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This Week…

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…hasn’t been the best.
I got my first out of five assignments back and I wasn’t very happy. Quite gutted if I’m perfectly honest. It was one of my favourite ones that I wrote aswell, I really enjoyed writing it and I did PANTS! I don’t think I want my others back. Coursework is supposed to be my strength too, I normally rely on my marks from my written work so if I do ever do terrible on exams my coursework mark will bump it up a little. This is my final year and I don’t want to ‘flunk it’ (as my dad would say!) OH PANTS!!

My partner is struggling to walk because he has shin splints. They don’t sound too nice…what are they exactly?! Apart from being extremely painful!!
Are there any home remedies that might help them get better so he doesn’t have to pay £36 a session for people sticking pins in his legs or squeezing them so he screams?

BUT…last night at the youth club we did have a Tropical Animals show which was pretty Fab! He brought in snakes, birds, cute little meerkats, a scorpion and a spider =D The kids loved it, it was brillaint.
And and and…at the end when the kids had gone the guy let his meerkats out again and let them run around us. Never ever been so close to a meerkat so i could touch it before, they’re adorable and they really do look so much like Timon from the Lion King. (One of them was called Timon aswell!)
Here’s the link to my album on facebook of the animals (hopefully it will let you look at it!):
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2049219&id=1115269733&l=c4b35bace0

And on the blog front…still not much happening.

Tincy Wincy Problem

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So, after the blogs had been switched to a new server, I couldn’t access them…truth be told, I had a slight heart attack! I wanted to write in my blog and I couldn’t get onto it. Never ever ever thought I’d say that but its true, I wanted my blog and I couldn’t get to it!

Then Tim sorted it out!!

All good now =)

But still had absolutely no interest in blogging. Its looking pretty bleak at the minute, not good.

Coming Soon…

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Team Blogs!

Ok, so, I’m looking at setting up a number of team blogs, after having a play around with the trial one already created.
Currently, there isn’t a lot of interest in blogging. Why not?!?!

The idea of setting up these team blogs is to be able to record goings on in your department, team and own working life and put it out there to other people in and around the university so they can see what’s going on elsewhere.
What it would be is, ideally, the main blog (the Big Boss) would have team blogs stemming from him and from the team blogs, your own individual blog where you can record anything you want…does that make sense?!? Does it sound at all appealing?!

Personally, what I’ve found with blogging since I started working in ICT is that it pretty much is a place where you can talk about anything you like, where you can write about things going on with you, its fun, you don’t need a specific writing style, its personal…its you!
Its no form of contact or immediacy, they’re not supposed to be. They’re just so people can get an insight into what projects you’re working on for example.

It would be great to get all of the departments in the University involved. So people from god knows where in the Uni can read about what someone else god knows where is doing. I know it doesn’t appeal to a lot of people, but surely it appeals to some, right??

Please please please give me some hope!!!

Come on…

Pleeeaaassseeee?

Happy New Year!!

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Happy New Year Everyone, hope you all had a good Christmas.
Christmas day for us was hilarious. Max opening his presents was brilliant to watch. He was bought a new bed for his main present and then treats and toys. His favourite is a teddy duck, he likes to push its tummy with his nose to make it quack!

This is his bed...HUGE!!!
This is his bed...HUGE!!!
And this is Ducky!
And this is Ducky!

 My brother and I however, spent most of our Christmas playing on the Nintendo Wii on a game I was given as a present – ‘Just Dance’. For any of those who don’t know what it is, the clue is in the title! Its a dancing game where you can compete against each other to win points. My younger brother won…alot!!

Ben's favourite...'Can't Touch This'
Ben's favourite...'Can't Touch This'

First day back at work today…its a killer!! I miss my lie-ins already!!

What are people’s thoughts on blogging by the way? Anyone interested?
Departmental, Team or Individual Blogs??

Departmental Blogging

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What do you think?!

There was talk of mine and Nick Jackson’s blog being combined and made into one so that when and if any more students were to be employed, they could keep a similar blog and it would all be in one place.

HOWEVER…

I thought it was a good idea at first and then thought about it.
The blogs wouldn’t really be all that individual because they’d been put into one.

SO…

What about making a ‘homepage’ as such, and having individual blogs coming from that?!
I like it!!
Kind of like the Library Blog.

Now, departmental blogging, I think that sounds good too!
I’m going to see what everyone else in the department thinks!

What’s on and What’s Been on!?!

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Well…
On Friday I went to give a little demostration on Google Docs over in the Chancellor’s office to someone who worked over there and it didnt work out as planned which was a bit of a pain. So number 1 on the agenda is to find out why it didnt work and tell the lady I demonstrated it to, make a help document for sharing files and shoot myself because it was so embarrassing!
Number 2 on the agenda is to investigate the portal. David Raines may be starting me on a project with the Portal but first I have to complete a task in ‘Portal Demystified’.

And then on the student side, I need to kick my bum into gear and get my assignments written!
Practically living in the library in my spare time!!
The only problem…the heating is up and down like crazy…I need heat!

What’s occurring

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Well, on Tuesday I took a trip to the GCW top floor to discover where the posters for the wireless printing could be put. I think the idea is to introduce the wireless printing in short bursts so that if things don’t work out as planned it won’t be a huge blow and won’t have too many students complaining at once.

I don’t have a huge amount to report about work as I haven’t really been doing too much.
However, I have been asked to possibly give a 1-to-1 tutorial about Google Documents, which could be quite interesting and some good experience too.

Despite not much going on in work life, there’s loads going on in student life.
I have just signed up to be a part of the Lincoln Law Clinic that should be up and running again within the next week or so. I will be giving legal advice to some 15,000 people within the University, and those with links to the University. I have also signed up to something called StreetLaw, where I will have the opportunity to visit colleges and schools to give presentations on aspects of law.
Alot going on and hopefully alot going on the C.V. =D