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Quit moving the phinish line
06 September 07 10:52 AM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
In a period of Dave Hughes-inspired anger, I think I'm about to lose it. I have just received comments back from a large chapter, one which I thought was almost the best. Unfortunately, there are more than 85 things still wrong with it, according to my Read More...
Another one of those annoying milestones
30 August 07 11:48 AM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
Today marks 500 days since I officially began writing my thesis. Notice that I didn't say that I've been writing for 500 days, because there are some weekends in there when I didn't do any writing. I really had hoped to have submitted before the big 500, Read More...
So much to do, so little time
17 August 07 08:25 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
I'm sorry to say, but today marks my 4 1/2 year mark of being a PhD student. And I am even sorrier to say today that my scholarship expired. So, I'm going to be 'roughing it' until I can find any sort of employment, the search for which is still being Read More...
Payback
10 August 07 05:30 PM | wayne.griffiths | 1 Comments   
Today I have been offered a sort of payback. We're (my supervisors and I) up to filling out the nomination of examiners form. SupA decided to take the initiative and start filling it out as best he could. Then he emailed it to me and asked for my comments. Read More...
Taking a breather
03 August 07 03:31 PM | wayne.griffiths | 5 Comments   
Well, I've spent all week dealing with my supervisor's comments on my penultimate chapter, as well as rejigging my concluding chapter a little. The hardest part was probably dealing with the 'rewrite' comment of the conclusion to the penultimate chapter. Read More...
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Squish
27 July 07 05:10 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
Today, instead of making any instantly-recognisable progress on my thesis, I've spent many hours playing Squish. No, it's not really a fun game. Note that it is typically played using LaTeX. I'm not sure whether it adapts easily to Word. Here are the Read More...
Precisely puzzled
23 July 07 11:57 AM | wayne.griffiths | 2 Comments   
Here's a slightly funny written comment from my supervisor I thought I'd share. A lot of their comments lately have been about choice of words and not sounding formal enough with my language. Their first language is not English, but they are not happy Read More...
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Thesis detergent
17 July 07 12:32 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
It would be really great if someone would invent a thesis detergent. You know, something to get rid of those annoying marks they always seem to pick up when they go off to visit with the supervisor. I mean, you send it off to them all nice and clean, Read More...
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Pressure, pushing down on me...
13 July 07 04:45 PM | wayne.griffiths | 3 Comments   
(a small diversion - has anyone else ever confused the beginnings of the songs "Under Pressure" by Queen and "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice? 'Cause I have...) Well, I've just finished a meeting with my supervisors. The first piece of news was that one Read More...
Mission: Impossible
10 July 07 03:45 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
Following my previous Tom Cruise movie-themed post, I'm writing this short entry to highlight how difficult this Friday's meeting with SupA is going to be. I have just received comments on a chapter back from him. There are aproximately 100 things to Read More...
Un-spam-tacular
09 July 07 05:42 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   
Here's something amusing yet annoying which happened to me over the last few days. Last Thursday evening I finished another version of a chapter. So, the standard process is for SupB to read through it first. They then give me comments, which I deal with Read More...
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Dr Pressure
29 June 07 11:07 AM | wayne.griffiths | 3 Comments   
I wonder if the stresses of PhD research was what Mylo had in mind when writing the song "Dr Pressure"? Somehow, I think not, but you never know... Anyway, I am starting to feel those stresses as I look at my diary this morning and realise I only have Read More...
Veni, vidi, sed non possum vicere
27 June 07 04:29 PM | wayne.griffiths | 5 Comments   
It seems sometimes that these days I just can't win. A big part of the problem is having two supervisors to satisfy. Let's say SupA is currently overseas and SupB is here. Now SupA is the main supervisor so ultimately it's them that I need to appease, Read More...
Sound advice
16 May 07 05:45 PM | wayne.griffiths | 3 Comments   
I'm wondering if anyone can suggest some software for me. I use Skype in order to have a meeting with my supervisor. He says he prefers it to the telephone solutions we've used in the past, because the quality is better. Additionally, since it's a PC Read More...
Notation Rotation
30 April 07 05:21 PM | wayne.griffiths | 4 Comments   
Another fortnight, another meeting. Another meeting, another change of notation. Yes, I'm learning the new dance step called the Notation Rotation. And this proves that it really does take two (or three, if more than one of your supervisors gang up on Read More...
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