A clear night – after all that rain!

Last night was fantastic, the Moon was really bright and wow it was so clear. I went to look for Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT), I think I saw it – unfortunately the night sky around Selly Oak is quite bright so was not able to see any structure – will need to go and get a telescope on it I think. , I was trying to get a good shot of the Moon but I just couldn’t get the exposure fast enough. However I did take this quite cool one with a plant in the foreground – only reason it is visible is because I left the flash on – woops!

The day after tomorrow is, well it is Tuesday!

I have to say I don’t see many films which makes me go wow due to the effects, but this one was fantastic! The story itself was good, it was slightly long they did scenes that did not need to be there and was a bit to unrealistic – not the weather (well what happened seems at the extreme side), but I mean how they got out of things. I will stop now I don’t want to reveal the plot to anyone – that would be awful. I hate that happening to me. OK verdict – good film, great effects. Would I see it again, yes. Would I say go see it, yes!

No work to do, what do I do now!

Well I just have nothing to do really today, it feels oddly strange. Next week I am gonna be busy preparing for the Venus transit and countless parties and nights out, great fun! Today though is a different matter, I just put away a whole years work – it felt strange. This year at Uni has gone so damn fast, has been fun and I have made some new friends this year – some who have fast become my closest. Sometimes it feels like I have been at Uni for just five minutes but it also feels like I have known these people for ages, strange.

Exams, Beer and Pain!

It’s over! My last exam for the year has been and go. It was quite a moment for some of my friends since this was their last EVER exam – kind of scary. I still have one year left – time to bring up the average etc. I am really looking forward to getting into the 4th year – sounds like lots of hard work but also very rewarding. Obviously after the exam we all headed to Joe’s (in the Guild) and got quite a few pints into us. Let’s just say I was a little pissed and then I even sobered up later at the pub (the OVT)! As for pain, well I started my exams by falling down the stairs in maths, fortunately not injuring myself at all then. Guess how I finished the exams? By falling down the steps outside my house – not far to fall but I quite badly twisted my ankle but I forced myself in and am on the painkillers. Fun!

Once more into the breach!

In little over 2 hours time I will be walking into my last exam of the year! I can’t wait for it to be over, but I have to go to hell and back before it is – a two hour general physics paper. This is going to be hard – I bet though it can’t be as hard as yesterday’s quantum mechanics paper which was absolutely unbelievable.

An integrated blog!

At last I have got around to what I have been meaning to do for a few months – integrate my site layout / design with my blog. Surprisingly it was not too hard – just had to learn what the variables of Moveable type did then do it. I feel it looks much better and gives me the flexibility with my design that I required.

Exams and blog!

My two exams went ok today. I thought ISM would be the worse of the two but guess what it was the old quantum mechanics that has given me the problems. I am sure it will all be ok though. Oh and if you notice my blog looking weird it is because I am integrating it into my whole site so lots of changes afoot!

Radiation and Quantum Physics SUCKS!

You might guess the exam went badly! Well it could have been worse, the consensus was that it was hard – this makes me feel a little better. It was in the Great Hall though and I kept hearing this ghostly noise since I was at the front – was just the wind in the corridors around the hall, but it was quite off putting. Guess what I am up to now, revision for my last 3 exams, fun!

Stellar Evolution

Well another one of my better subjects is over, I think it went well. I am quite pleased – now down to the hard revision for tomorrow’s exam 😦 As Stellar evolution goes I just read this (http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0405/22creation/) article about the formation of the Sun and the solar system, not full on stellar evolution but just one stage – in our case quite an important one though! And here is the fascinating diagram that shows the formation of a low mass star: Credit: NASA/Hubble Space Telescope/Jeff Hester

Venus Transit soon

For anyone who is at all interested in Astronomy make sure you observe the transit of Venus it is basically a once in a lifetime opportunity and is occurring on the 8th June. See: http://www.venustransit.co.uk Today I designed the poster for Astrosoc advertising our events and I am quite please with the title image I came up with: