29.06.20

todays affirmations: i am brave. i know exactly what packages to install for my code to run. ROOT cannot hurt me.

Rating LHC detector logos & names

CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has 4 crossing-point detectors: ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, and LHCb. This is a totally accurate 100% true absolutely not biased summary of how well they rank in name and logo

ALICE: A Large Ion Collider Experiment

Name: 5/5 (we love a woman in STEM, plus it's a fairly easy and informative acronym)

Logo: 3/5 (simple, cool colours but does look slightly evil, and the fact the lines aren't the same length upsets me)

TOTAL: 8/10

ATLAS: A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS

Name: 3/5 (loving the mythology name, very cool. However, a point has to be deducted from having two letters in the acorynm from 'Apparatus', especially as one is from the end of the word. Another point is deducted from using an acronym in your acronym)

Logo: 5/5 (perfect, and apparently it's also modelled on an actual physicist from the experiment)

TOTAL: 8/10

CMS: Compact Muon Solenoid

Name: 1/5 (it's so boring! You get 1 point for being informative)

Logo: 1/5 (it looks like a child designed it. Where's the pizzazz? I know those are meant to be muon tracks but they really do look like tentacles)

TOTAL: 2/10

LHCb: LHC-beauty

Name: 2/5 (Yes okay it's not really any better than CMS', but the fact it has LHC in the name makes it feel very Important™. The beauty is from the fact its doing bottom quark physics, and bottom quarks are also called beauty quarks and I just think that's neat)

Logo: 2/5 (A Basic Bitch of a logo, though it gets 1 redemption point for the red line suggesting CP violation, which is physicsy and cool)

TOTAL: 4/10

{Quotes :Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami / Sarah Kay}

A recent cartoon for New Scientist

02/09/20

one of those days where my brain feels completely fried by hometime.

friday 25 october

some week/month planners from paperchase and a doodle i did while taking a break from maths, which was really stressing me out as i find that drawing helps calm me down when i’m worked up about something. i’ve also been journalling a short paragraph about each day every night which i’m enjoying!

13/08/20

first day back at school!! so so lovely to be back, i missed it so much. despite the confusing one-way system i loved being back and seeing my friends & teachers & wonderful school. plus my timetable has loads of free periods this year which i’m super happy about.

summer (even though it’s not my summer holiday anymore lol) studying challenge: what is your favourite ice cream flavour?

raspberry ripple!

hello !! this is a list of tips for those going to university (as opposed to college). personally, i live at home (off campus) so a lot of these tips are things that i’ve learnt in my first year of uni

you might not have class everyday but that doesn’t mean you should sleep in on the days you don’t

plan time for your friends as well as when you study

you don’t have to join a club but they’re a good way for making friends if you don’t live on campus

follow all the main social media for students - make an effort to find out all the tricks and when the cheap food days are on

try to make at least one friend in your tutorials/labs - a simple “hi, how are you doing?” on the first day can become notes for when you’re sick

when you have early classes, it seems easy to just buy food from uni - try to prep it the night before

have some “set” outfits that you can rely on when you can’t decide on what to wear

you don’t have to hit the gym everyday, getting off a stop early and walking the last part can be an alternative

if you do walk for part of your commute, taking the shortest path might not be the most fun. you can live somewhere yet not know the neighbourhood

if you’re going to nap on your commute, set an alarm for 5 minutes before your stop

in your first weeks of uni, make it your goal to find out where the best bathrooms and drinking fountains are

know the layout of your uni’s library

find a place to study in your university’s library - now find 3 more study spaces around the school

if you have readings, you can do them in cafes with a cup of coffee - reading doesn’t have to be a chore

always carry a pen and a piece of paper in your pocket

be realistic about how much work you can do - pack accordingly

if you have a hard time remembering your timetable, set it as your phone lock screen

always carry a water bottle

your university email will probably give you discounts to services - learn which, know that you don’t need all of them

if you’re a first year, it doesn’t mean you’re inferior to upperclassmen - you are the future so say your opinion, voice what you need, attend faculty meetings, apply for leadership roles

you can go to a lecture and not pay attention but that doesn’t mean you can go to a lecture and distract

you don’t have to be friends with everyone. you won’t be friends with everyone. 

you don’t have to be friends with your tutors, you just have to talk to them if you go through things

writing an apology email for missing studio sessions/tutorials/labs is basic courtesy and could save your grade

i think those are some of the general points i can think of but if anyone has anymore then feel free to add them on !!!

happy learning everyone xx

what kind of laptop do u have??? ive been looking into getting a new one and i noticed urs is lenovo👀👀

i have a lenovo yoga 300! i’ve had it for ~3 or 4 years and it still runs really well, plus it flips 360° round which is so so useful!