Monthly Archives: January 2009

Interviewed at the YS

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Tommy

Tommy Collison at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition from Alexia Golez on Vimeo. * The ever-awesome Alexia did an interview with me at the Young Scientist, just before the award ceremony. I’m telling you, she should work with … Continue reading →

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RickRoll students

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Tommy

Read on Rick’s (O’Shea, not Astley) blog about a lecturer of classical literature who has started quoting Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley (more commonly known as the RickRoll song) in each of his classes. As he says.. … Continue reading →

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Flooding at Chez Collison

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Tommy

This news just in.. :) Click to see full size Hopefully it should clear up soon. Hopefully :)

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America Trip

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Tommy

One of the questions everyone asks me is what I want to do when I finish up secondary school. After we get past the joke about just failing Transition Year again and again so I can ride out the recession, … Continue reading →

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Wallpaper

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Tommy

It says many things. 1) I am a nerd That’s pretty much it actually. This is how I spend my Friday evenings. Thanks to Steve for the font, and then guiding me through the install process.

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Making Up

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Tommy

For the (from my point of view) crummy posts of the last week-and-a-half. We lost our debate last night :(. If I heard correctly, it was only by 20 pts, but I’m not certain. We did well, I mean, I … Continue reading →

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Radio Silence

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Tommy

I is happy :) I has no school tomorrow, or the day after that or the day after that! Debate is on tonight! :) Yeah, recent posts have been kind of crap, I’ll try and make it up tomorrow. Til … Continue reading →

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I wonned! [sic]

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Tommy

Klara recently held a competition giving away two books she’d funded out of her own pocket, cos she’s awesome. I won first prize and scoooped!* a copy of Blood. Woo! What you had to do was simply leave a comment … Continue reading →

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007 joins Tintin

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Tommy

Original Linkie January 26, 2009 – Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment have announced the start of principal production in Los Angeles on the 3D Motion Capture Film The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, directed by Steven Spielberg … Continue reading →

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Drums in Music

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Tommy

I played drums in my double music class again. I’ve done it once before and the kit’s condition, er, hasn’t improved. For some reason, it wasn’t even set up. The 3rd tom was upside down! I was playing along to … Continue reading →

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