I'm in the second week of my Ph.D. at the School of Computer Science and Informatics at University College Dublin. I still seem to be running around like a headless chicken, filling in forms and trying to figure out how to use all the various systems, but it will be 4 years in total, so I think it's ok for me to take more than a few weeks to settle in.

Matt and I moved into a flat in Milltown, which is about 20 minutes walk from the main campus. Matt's fiancée Laura joined us at the weekend and our NTL broadband was installed yesterday.

Matt and I also heard yesterday that we have both been awarded full IRCSET scholarships.

As some of you may already know, I'm moving to Dublin with Matt and Laura, to study a Ph.D. in Pervasive Computing at UCD.

My last day with Acknowledgement was August 28th and I left London 2 days later. I'm currently spending a few days with my parents in Hull, before flying over to Dublin to start my studies.

Currently sat in Gatwick Airport, waiting for my flight to start boarding; I'm off to Dublin to see about a Ph.D. at UCD. Yes, that is where Matt is going - but being cheeky, I asked him to pass my details on. I'm not sure that they were after a cling-on (+5 for Star Trek joke!) - but at least they've let me go over for a chat.