Monday, January 26, 2004
Right, it's about 0250, and my right eye is hurting inexplicably, that's probably nature's way of telling me to GO TO FUCKING BED.
Basically, the rest of the weekend after the exam was spent being i'll.. unfortunately this meant that i couldn't make Reload on saturday night at the union, which means no 100% reload record for me this semester :(
Yes, as I said, cold. Very badly timed, as my worst day was the day of the exam, but now (sunday night) i'm feeling lots better, and I hope that monday will actually be something resembling a normal day so I can catch up with all those chores that people just love doing, such as buying washing powder.
As I mentioned on saturday, I get the paper for CS352 (information society) in advance on tuesday this week, so i will need to schedule an afternoon or so to look up some relevant topics for discussion on the paper, leaving me quite a lot of free time this week. So i plan to get the following done:
1) do some form of update to my website - it's getting beyond a joke
2) complete the filtering architechture part of my major project
Which seems like a reasonable target...
In other news:
WHOEVER IT FUCKING IS WHO KEEPS USING MY FUCKING KITCHEN KNIFE AND NOT WASHING IT UP AFTERWARDS WILL THEY PLEASE STOP DOING IT, IT'S REALLY PISSING ME OFF.
Basically, the rest of the weekend after the exam was spent being i'll.. unfortunately this meant that i couldn't make Reload on saturday night at the union, which means no 100% reload record for me this semester :(
Yes, as I said, cold. Very badly timed, as my worst day was the day of the exam, but now (sunday night) i'm feeling lots better, and I hope that monday will actually be something resembling a normal day so I can catch up with all those chores that people just love doing, such as buying washing powder.
As I mentioned on saturday, I get the paper for CS352 (information society) in advance on tuesday this week, so i will need to schedule an afternoon or so to look up some relevant topics for discussion on the paper, leaving me quite a lot of free time this week. So i plan to get the following done:
1) do some form of update to my website - it's getting beyond a joke
2) complete the filtering architechture part of my major project
Which seems like a reasonable target...
In other news:
WHOEVER IT FUCKING IS WHO KEEPS USING MY FUCKING KITCHEN KNIFE AND NOT WASHING IT UP AFTERWARDS WILL THEY PLEASE STOP DOING IT, IT'S REALLY PISSING ME OFF.
Saturday, January 24, 2004
Urrgh, today was my first exam - "CS351 - the internet, architechture and operation". It didn't go too badly in the end, as the questions were on the areas that I expected it to be, however, I had only had three hours sleep - due to a very well timed cold that decided that it wasn't going to let me get any sleep the night before my exam - grr!
Anwyay, that's half the exams gone, and the next one is information society - and we get that paper in advance \o/
In other news, I've been extremely bored all week, mainly due to revision, oh and this guy didn't help much either (one of the videos we watched in lecture)
This is the sort of thing the internet was invented for (please note this link is not office friendly)
Anwyay, that's half the exams gone, and the next one is information society - and we get that paper in advance \o/
In other news, I've been extremely bored all week, mainly due to revision, oh and this guy didn't help much either (one of the videos we watched in lecture)
This is the sort of thing the internet was invented for (please note this link is not office friendly)
Friday, January 16, 2004
Strange Times
Well, i've just failed to get off to sleep after finally doing the finishing touches of my business plan... I've failed to get it to balance properly, but to be honest, at this stage I am past caring!
Rang home this evening and couldn't get through, so rang dad's mobile. It turns out that a friend of the family has had a heart attack (dad was on the way up to visit him), and more shockingly the father of some schoolfriends has died. I knew of his illness previously, but it's a terrible shame for the world to lose such a kind and generous man.
Well, i've just failed to get off to sleep after finally doing the finishing touches of my business plan... I've failed to get it to balance properly, but to be honest, at this stage I am past caring!
Rang home this evening and couldn't get through, so rang dad's mobile. It turns out that a friend of the family has had a heart attack (dad was on the way up to visit him), and more shockingly the father of some schoolfriends has died. I knew of his illness previously, but it's a terrible shame for the world to lose such a kind and generous man.
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Sunday, January 11, 2004
Phone Woes
I'm starting to look at current phone offerings, as my contract is due for an upgrade in a couple of months... Quite frankly I'm shocked at some of the things on offer at the moment, every single phone seems to have about 100 superflous features such as Video messaging, Picture messaging, text messaging Voice messaging (rather like a phone, then?)
All I want is a phone with a long battery life, that's small and has bluetooth to integrate with some of the newer and more clever car kits that are about to come out.. come on Nokia, give me what i want :) (like an 8910, but not for £400)
Looking at what some of the other companies are coming out with at the moment, there are a wide array of weird and wacky phones to meet every market:
They clearly put something in the coffee at XelibriSiemens... I really don't know what's coming to this world sometimes :)
I'm starting to look at current phone offerings, as my contract is due for an upgrade in a couple of months... Quite frankly I'm shocked at some of the things on offer at the moment, every single phone seems to have about 100 superflous features such as Video messaging, Picture messaging, text messaging Voice messaging (rather like a phone, then?)
All I want is a phone with a long battery life, that's small and has bluetooth to integrate with some of the newer and more clever car kits that are about to come out.. come on Nokia, give me what i want :) (like an 8910, but not for £400)
Looking at what some of the other companies are coming out with at the moment, there are a wide array of weird and wacky phones to meet every market:
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For the modern housewife... W@WTXT from your steam iron!!!! (yes, I believe you can also make calls) |
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Phone devoid of keypad, you won't be able to W@WTXT or call anyone, but rest assured it looks a bit like kenny off south park. |
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Yes, it really does have a mirror for putting on your makeup. |
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Another phone lacking a keypad, this time for anal use only. |
They clearly put something in the coffee at XelibriSiemens... I really don't know what's coming to this world sometimes :)
Thursday, January 08, 2004
What's this place coming to?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3378497.stm First we have people sueing supermakets because their dog injured it's back jumping up for leaflets... and now we have the americans telling us how to queue for the toilet. I'm sorry. this is just getting silly :) Is it the 1st of april or am i missing something?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3378497.stm First we have people sueing supermakets because their dog injured it's back jumping up for leaflets... and now we have the americans telling us how to queue for the toilet. I'm sorry. this is just getting silly :) Is it the 1st of april or am i missing something?
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Just got back from a night back home... Met up with Becky and Rigger in Malvern and showed them the "sights" of Malvern and then had Tea in the winter gardens... all very british!
That evening went up to kiddy and had a very nice indian, again, all very british...
Yeah, I've decided after a lot of thought that it's about time i had a photo on the net (there was a time when I wouldn't have dared)... the only issue now is to actually find one!
That evening went up to kiddy and had a very nice indian, again, all very british...
Yeah, I've decided after a lot of thought that it's about time i had a photo on the net (there was a time when I wouldn't have dared)... the only issue now is to actually find one!
Sunday, January 04, 2004
Genuninely Greatful
Now, I have to admit, I can sometimes find fixing friends/family/neighbour's computers a bit of a chore, mainly because I generally hate fixing computers, as troubleshooting can be a pain in the arse, and my own PCs usually present enough of a challenge, however this time was completely different :D
A few days ago a neighbour asked if I could pop around and help him with a PC problem, at the time I was just on my way out, so I said I'd go the next day... So on NYE just before I set off back for aber, I popped around as I had a few hours spare before I had to leave. Basically, they had a virus so I downloaded the symantech removal tool, and while it was running, we got chatting and I mentioned that I was on the look out for an old SLR (this guy has recently himself into digital photography) and he said, "oh I've got a few in the cupboard, how many do you want?" So i've come away with a camera I was looking to buy on ebay (Olympus OM10) and a Zenit-E russian camera... Bargain!
I think the OM10 has a sticky solenoid as it sometimes seems to have longer exposure times than it should do, so i've got to investigate.
Now, I have to admit, I can sometimes find fixing friends/family/neighbour's computers a bit of a chore, mainly because I generally hate fixing computers, as troubleshooting can be a pain in the arse, and my own PCs usually present enough of a challenge, however this time was completely different :D
A few days ago a neighbour asked if I could pop around and help him with a PC problem, at the time I was just on my way out, so I said I'd go the next day... So on NYE just before I set off back for aber, I popped around as I had a few hours spare before I had to leave. Basically, they had a virus so I downloaded the symantech removal tool, and while it was running, we got chatting and I mentioned that I was on the look out for an old SLR (this guy has recently himself into digital photography) and he said, "oh I've got a few in the cupboard, how many do you want?" So i've come away with a camera I was looking to buy on ebay (Olympus OM10) and a Zenit-E russian camera... Bargain!
I think the OM10 has a sticky solenoid as it sometimes seems to have longer exposure times than it should do, so i've got to investigate.
Aber
Well, NYE was fun, it turned out to be one of those random nights that really had no plan whatsoever, it seemed to rely on the various mobile networks to actually work out at all. There are quite a few dodgy photos of me knocking about too, oh dear.
I'm now back in aber, after various little trips out, and considering if I have the time/money to do a quick worcester jaunt on tuesday... I suppose I really have to decide within the next couple of hours so I can inform mother.
That reminds me actually, there's a carreers fair up in Manchester next month I said that I might attend, must find out the details.
Yeah, well work wise I've still not finished the business plan, although most of it that isn't finished is a series of bullet points... so when I finally get my arse in gear I suppose it shouldn't be too much work. The big sticker is the fact that I have two weeks to revise for my exams, then a further week in which I really need to have had some major progress on my major project (that rhymes, cool eh?) which again, is mainly due to procrastination rather than technical issues.
Righty ho, time I was typing into Word and not into here!
Learned: There are sometimes more open doors than you think, just keep looking.
Current Mp3: Svenson & Gielen - We Know What You Did.
Well, NYE was fun, it turned out to be one of those random nights that really had no plan whatsoever, it seemed to rely on the various mobile networks to actually work out at all. There are quite a few dodgy photos of me knocking about too, oh dear.
I'm now back in aber, after various little trips out, and considering if I have the time/money to do a quick worcester jaunt on tuesday... I suppose I really have to decide within the next couple of hours so I can inform mother.
That reminds me actually, there's a carreers fair up in Manchester next month I said that I might attend, must find out the details.
Yeah, well work wise I've still not finished the business plan, although most of it that isn't finished is a series of bullet points... so when I finally get my arse in gear I suppose it shouldn't be too much work. The big sticker is the fact that I have two weeks to revise for my exams, then a further week in which I really need to have had some major progress on my major project (that rhymes, cool eh?) which again, is mainly due to procrastination rather than technical issues.
Righty ho, time I was typing into Word and not into here!
Learned: There are sometimes more open doors than you think, just keep looking.
Current Mp3: Svenson & Gielen - We Know What You Did.
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