First Week of Actual Work

      So it is Christmas Eve and I have now worked my first week at my new job. Things are falling into place. For starters I now know what I am exactly doing for my research. Basically it is a very natural evolution of the work that I did for my PhD. It's going mean I have to learn some new concepts with regard to Density Functional Theory, but the basic concept is really cool and might offer a route to doing the same sort of work but applied to the stuff I worked on at Warwick.
     I've almost settled into my new office. Getting music onto the computer there, setting it up how I like, getting back into using Linux (a good thing), have a play with LaTeX, Jabref, and I now need to convert my Endnote bibliograpy over to Jabref. I have also sorted out a few basics, like running the program I will be mainly using.
      On the subject of technology I have given up on keeping a paper lab book for ntoes and results, and have now started using Evernote a lot. Works perfectly, and for any written notes I take pictures of the sheet and store it there with the typed up notes.
      Also this week were are getting more used to shopping for food. There are a few shops we like shopping at, and really it is not any moe expensive that the UK. Just seems buying healthy is considered a bit weird over here. The assistants in the health food places are really nice though. I guess they are happy that we 'strange young people' want to shop there.
      We have also been to Essen, which is quite modern, and has a lot of shops there, including a Lush which Sam gets cosmetic and bathroom washes from. So we will be going back there for hopping in future.
      Also it looks like we now have two rpg groups. Or at least one and one in the making. One will be a semi frequent group playing Dresden Files (which is a pretty good system). But we will also soon be setting up a new WoD group. On that note Darker Days 32 is out where myself, Mark and Mike are joined by Vince, who with Mark, set up the podcast to begin with.
      This Xmas then is going to be spent watching Xmas films (Batman Returns, Gremlins, etc) and having our mate James stay over, as he has been in Germany for a month now and is working up in Hamburg.