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From the Internet of Things to the University of Things (Rousse)

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Back at Cranage Hall in Holmes Chapel, SL and I were plotting. “How about a project on the University of things?” I suggested. He loved the idea. All we needed to do now was recruit some team members. This proved … Continue reading →

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An unwise bed sheet display (Rousse)

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Given that this was a networking event for the tech community, NP’s stall looked very amateur. Or perhaps she was being ironic as she pinned the home-decorated bedsheet up behind her table? If so, would anyone get the joke? I … Continue reading →

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Debenhams Bristol: a unique shopping experience (Rousse)

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Dreamaticus

While BD looked after the three Christmas cakes in his shop on Park Street, I popped up the road to Debenhams to buy some tins so that I could carry my baking home with me after work. The Bristol branch … Continue reading →

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Advice from a pale cyclist (Rousse)

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I completed the last hundred metres of my morning run and turned the corner into our street. There I found SL with her back against our railings, and her hands clinging onto the handlebars of her red bike. “I think … Continue reading →

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Efforts for an A grade student (Rousse)

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I called to DT that I’d see her at the revolving door so that we could head home together. Then I thought that I had better check my office before I left. The PhD applicants who had unexpectedly turned up … Continue reading →

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Medieval French literature, relationship advice, a Jacobean trunk, and a blue Maserati (Rousse)

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Dreamaticus

We were working through archives of exam questions, extracting any that could be recycled for the next academic year. My collection was so old that it included questions on medieval French literature from my own undergraduate days. My colleagues started … Continue reading →

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A novel solution (Rousse)

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Somehow we had to squeeze yet another desk into our crowded office. The obvious solution was for me to unpack the bookcase and take all my novels home.

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A call for a highlands home (Rousse)

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Normally JG would be the last one to pack up the island house at the end of the season, but this year it was me. “You’ll need to have your cases ready by 13:00”, he instructed. I reached over to … Continue reading →

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Virgin TV disappointment (Rousse)

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I had two homes in Edinburgh. The first was a basement flat with excellent storage. The other was a bright, airy Newhaven apartment with open views across the Firth of Forth. Whenever we were in one we decided … Continue reading →

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Scottish midges damage Inverness housing market prospects (Rousse)

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Dreamaticus

We were looking around a new housing development in Inverness. Amongst the large modern yellow sandstone “executive homes” were grey monochrome Scooby Doo mansions, covered in creeper with their windows boarded up. “Let’s buy one of the wrecks and renovate … Continue reading →

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