A lovely simulation of the Earth getting destroyed by a meteorite.

Now I am doing a few NZ websites, I have found the need to use the macron over some vowels in Māori words. It took me ages to work out what the codes were in HTML. So for future reference, here they are (so far):
ā - ā
ō - ō
Haven’t had to use the “i” yet [...]

Been reading about the latest Will Wright game that is in development. In case you haven’t heard of Will Wright, he’s the closest thing to Elvis in the world of game designers - made the Sims which is the biggest selling game of all time.
The new one (called Spore) is even more ambitious - you [...]

Got 80% on my biology test. Gotta be happy with that I guess!

For those who are wondering, my exam went pretty well. It was harder than anticipated, but I still felt like I knew the answers - mostly! Some questions were right out there, stuff I’m sure we hadn’t been taught. Can they do that?
Now preparing for a biology practical test two weeks from tomorrow, and a [...]

Gosh I am blogging a lot today! And you know why, don’t you, loyal reader(s)? It’s because I have AN EXAM THIS AFTERNOON. Yes, in less than two hours, I shall be sitting in a large room with hundreds of people, 90% of whom are at least 19 years younger than me, trying desperately to [...]

In my new part-time uni, full-time work schedule, Thursday is the day I spend 9-5 up at university. Did this for the first time yesterday and it was great! I so wish I could afford to be a full time student. Ah well, I can dream.
Anyway! Cell biology has been kind of average so far [...]

I had to work all weekend, until 1am last night. Then get up for a 9am chemistry lecture - my first day of Semester 1. And guess what? They gave us an assignment that’s due in on Friday. Oh joy. A lot of spotty first years - 250 in our class - but I’m just [...]

The exam was pretty easy! So I’m happy.

Our four days in the lab have come to an end. It was a bit of an eye-opener. I can see I will have to get a lot more careful and coordinated if I am to become a successful chemist.
Things I learned:
It’s good to know the substance you are dealing with
Better to take things slowly [...]