Category Archives: University

Dismay with Blackboard, Pleasure with Zavvi

I’m deep in revision, although I felt it was time for a little break. Today I had an exam, which for the first time in my university career was multiple choice using Blackboard. First and foremost, Blackboard for a multiple choice exam is horrid, the interface is misleading and chunky with the only advantage of […]

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Something to shout about my Project Proposal document has just been submitted !!!!!!!!
Good Night
-Kyle

Banksy

I wonder if the Batman at University is a Banksy, it’s a stencil that’s all I know. If I get a chance (and remember) tomorrow I’ll take a photo.
-Kyle
Technorati Tags: Graffiti, Art, Stencil, Intervention

Interaction with public screens - 3rd Dissertation

The description;
Public screens are becoming increasingly common these days - not only in airports and shopping malls but even in pubs and other less formal places. Frequently, these screens are mainly used to broadcast information but for a nomadic user it would nice to be able to use them for other purposes (such as showing […]

Team Two Website

Oh I never pointed this out at the time and wanted to, the Team 2 CSC 2005 Software Engineering group website is out, so what are you waiting for.
-Kyle

Texting killing the English Language

The rising popularity of text messaging on mobile phones poses a threat to writing standards among schoolchildren, an education commission says. The frequency of errors in grammar and punctuation has become a serious concern, the State Examination Commission said in a report after reviewing last year’s exam performance by 15-year-olds.
I totally agree with this article […]

YAWN

I must admit it is very exhausting being a stereotypical university student;
“I go to bed at night dreaming about DFDs, Use Case Diagrams and Decision tables”.
-Kyle

RSS & XML

I have just spent the last hour or so creating an RSS feed for some of our coursework deadline dates within NESS. To be honest RSS is one of those things you understand and know how to do, but never actually do, because its already in place.
The reason for this sudden burst into creating RSS […]

Little Steps

 

Hopefully Andy shouldnt mind me using this GIF image here, it might even be part of the actual final promotional video for the CS department.
Interesting, watch this space because good things are bound to come.
-Kyle
 
 

Nothing to report, exam season so things may be a little quiet.
Oh there is one thing I picked up Grisham’s The Brethren hardback today on the market for 25p for which I was quite chuffed at my bargain.
-Kyle

Regular Expressions

I am currently working on my Regular Expressions Coursework, yeah thanks Lindsay. Its not that I mind its that it works perfectly, but using the trial mark on NESS the result doesn’t show up that well (5/10 :(). I don’t hate Regular expressions I hate the trial mark system sometimes it’s simply wrong my expression […]