Hello world!

January 9, 2009

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Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!

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Spotify, Deezer and aw’ that.

January 7, 2009

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So @danjordan sent me an invite for the beta, ITUNES KILLER, Spotify. Quite excited, I was. Registered, downloaded software, logged in and clicked a random track (Britney Spears – Womaniser – it was on the first page, honest!), in the hope that I had discovered the answer to downloading and paying for tracks on demand.… [Read more…]

Posted in: internet tools, music, videos

Free Things to Do in Leicester #143

January 4, 2009

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Joined SEEFILMFIRST a few weeks ago. Last night got an email inviting us to go see Slumdog Millionaire, for free, at the new Highcross cinema. When cinema is about 7-8 quid a ticket these days, why the hell not? (OK – people have been doing this for years – at the same time as I’ve… [Read more…]

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Quick New Year Reflection

January 4, 2009

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I was looking back at older blogs and realised that I hadn’t wrote anything reflective around this time of year – mainly out of fear of being a massive bloggin’ cliche. What I’ve realised is that you can’t avoid being reflective at the start of a new year – and especially after being off on… [Read more…]

Posted in: general, musings, phd

FAO My Students.

December 11, 2008

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The End of Online Anonymity – ReadWriteWeb via kwout

Facebook: Cleanse or Delete?

December 7, 2008

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Let’s see. We’ve all had our Facebook profiles for at least 18 months. We’ve requested to add/accepted all our friends, family, classmates, housemates, co-workers, ex-co-workers, ex-school friends, their siblings and girlfriends/boyfriends, lecturers, students, members of sports teams, people we’ve met once, people we have never met but think we might meet at some point and… [Read more…]

Undergraduate Essays Due Next Week..

December 4, 2008

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The one I got: Got sent a copy of an essay in a strange file format, accompanied with, “This essay is due next week. Can you read it, make corrections and have it back to me next week?” When I explained in class today that I wouldn’t be able to do that – but I… [Read more…]

The Queen visits University of Leicester

December 4, 2008

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I thought I would use the Queen’s visit to Leicester as an excuse to finally have a shot at using Qik on my N95. T’was good. I got to show the Internet what the rest of the crowd saw from where I was standing - absolutely eff-aw! (Well, if you scroll to the last 10 seconds, you’ll get… [Read more…]

Blame the Students!

December 1, 2008

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BBC NEWS | UK | Life in UK ‘has become lonelier’ via kwout

Posted in: community

Amplified 2008

December 1, 2008

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We then split up into groups. There was a variety of different sessions that you could attend. The first one I attended (mainly because I was still confused – and it was in the main room) was The Future of Books session which was lead by Annie Mole, (incidentally, who’s blog about the London Underground is… [Read more…]

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