onsdag 14 maj 2008

Balticum here I come!

Since I've gained some international readers i'll start writing in english instead.
Got a mail this week with the news that I will be going to Lithuania for 2 weeks in august, all expenses such as travel, food and living is paid, and attend to the research school there. "Vacation" and EDUcation in one package, can it be better?
The stress over the bachelor exam is starting to build up even more and more. A major part is done of course but there is many questions that needs to be answered first before I can think of writing the report even. I am glad that the exam doesn't include any oral presentations of your work at least, which the master exam will. But after today's meeting I begin to see the final goals that I have to reach before the final stage of this project can be begun.
Fredrik and Leif has spent alot of time today on building their new computers, only Leif ordered it for now but Fredrik will in due time. But all this makes me so eager to buy the laptop I've planned to buy sometime at the end of the summer possibly. It is hard but two things makes it more useful to wait after the summer:
1) According to Daniel, Mac will introduce their upgraded computers at the end of the summer.
2) Dell will introduce, hopefully at least, LED screens to their 15,4 inch laptops. Which is alot better for outdoor use as it reflects less light and so the screen is more viewable in direct light.
The decision of which computer I will buy I still tricky.
Dell gives me great performance for a good price. Problem is that I despite Dell. Always have, always will.
The Acer I've been looking at has good performance but not as good as I can get from dell at the same price.
And an iMac is stylish, and a good brand with solid OS. But they are expensive as hell, more than double the cost than Dell with likewise setup. Sometime I will own an iMac, but that will probably when I have a good inflow of cash into my wallet.
The urge to buy is strong, but my will is hopefully stronger so I won't fall into temptation.
And if everything fails I can at least join this orchestra and succeed with my life anyway.

tisdag 6 maj 2008

High grades, theory tangle and sunburn

Yes! Finally I finished my wikipedia-article, and with it I got my eagerly awaited grade (passed with honors? grader of passed at least). For those of you interested in my work, or maybe just in oscillations of neutron-stars, can simply visit this page here. There are some language modifications remaining, but in general it is complete. At least the course is finished!
This weekends struggle with the theory for the bachelor project starts to run to a closure, but so does also the bachelor project as a whole. 20th June is the deadline, and I should start on the writing of the report 3-4 weeks before that. I am not so sure even what to write! But with tomorrow's meeting with Daniel, my supervisor, I will get my answer about this. Assuming I remember to ask them.

And while enjoying the beautiful sunshine I got this year's first sunburn yesterday as well. Darn sensitive one should have, bad genes. Oh well, summer is stepping into Sweden and I ain't complaining. Beats cold windy days or even rain all week long. The only problem thought is the lack of swimable water here in Lund so one could cool down in the heat this summer....sea-sea is no option really! I will miss dear Nordkroken (Northhook) and Boteredlake so much. Guess I'll have to build a pool in my apartment instead...