VIVA - News re: Date (well, not quite…)

Today, I phoned the research registry people to ask whether they had set a date for the VIVA yet. They haven’t, as they haven’t heard yet from the external examiner.
The info that I got is as follows:

it will either take place in the week beginning 27th Nov. or in the week beginning 4th Dec.
the internal [...]

Obligatory Blog Check-In 061030

Earlier today, I installed Firefox 2.0. I’m going to test it and find out about its new features etc. over the next few weeks. My first impressions aren’t that good. I don’t like the rounded aesthetics of the new tabs - I prefer proper square forms to round, organic ones. Incidentally, that’s why I prefer [...]

VIVA Preparations - 16th Oct. 06 - 29th Oct. 06

Just a quick summary of what I’ve done so far. According to my (self-imposed) timeplan, I was supposed to have finished the summary of my thesis today (29th). I had given myself 2 weeks to do it. What I have in fact done is 210 out of roughly 320 pages, though the last 20 or [...]

How Much is a Billion?

Serious question here. I’m currently preparing for my VIVA and just reading through (and summarising..) my discussion of some web entertainment portals showing short films. When I started my thesis, there were two main players: ifilm and atomfilms. This was in 2002, before youtube and the whole Web 2.0 thing. Anyhow, I think it’s [...]

Obligatory Blog Check-In 061026

just a quick one. Today has been very busy even though I haven’t really achieved much. BTW I do have problems getting up at the moment. It might be that it’s simply too cold or my bed too comfortable, but I’m currently very tired in the mornings.
I’m actually pretty healthy just now - I stopped [...]

Using a Blog format with Web 1.0 elements

Yesterday, I started working on a blog for an aquaintance in Italy. Basically, I said to her that I could create a website to support her ‘business’ selling and renting properties in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It’s not really an official business and she’s not an agent - she acts more as middleperson/translator and [...]

Preparations for a Life Indoors - Online Supermarket Shopping

just a quick news flash: I’ve just applied for the ASDA credit card, which means if I get accepted they’ll deliver my online supermarket shopping for free
While being a total online person, I’ve only once ever tried online supermarket shopping. What puts me off normally is that the delivery charge is way too [...]

Obligatory Blog Check-In 061024

it’s annoying that I have to chose the ‘obligatory…’ heading frequently. It’s just that the content of the entry is too diverse to sum it all up under one heading. I.e. I don’t want to write 5 different short posts with 5 different headings.
(1) I’ve been wanting to provide the link to news that IE [...]

Novelty Online Translators Overview

I’ve had some fun recently with novelty online translators and have decided to place a link to some of them. The example text to illustrate their work is from my ‘About’ section.

l33t translator.
Leet (1337) is a sociolect variety used primarily on the Internet, particularly in online games. The term itself is derived from the word [...]

Our Future Home - Worst Place to Live in the UK

Yes, the borrough of Hackney in East London has been declared the worst place to live in in the UK, in a survey that “examined local crime statistics with environment issues, lifestyles, exam results and employment rates for locals,” (source). Hackney is on the news quite a lot anyway because stabbings and other crimes are [...]