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  • Cool Thing Of The Day

    Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #9:

    Steal a flag from a golf course, and, without the aid of alcohol, smuggle it through town, into and out of burger king, and onto campus, with the overall aim of setting up your own course near your room, and โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 5 October, 1999
  • Cool Thing Of The Day

    Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #8:

    Lose a pair of shoes by leaving them outside your door and finding them missing the following morning. Then find another pair you've never seen before underneath your bed.

    The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 4 October, 1999
  • Cool Thing Of The Day

    Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #7:

    Eat a pot noodle from a vending machine... Like they're not just the ultimate convenience food anyway - just add water and eat - they've now made a machine that adds the water for you! The bloody thing even gives โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 3 October, 1999
  • Cool Thing Of The Day

    Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #6:

    Escape from an extremely boring lecture whose content you know and understand anyway, after signing the register, by the much fabled "slip under your the desk at the back row of the lecture theatre, then crawl under your seat, out โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 2 October, 1999
  • Cool Thing Of The Day

    Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #5:

    Use your NUS card the the Varsity to get a free Key Fob, which entitles you to dirt cheap (ok; even cheaper than normal) drinks most nights of the week... Banks Bitter: ยฃ1.25; Fosters ยฃ1.45 etc.

    The 'cool and interesting things' โ€ฆ

    Read more (106 words)

    • Article
    • posted 1 October, 1999
  • Cool Thing Of The Day

    Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #4:

    Buy a ticket to see Craig Charles, Still Live On Earth, on November 20th, at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre (a.k.a. My Doorstep). Not bad.

    The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at which my "friends back home" โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 30 September, 1999
  • Cool Thing Of The Day

    Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #3:

    Ask a complete stranger out on a date. And have her say 'No'. Bugger.

    The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at which my "friends back home" could read them, during the first few months of my โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 29 September, 1999
  • Cool Thing Of The Day

    Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #2:

    Go the The Cambrian, buy a "Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster", and down it, then see how long you can remain vertical.

    The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at which my "friends back home" could read them, โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 28 September, 1999
  • Cool Thing Of The Day

    Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #1:

    Stand on the sea wall at high tide during a storm and watch the waves crash over your head, then walk home wet.

    The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at which my "friends back home" could โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 27 September, 1999
  • Dan opens a copy of Tiberian Sun.

    Avatar Diary - Tiberian Sun

    Dan buys Tiberian Sun and spends a few weeks letting it eat his life.

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    • Article
    • posted 27 August, 1999
  • Dan with his sister and his mother in a Paris cafe, in advance of the August 1999 solar eclipse.

    Avatar Diary - Solar Eclipse

    Dan's first blog started with a commentary on the August 1999 solar eclipse. This placeholder post represents that experience.

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    • Article
    • posted 11 August, 1999
  • Head Sizes

    Is there a correlation between head circumference and intelligence, as measured by GCSE scores? Our research says no.



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    MALE Head Size (cm) GCSE Score TOPLINE BOTTOMLEFT BOTTOMRIGHT 60.4 45 12.87 115.025625 21.855625 57.2 48 31.605 56.625625 2.805625 57.5 44 1.565 61.230625 32.205625 56.4 41 -18.83 45.225625 75.255625 57.1 44 1.485 55.130625 32.205625 56.6 โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 13 April, 1999
  • Avatar Diary

    Went to church with Alecia and Richard. There's a weird experience for me. Tasted the new flavour of Juicefuls from Brewsters while I was in town - Strawberry flavour. They're just as addictive as all the other flavours. Though I had intended to use the remainder of the day to finish tidying my room (the โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 24 January, 1999
  • Andy Heywood attempts to explain Pure Maths

    Avatar Diary

    Went into college for Pure Maths, and for the first time in 1999, arrived on time (as opposed to one or more hours early)! Went out for tea to McDonalds with my dad and sisters in the evening. Went to my mum's house, and spent five hours (almost breaking my personal record of 5 hours โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 22 January, 1999
  • Avatar Diary

    Maths in the morning. How is it that the first lesson in a new module always makes so much more sense than any other one? Went home for lunch in my three-hour break, returning for Psychology. Watched a video on "Eyewitness Testimony". We've seen the same one three times now. Alecia took the second half โ€ฆ

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    • Article
    • posted 21 January, 1999

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