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Month: May 2007

  • Twitter is Suffering

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    Reading Time: < 1 minutesource Twitter is suffering and Jaiku is showing off about how great that website is in comparison. They omit to mention two facts. 1. It’s (giving the impression of being) proprietary, interesting mainly to Nokia users (at the moment) 2. It’s better online (requires a browser to take full advantage) Twitter…

  • A Stream of Conscience on Noise and Flat Hunting.

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesAs the title indicates I’ve upgraded to the new version of WordPress and I’m trying it now. I’ll have to see what the great features are in this version. I know that they were having some last-minute problems with tags but we’ll see whether they resolved those. Aside from changing browser today…

  • Noise and Liveable Flats

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s only 130am therefore it’s not that late but I want to sleep and there is something that has been hindering this effort particularly strongly for the past three nights. Drunken people with no pitch or tone control when singing using their lungs and voice projection to full pelt. It’s not that…

  • Without Instilling Fear Fire Alarms Are deafening But No More.

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m suffering from complete apathy for fire alarms. I really hate them. I’ve been hearing idiots make noise till 3 am but thought that I could attempt sleeping. Wrong at 0340 AM there was noise, then for at least 20 minutes at four am. Now it’s 5:52 and I’m awake but…

  • The Blogosphere Is Finished with University. Here’s Proof.

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere is some evidence to demonstrate that I am not the only one to have finished university and there are a lot of really happy people around. I’ve been so lazy for the past two days because I can. Nothing is hanging over me anymore so I’m taking advantage of this…

  • The Post Dissertation Was Great Fun But Now It’s Time To Get Out

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m really happy to be done with university after three years where I was forced to be in one country rather than another but it’s time to get out of Harrow. On Wednesday night we were all at the SU bar celebrating the end of the course from 2pm till two…

  • I’m A Martial Artist Typist.

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSometimes you hear about writers and how they fall in love with their machines. I think I’ve begun to love my laptop. I’ve just spent an extraordinary amount of time writing so many words over such a period that the laptop has use marks. If you look at the trackpad you…

  • My Dissertation Is Finished, Handed In.

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy dissertation had been finished and ready to print since yesterday afternoon but it’s today that i finally printed out the entire document for handing in to the university for assesment. it’s 10,800 words for some of the most highly produced work I have ever done. It feels good to have…

  • On Trendio My Portfolio Is Doing Well

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    Reading Time: < 1 minute  If you love reading the news and seeing what’s going on around the world then Trendio is an interesting site for you. I looked at the events that are going to take place and whether Trendio already has them listed. If it does then I decided to buy some stock…

  • A Writer Can Expect To Revise His Work Over A Hundred Times

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThose words were magic, a writer can expect to review his work over a hundred times. That so many times. Can you imagine going through something one hundred times? By the end, you’re going to go mad. Actually, when I’m working on video it’s not unusual for me to watch the same…