Spending money time. I got a new car today, and Catherine (who's away in Portugal at the moment, so I'm all on my lonesome) gets a new one just before Christmas. What's more, we're in the process of buying a new house - next door, which we intend to knock through, assuming that we can get listed buildings consent (this is like getting planning permission if you live in a listed building, which we do). This is good because (again, given that we can knock through), we'll have a larger kitchen (more money, as we'll need to refit it), and I'll have my own server room. Whoops - sorry, that should be "office". My own room, my own machine (which won't need to be dual-booting, as Catherine won't be using it), my own desk, my own armchair, my own bookcases. Bliss. I'm looking forward to it so much, and I've been speccing the box for weeks - it's destined to have woody on it, as I've been meaning to play with Debian for ages.
Not much about the new car there, so here's a bit: it's a Renault Megane Coupe, metallic black, and I'm currently running it in. Happy me.
PhD
Need to rewrite my proposal after some serious talks with
one of my supervisors. Spoke to the other one today (this
one is in the Computer Lab, the other is SPS - Social &
Political Sciences), and they both seem positive. The
problem now is getting a faculty to accept me part-time - a
new thing for Cambridge. I'm hopeful. Once again, if
anyone's interested, get in touch via p2ptrust.org. Rob -
I'll get back to you!