S186 done & dusted, with the ECA submitted with about, oh, 5 minutes to spare. I think that’s a record for me in the “cutting it close” department. Enjoyed the course up to a point – the subject and course material I found fascinating, I was just hampered by a severe lack of [...]

M257 officially comes to an end on Wednesday, with its 3-hour exam on Wednesday morning. Normally I’d be looking forward a distinction – I love programming units, they’re right up my mental alley – but this time around it ain’t going to happen. Not because of lack of understanding – I’ve got an [...]

TMA03 for M257 is back. Being a perfectionist, I’ve queried some of the lost marks on it – there were places were I was docked points despite the code I’d written doing exactly what was specified in the TMA question.
The problem is apparently the marking scheme, which expects the answer in a [...]

M257-TMA04 is done, bar going through it for a ’sanity check’ in a week or so – I tend to miss obvious problems if a read through an assignment too soon after completing it. This raises an interesting problem: once Unit 10 is out of the way, that’s M257 done & dusted – but [...]

So I’m currently plugging away at TMA04 for M257. There’s something unique about programming questions that can be eternally infuriating – it’s quite possible to bang away at a question, or portion of one, for hours on end without making any progress before you get that little “ding!” of inspiration that lets you finish [...]

Probably the only time I’ll ever see that, so I’m going to enjoy the feeling while it lasts.

Hmm. I sense an unfortunate coming-together of deadlines across three courses that means October / November is going to be hectic…
T224 Exam: 16th October
S199 ECA deadline: 31st October
M257 TMA01 deadline: 15th November
I think my one-month break is about to come back and bite me. The original plan had been to have S199 completed [...]

Nice little surprise arrived with me last week, as the first M257 mailing hit my doorstep – completely unexpected, as the course isn’t due to start until 6th October. If I wasn’t enjoying my short study break so much, it would be a great opportunity to get ahead a little…
Materials look straightforward enough – [...]