And now for something completely different. I bought this bike about three years ago; it came with my ‘good’ Honda CX500. All good old motorbikes have nicknames – mine is The Ambo (on account of a white barn-door fairing it used to have). Now, Honda CX500s are fun animals. They started in about 1978 (this one’s …
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I am just preparing for tonight’s Rostrum meeting and decided to mention that pesky United States election thing. I found this discussion on Election, which as an avid follower of US politics I found interesting – and intriguing. As it is currently Tuesday in the United States (that whole time zone thing means it’s actually …
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And so today I am here to talk about work-life balance in your PhD. Work-life balance is one of the ‘seven deadly sins’ of academe. The PhD is the worst kind of study for work-life balance. More than any other form of study, the PhD requires hard work without direction and hard work without deadlines. …
A book from the library. Stats textbook. Nurofen for phd induced headaches. Empty wallet. New external battery case for my HTC phone. Site plans for a proposed upcoming renovation. Glasses tool because the little screw keeps falling out of my glasses. A snapshot of my life right at the moment. Sigh. But at least I …
So I have said previously that one of the issues I have had with using Scrivener to write with is also one of its strengths: Scrivener doesn’t do formatting. It separates the formatting of the word from the writing of the word. The idea is, you write your Great Australian Novel in Scrivener, and then …