This is it

Hello all who would like to read and see what I do with my days. It turns out that for the next four years or so I will actually have quite a lot to do with most hours of most of my days. This is due to me having landed a divine post-grad course at the University of Bradford. Don't worry if you haven't come across the name before, it's probably a bit out of your league.



This is the magnificent array of machinery that I am fortunate enough to touch. It is mostly made up of a transcient dynamometer, which is the blue and silver box falling off the right hand side of the picture, and a prototype Jaguar v8, on the left.



This is the v8 from the other side, showing the Denso ECU (Nadir (my old housemate) works for Denso) and a selection of sensors.



This is my workstation with the engine cell through the window.

I took these photos this morning before I grasped the insane task I had been given by my supervisor, Dr Byron Mason. He sent me a 124-page tutorial last night with vague instructions about understanding it by 3pm this afternoon when we would be meeting with JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) to discuss what this tutorial was all about. The tutorial was for a new piece of software called INCA and no-one else at uni knew how it worked, and it was my job to be the man in the know. However things weren't too bad. Turned out we were only having a Webex with a couple of guys from JLR and they were going to assist us in setting up INCA with our hardware, namely the Denso ECU. After we finished the Webex, Byron said to me that he thought I sounded like I knew more than JLR! Nice.

INCA is a swish bit of kit, it allows for on-the-fly alterations to almost any parameter the ECU manages, and these days that means everything from throttle to fuel-rail pressure.

As well as bagging that place at the uni, I've also got my mitts on my first ever flat by myself.


This is the living room, I'm getting rid of the telly as I don't want to spend time watching it when I need to read in every available minute.



Kitchen with dishwasher and washing machine/dryer.



Entrance hall.



Shiny bathroom with no shaver plug for my toothbrush. Have to brush my teeth manually until I get an adapter.



And finally bedroom. All in all it's a lovely flat, I think I'll settle in nicely.

Til next time,

Tom

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Location:Godwin St,,United Kingdom

House

I'm back! Hey Mum, good to see your post is still going on. This will be a randomly updated blog of events that happen to and around me.

I am at UWE Bristol studying Motorsport Engineering. It is my first year and it is bloody hard work. Kind of...

The reason for this is that I visited the house that I will be living in next year and I took some pictures of it to show Mum and Dad.




















This is the house from the front. These people are the ones which have accepted to put up with me. I won't be living with them all, just 5 of them.
















This is the front room. It is usually a bedroom but there is an attic room in this house which allows for an extra bedroom. It has 3 big sofas in it which will be there when we move in.

It should be good for pre-drinking and hosting dinner parties.





















This is the top front bedroom. It is about the same size as all the others. I caught this poor unsuspecting girl in her room. She told us that it is about a minute walk to Frenchay Campus where I study and am currently staying, but I don't believe her. She said it is down cycle paths, and even if it is a longer walk this surely supplies me with a healthier option to get into uni. I must sort out my bike.
















This is another of the rooms. I think this is the downstairs room in the middle between the front room and the kitchen/dining room.
















This is the kitchen/dining room. The far right of the picture shows the back door, just next to the shower which overlooks the garden. Lovely.
















This is the amazing attic room. It is huge and gives way to the front room. I will be flipping a coin with someone to see who gets it, it is pretty amazing. However, 2 flights of stairs, 1 of which is more like a ladder, after a night out isn't too appealing.

I hope this has given you a feel for the house that I will be living in next year. I have put my deposit down and filled out all the forms now which is good.

Looking forward to speaking to you soon.

Lots of love,

Tom