Project is going well, sort of.  It is going a lot slower than I had expected, and we are going to struggle to get any real 'physics' in the project.  There is plenty to write a report on, or will be.  I would just rather not write a report about lots of tests on how well our code works, would like to do part that and then say 1/3 to 1/2 on an 'experiment'.

Hopefully we are nearing the point where we can do that soon, a few small little things, but should hopefully have some physical situations by the end of the week.

Anyway, on to other stuff.  I have just finished Starship Troopers, will write about that soon I expect.  It was good, although a bit disappointing towards the end, could have done with the last 1/3 being twice as long.

I have started watching The Wire, so far so good.  I asked the internet for a new quality show to watch similar to The West Wing or The Soprano's, and this was the internet's suggestion.  As much as I like shows like How I Met Your Mother, House, American Dad etc. etc.  there is something to be said for another class of show, something with that bit extra to push it through the quality barrier.  There are not many shows that can do it.

So far I have found:

• West Wing
• Sopranos
• Mad Men

And that is about it really.  Possibly the first seasons of Heroes and Prison Break, but they have been let down by their continued existence. I also remember watching something called Absolute Power years and years ago, Stephen Fry was in it.

And this leads me to try and quantify this 'quality' I have mentioned.  I can't really.  However I do remember trying to watch The West Wing when I was younger (14ish I think) and I remember finding it difficult.  They spoke to fast, there were too many people and plot points to keep track of.  I had to really pay attention to understand anything at all.  The same was true for Absolute Power.  So this perhaps goes some-way to describing what I mean by an extra quality.  Something that is more complex than usual.  That is not designed for everyone to watch, this is not dumbed down to an EastEnders-style Level that most things seem to be.  Something with a complex story, a complex plot, a complex set of real characters in realistic situations.  A show where you want to see the next episode straight after the one you have watched, rather than it just being an hour of mindless entertainment.

Anyway, code is done now.  Everything works eventually.  Well, sort of.  Almost everything works.  And the things that don't are not too important right now and will work soon.