The deadline for DiDA module d204 is almost upon us (at LFC, anyway), so now seems an appropriate time to share some wisdom that I have acquired over the past 3 units. 1. Organize yourself! This has got to be the single most important thing to get right to pass a DiDA SPB – you […]
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Setting the standard
‘Treat others as you would like to be treated’ – a classic rule that was told to a class of 28 starry-eyed innocents 4 years ago in one of my year’s initial RE lessons. It’s tacky, it’s cheesy, but it’s also a tactful way of saying ‘stop being so conceited you egotistical little fuck’. But […]
The Great System Purge
The system techies at Landau Forte College are gearing up for a sweep of your user areas, and you have less than a week to cover your tracks. This isn’t something that will happen to a couple of repeat-offending scapegoats after a seven day amnesty – the network admins are applying pressure now, and they […]
Quick fix for strange CSS link behavior
Posts on GTD and photography for Scenes and Emos in the pipeline, but just a quick update – something that I discovered working on a website for a school project earlier. If you’re not into webdesign, give this one a miss. If you’ve any experience in semantic webdesign/xHTML+CSS, you will know how… well, frankly what […]
Learning to program in Ruby in 15 minutes
Ruby is an open-source programming language that can be used as a server-side preprocessor, similar to PHP, Perl, Python and so on. What sets it apart is that it is surprisingly user-friendly and programmer-orientated. The official description from the Ruby website is: A dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. […]
Not unhappy, just tired
Have you ever noticed that when you’re tired, you’re often also unhappy? Or that when you’re unhappy you just want to sleep? I wake up at 7.30 every weekday morning. I can’t get around that – it is the absolute latest that I can get up and only be very slightly late to school. I […]