Last week of Uni 2007 Yippeeeeeeeee

Haloooooooooo,

Its my last week in University and my last chance this year to pester the lecturers for assignment help and guidance. Strange this week i saw a few students who haven't attended since week 1 and 2?????? Why bother then? Surely you can spend the whole term studying through blackboard?


The tutorial.

This week i played around with flash again to produce target paths of objects by nesting. I have to admit my name revolving around looked quite cool to me but the wife as usual thought it was a complete load of crap. I told her i would rather do this all day then make databases and spreadsheets like she does. She replied "Databases and spreadsheets are important, flash aint."

She can stick her Ipod up her *rse now for that, i'll get her a pair of slippers instead!


The Lecture.

Same old , same old - chopsing in the tutorial. I know its getting near breaking up time but its still a problem. Geneen threw out one student for persistant interuption. I bet he felt a complete tool when he trudged out of the hall in front of the rest of us. Stupid kid.

We watched Bill Clinton Voodoo again but this time with sound. I wonder if Monica Lewinsky has seen it yet, although she's already seen a few flashes from Clinton in the past!!

Geneen then demonsrated the new Ipod Touch gizmo. Its really cool too. You can maximise and minimise pictures by simulating stretching and squashing with your fingers on the screen. The missus has been dropping hints for one for the past few weeks so i may have to fork out for one. I have been searching for a good deal for one of them on the net for the past few days and one thing has become frighteningly clear. If you are a bit naieve at online shopping then you may be in for a shock. I have found the 8 gig version for sale at a reputable site for £179.99. So i thought i would look on Ebay for a better deal. The exact same units are advertised on there for £200 and up. It is not only the Ipod either. Shark traders are exploiting the Christmas shortages in stocks to fleece people with the Nintendo Wii being the top culprit. The Wii retails at £179.99 and some dealers are asking for £350 for the same or even imported units.

This proves a point to me. The web is great, but only if you know what you are doing. Its like electricity - its great until you get a nasty shock.



My reflection.

I use the web now on average of 7 hours a day. I sleep on average for 6 hours a day. I eat for about 2 hours and i attend university for approx 6 hours a day and the other 3 hours i use up doing my daily stuff.

So in a year this looks like this.

Web 2555 hours or 107 days or 15 weeks a year.

Ten years ago my daily routine looked like this.

Television 6 hours a day. Sleep 8 hours. Eating 2 hours. School 8 hours.

So in a year it looks like this.

TV 2190 hours or 91 days or 13 weeks a year.

I would assume that the web and its multimedia revolution has taken over as the single most important item in my day to day life. I look back and think of how i lived without it and also think of what will replace it in the future for my daughters enjoyment and education.


Also i look at how technology affects my daughter in her wants and needs.

Paige is 6 years old and this year for Christmas she asked for a Nintendo Wii.
When i was 6 years old i think i wanted an action man with his Jeep.

Its a sobering thought.

Next year she will be asking for a PDA.



Im off to crimp one out.


Happy christmas and be safe and sober.

ss