Post-university life – Page 7

I Graduated

Jul 14, 2007

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy university life is officially over now that I got the piece of paper saying that I graduated with an Upper Second class degree. It came in the mail yesterday morning but I read it in the evening.

Trying Out Drupal

Jul 5, 2007

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richard

in Post-university life, tech related, website news

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve just spent at least two hours playing around with drupal. I was working on bit by bit and actually had a case where I had to RTFM. Over the past few hours, I was trying to understand why I couldn’t place the blocks where I wanted. Finally, I found out.…

Strolling From Picadilly To Bermondsey On Foot

Jul 4, 2007

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richard

in London walks, Post-university life, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesMy latest trip of the day has been a walk from Picadilly Circus after dropping by the bank before going along the bank and getting to Bermondsey. It’s a nice walk and luckily I didn’t have too many people to avoid. As I walked by Greenpark it started to drizzle a little…

Estimated Delivery Date 03 Jul 2007

Jul 3, 2007

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richard

in Post-university life, tech related, work

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf that’s true then my MBP is waiting for me in Switzerland but I’m stuck in London for another week before i can go back and get it. Tonight I’ll find out whether a note was left by the delivery company and soon I’ll start up the computer for the first…

Two Fires At My Old University

Jul 2, 2007

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richard

in Post-university life, university

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Saturday morning at around 2am part of the university was affected by fires, apparently from gas cannisters. I haven’t visited the location since hearing the news. There have been two fires. One early on Saturday and the second on Sunday. Both these fires were affecting the J block, journalism block.…

Dissertation Results

Jun 28, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, tech related, university

Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday is a great day for a number of reasons. The first of these is that I woke up early, which means I slept enough. The second of these is that I dropped into university and was sad to see all those empty bedrooms, which shows there are some good memories…

Planning A New Section For My Website.

Jun 25, 2007

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richard

in Post-university life, tech related, website news

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I’ve spent time looking at the website earnings and I’ve seen that with just a few minutes of work I’ve doubled the earnings from my website. I’m not going into the details at the moment but since I seem to be doing nothing productive I’m going to re-work my website to…

The Summer of Barbecues

Jun 23, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, summer holidays

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt would seem that this will be the summer of barbecues because of the amount of meat leftover from last night. With a friend, we went over to France and bought four kilos of meat, a nice little quantity. Too much for two friends to eat in one sitting but that’s…

Podcast listening and more

Jun 20, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesSince I finished my dissertation my biggest time sink has been listening to podcasts. For some reason, I download the entire series of podcasts and work through them one at a time until there are no more. It’s a way of relaxing. It’s also a way of getting information quite easily. In…

Nucking Futters

Jun 18, 2007

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richard

in Post-university life, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteInternet addiction and e-mail addiction should have gone the way of the polaroid years ago. Why are there several news sources claiming that people are addicted to e-mail? That’s like claiming that people are addicted to toilet paper or using a pen when writing on paper. It’s a question of practicality…

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