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The Thirty Book Rule

Jan 25, 2019

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMarie Kondo’s rule that you should only keep thirty books, that you should only keep those that you personally want to read or enjoy is a silly rule because it encourages people to limit their scope and perspective on the world. Childhood One memory of my childhood is being surrounded by books…

The drive home – My 400th post

Mar 5, 2008

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richard

in London, Post-university life, travel, university, work

Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night’s drive was amazing. It’s just the type of drive you want to have. It starts in the middle of the afternoon as a friend helps you load the car and you set off for a 900 kilometer drive. At the beginning you have to deal with London traffic/congestion. After this…

The Modern phonebook

Aug 19, 2007

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richard

in facebook, observation, Post-university life, tech related, university

Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently I have been trying to categorise websites and how they are used into single words. To this end I have recently started to view facebook as a self actualising phonebook. There are a number of factors which help to contribute to this feeling. One of these is the ability for me…

McLuhan’s Thoughts And How They May Relate To Twitter

Aug 15, 2007

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richard

in observation, Post-university life, tech related, twitter, university

Reading Time: 4 minutes”The simultaneity of electric communication, also characteristic of our nervous system, makes each of us present and accessible to every other person in the world. To a large degree, our co-presence everywhere at once in the electric age is a fact of passive, rather than active, experience. Actively we are more likely…

The Digital Lifestyle

Jul 24, 2007

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richard

in Post-university life, tech related, university

Reading Time: 2 minutesA journalism student at the University of Westminster worked on an item about addiction to technology and this is quite an old item. In 1998 (if I remember correctly) I was speaking to a security guard in Martinique about the internet and he talked about it as if it was a disease…

I Graduated

Jul 14, 2007

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richard

in Post-university life, university

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.

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…

It’s All Over – Mission Accomplished

Jun 2, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, university

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChecking through my pockets this morning I found that £30 are still there in cash. That’s quite surprising when you take into account that last night’s mission was to drink the bar dry. Obviously I did not contribute to this as greatly as was initially anticipated. It was another night of…

A Healthy Amount Of Downloading

May 29, 2007

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richard

in Post-university life, tech related, university

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere is a reason for the Halls ISP to complain. today’s usage 862 when the limit is only 500 a day. Look at how much bandwidth I have remaining though. How am I going to get through 26 gigs in thee days I wonder.

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