Don’t Celebrate too Early!!!

That’s right, tonight the last minute of the day (and of 2008) will be 61 seconds long.

Apparently a “leap second” will be added to clocks around the world tonight in order to keep atomic time in sync with astronomical time.

The move out of sync is caused variances in the Earth’s rotation due to factors such as changes in the atmosphere and the molten core.

So remember everyone, when you’re about to count down from 10 to welcome in the New Year, start at 11 instead.

Have a Happy New Year everyone!

One Teaching week left

As we get ready to celebrate the New Year we’re left with only one week of teaching left until the Final Exam week. Today I’ve been giving all my classes a pre-exam test which covers a number of the topics that will appear in the Final Exam.

I have one more test to go this afternoon and then it’s time to get the drinking shoes on and get ready to welcome in the New Year. We then have the next two days off to recover, leaving us with just one full week of teaching left. Having already covered everything that will be in the exam next week will all be revision so should be fairly easy.

Once the exams are over, I have 2 days to mark them, and then we’re outta here for 4 weeks holiday. I can’t wait. It’s getting far too cold here, and I miss my tan. Malaysia here we come!