In my freshers year at University I lived with several final year students, I remember them appearing to be much wiser and more mature than us freshers. I recall asking questions and expecting them to know everything.
It’s now less than three weeks before I’ll be returning to Guildford for my final year and it feels like nothing has changed. The time has passed so quickly.

I’m trying to overcome difficulties with finding a place to live in Guildford. I foolishly missed the on-campus accommodation date, thinking of the false promises of a placement year in industry. There was a significant lack of placements with some relevance to what I am interested in, and when I did apply I was met with competition from many other students. Now I’m stuck without a house, and not long to go. I’m sure it will work out though, even if it means having to travel for 5 hours a day for a couple of weeks before I find somewhere to live.

I’m feeling chipper though because of my recent purchase of an EeePC 1000H. As soon as ebuyer had them in stock I tried to buy one, however they kept closing my order however much I wanted to give them my money. I ended up buying from the-link instead.

I’m so impressed by the build quality and the size of the keyboard on the Eee. The unit’s footprint is a tad smaller than an A4 piece of paper, the screen is very clear and can be incredibly bright even from the most obtuse viewing angles. I am most pleased by the battery life. As an advocate of the fact that laptops, netbooks, notebooks and the like should do what they are designed to do, be mobile. 2 hour battery life from the regular budget laptop is far from useful on the go. I have managed to ween 5.5 hours with regular use, WIFI on and bluetooth off on my eee. This is good enough for a day of lectures.

I realise that it’s specifications aren’t going to win any performance awards, but it’s a netbook. It’s not designed to play the newest directx10 games or edit high-definition video, and that is reflected in its low price.

On another note, it has led me to collate as many old SCUMM games as possible and start playing them again using scummVM.

I’ll end with a query. If you run a surgery and are usually late or slow with your work, is it better to have or not to have a clock in your waiting room?