Ok so it was yesterday, but I only got my parents present in the post today, and OMG my mother is sometimes a genius. She either in this case knows me well, or had a freak moment of buying something truly amazing: behold, the most garish, glittery, pink poodle Christmas decoration in the world!! If … Continue reading Happy St Nicholas!
Category: miscellaneous
Mandatory attendance
Strathclyde have adopted an attendance register for every class and students may get penalised for not attending enough classes. My fellow classmates tell me this also happened in their undergrad universities. Is this normal? Is Edinburgh University weird to allow students completely free choice whether they attend lectures? I can see that for a hands-on course like … Continue reading Mandatory attendance
Postgrad Induction Day
Number of CSI mentions: 1 Number of students at postgrad computer and information studies induction: about 50 Number of girls at above: about 25 (!!) Number of students in my Forensic Informatics class: 9 On Monday I parted with the largest sum of money from my account - £872 for a three month train ticket … Continue reading Postgrad Induction Day
I love Derren Brown
I met Derren once at the Spiderman 2 premiere in 2004 where he signed my autograph book. He is the only celebrity who didn't just scribble a random scrawl on the paper, instead asked my name and wrote, "Dear Sarah, best wishes, Derren Brown X". He seemed genuinely touched by people screaming his name all … Continue reading I love Derren Brown
I am a supermarket snob
I broke the habit of 3 years by going to Asda today instead of Sainsbury's. Sainsburys and Waitrose are my nearest large stores and I've grown very accustomed to fine goods and well laid out aisles. However Edinburgh has an Asda superstore only 15 minutes further away, and since I wasn't doing anything today I … Continue reading I am a supermarket snob
Polaroid images
I've been experimenting with images and CSS on how to make an image look like it's been taken with a polaroid. I still own a polaroid, and have about 2 photos left. Pity they don't make them any more 😦 Polaroids are roughly square, I have made mine 307px by 319px. I created a background … Continue reading Polaroid images
Things I have learnt in chemistry
In preparation for my masters in Forensic Informatics I decided to read an AS and A-Level Chemistry book. Only GSCE knowledge of chemistry is needed (which is as far as I got with the subject), but the masters in Forensics (which I will be sharing half the courses with) require A-Level chemistry and a degree … Continue reading Things I have learnt in chemistry
New website!
I have redesigned lowmanio.co.uk to be more bloggy, and hopefully I shall actually keep up with my blog this time. I got a little over enthusiastic with blog posts as you can see...I've already blogged 6 times! The topics I will blog about are in the categories to your right. I am starting a masters in Forensics Informatics in … Continue reading New website!
Lowmanio 