share this neat little art collection made by Siggeir Hafsteinsson. He also has original prints available on canvas if anyone is interested. Click on the pictures to see the rest of the...
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Crooked Little Vein

Posted on Jan 24, 2009 in Books When I left for Iceland in December for the winter holidays I needed something to read on the plain ride back home. I chose Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis. I have always been a fan of Warren Ellis’ work both in books and comics and have tried to read most of what he has written. Crooked Little Vein tells the tale of the run down detective Mike McGill and how he is commissioned by the...
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Introduction to Numerical Finance with C++

Posted on Jan 23, 2009 in Blog Yesterday I somehow managed to sit through the first half of a 3 hour lecture in Introduction to Numerical Finance with C++ . I have never had such a hard time sitting through any class ever. Thankfully I have learned C++ before so I knew pretty much everything being covered. The teacher, Dr Benjamin Keeping, really lacks organizational skills. The material is just put up on slides in no common...
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