Posted by Owen at 9:51 AM. Placed in Physics category
Just had a massive (no pun intended) discussion about this with a few colleauges (one of which being an ex-nuclear/particle physicist) over a coffee.
Posted by Owen at 4:55 PM. Placed in CompSci category
Recently, I’ve been experimenting with dynamically reloading code in the Perl language. My inspiration for this came from seeing IRC robots being disconnected and then reconnected every time the programmer wanted to implement new changes in the code. I thought to myself, “what if you could dynamically reload the code base without having to disconnect the robot, and therefore disrupt the potential services that the robot could be providing?” Read More…
Various computer related forums and chat-rooms and Facebook groups that I’ve been frequenting seem to have recently been plagued with the problem of asking questions properly. Read More…
Posted by Owen at 11:58 PM. Placed in General category
I have an academic plan. It is basically along the lines of “finish Computer Science degree –> do Physics degree –> move to Switzerland and work in CERN”. Of course, I am fully aware that this may all go horribly wrong and that I could do something vastly different, but it is a plan, and something to aim for. Read More…
Posted by Owen at 8:52 AM. Placed in Family category
Yesterday, I went to watch my father, 9 year old sister and 7 year old brother do their grading for orange belts at the sports hall in Pencoed. I was quite frankly fascinated with the experience, and impressed at the level of skill and respect all of the pupils had. Read More…
Posted by Owen at 4:09 PM. Placed in CompSci, Faith category
Well, tonight I’m heading to the St. Winifred’s Catholic church in Aberystwyth with two Comp-Sci friends. This will be (as far as I know) my first experience in a Catholic Church service (or at least, that I can remember). I’m not entirely sure whether they speak Welsh, English or Latin as of yet, but I’m sure that I’ll be able to cope linguistically either way.
The two Comp-Sci friends I’m going with are brilliant people to hang out with; always a good laugh. Lauren, I know from Bridgend (she lives in Blaengarw up the Garw Valley) so she could probably cope with Welsh, and the other, Tom, is from Kent, so if in Welsh, he’s going to struggle somewhat! The advantage Tom has over the rest of us, however, is that he is from a Catholic background and will have more knowledge of the proceedings.
Anyhow, I think it’s a brilliant opportunity to get to know another Christian denomination, other than the Apostolic, Charismatic, Evangelistic, Pentecostal, Methodist and Anglican forms that I’m used to 
Maybe an update later if I have time
Laters all xx
Posted by Owen at 3:28 PM. Placed in Blogging, Web Development category
Last night, after my father had reset my ftp password, I thought I’d organise some things on my personal web-space. I decided that I wanted the root owen.dyckhoff.co.uk directory for other things, so I decided to move my blog to owen.dyckhoff.co.uk/blog. Little did I realise that this would present some large problems. Read More…
Posted by Owen at 5:45 PM. Placed in CompSci category
It’s that time of the university year, where the essentials of each module have been taught, and the assignments have come into play. 1 month ago, I was given my CS10310 (Theoretical Computer Science) assignment, and last week was given my CS10610 (Databases) assignment.
Posted by Owen at 9:50 PM. Placed in CompSci, General category
Well, I haven’t been around for quite a while, and it must be said… a lot has happened in that time.
I am now doing straight Computer Science in Aberystwyth University, and so far, am enjoying it immensely. For one, I’ve stopped taking my laptop to university where I possibly can, to avoid the distraction of the internet during lectures, and as a result I am now remaining fully engaged during said lectures. Read More…
Posted by Owen at 9:58 AM. Placed in General category
Well… I have to say, I have been uninspired and reinspired to keep skateboarding all in one week.
First of all, I was getting really annoyed at my lack of progress at the skatepark, but then when my mate JAG produced a video of the two of us (check it out on his blog HERE) I actually thought it looked pretty swish ^_^ Read More…