Uni, Career & Moving on.
S o now, for me, university is over. 4 years of my life have gone into a degree, the classification of which, I won’t find out for a little while yet. Does this classification actually matter? I’ve been applying for jobs like crazy, and whilst some say that they required a certain classification (most want a 2:1), a lot don’t. The more technical ones do (some of the broadcast engineering jobs require a degree in electrical engineering, or similar experience; something I can’t quite boast yet). That all said, it seems it doesn’t matter what class of degree I end up with (I mean, it does, obviously..) as I’ve just been offered, and have accepted a job in London! It’s all a bit crazy at the moment. There’s a lot of stuff...
My New Home Server
N ote: I originally posted this here, but it seemed like a relevant post for my site, so here it is! For the last few years, I’ve had a TranquilPC BBS2 system (1.6GHz Atom dual core). It was great, extremely reliable, and nice and compact. Even better, I was able to get Snow Leopard server installed onto it, which ran almost perfectly (no sound, but I didn’t really need this for a headless home server). The limitation with this, though, was the available hard drive space. It’s almost time to get a new HDD, and there were no free slots, so I decided to upgrade. The biggest requirement was the capability to run Snow Leopard (either server or normal, but preferably server so as to not waste the license). The second biggest requirement: lots of...
Life with an iPad.
Y es, I’ve finally given in and climbed aboard the bandwagon, and I must say, I’m wondering why I didn’t get one sooner. My biggest concern was what I would actually use it for. Realistically it would be games. I like games; games are good, but can getting an iPad be justified for only larking about? Well, I can justify it to myself (but then, I always can), but I can definitely see why others avoid this new form of computer, that up until a year ago, no one needed. What else would I use it for? Watching videos and surfing the Internet. Really, is that all? I dunno, maybe reading email? The one thing that I was sure about, was that if I did get one, I wouldn’t use it for any form of productivity! Why spend longer typing something on a...
I am still here, just busy. Very busy.
N ot so long ago, I went through a period of posting very regularly. That was nice. But now I’m very busy with a never-ending dissertation on the most boring subject known to man (WHY???) So, I am still alive, and I will post again. Oh, and I’m jumping off of the iPhone ship in favour of an Android. I may post about this soon.
Russell Howard’s Girlfriend
N o, this post isn’t about Russell Howard, nor his girlfriend. In fact, it’s an observation into the bizarre conclusions that I sometimes come to. People write blogs for a number of reasons; I write because I enjoy writing, but ultimately, people write to be read. The best writers must obviously be good writers. The best bloggers, however, must know how the Internet works and tailor their posts to be well received by readers, but more importantly, indexed by search engines for as many key words as possible. This is common knowledge to most people who have a website, and something I check fairly regularly (through two service from Google; analytics and webmaster tools) but after having a chat with Tom Lawrence yesterday, my bizarre conclusion of the...
The Unfolding Events in Japan
I was going to write a blog post today; perhaps I’ll get around to writing something meaningless later on; maybe not. I don’t know whether the kind thoughts and condolences of people that have absolutely no idea of the occuring horrors would be appreciated or not, but my thoughts (and the thoughts of most) are with those who have been affected by the earthquake, the tsunami, and all of the resulting complications. It’s easy to complain about things that just don’t matter in the grand scheme, and I, like many others, often forget how lucky I am to live in a part of the world that is so unaffected by severe weather conditions. For those that can spare even only a pound or...
Servers, Hosting & WordPress
I gnoring the University work that I’ve been plodding along with, in the last few days I’ve predominantly been transferring many websites from 2 servers, onto 1 (cheaper) server. I’ve had an ‘unlimited master reseller package’ (I’m sure you know the kind that I mean..) that I found through eBay a couple of years ago, and to be fair, it has served (*snigger*) me quite well. It was cheap too! I also signed up to a reseller system from Heart Internet towards the end of last year. I decided to try it, with the aim of eventually moving everything over to it, as, theoretically, it should be more reliable. I had a few clients sign up for paid packages which negated most of the cost to myself, but I started to get a bit annoyed with the...