open university – Too Posh To Mosh

By ‘eck, I got a degree after all

November 28, 2014 By rutty

Yesterday had one of my life’s sweetest moments – my final Open University module result came in. I passed M359 relational databases and completed all 360 credits for my BSc (Hons) in Computing and Systems Practice. I have been awarded

New Year, New Me?

January 2, 2013 By rutty

Hello 2013, you snuck up on me a bit there. 2012 has been a bit of a busy year and has ended rather earlier than I thought. Still, here we are in a brand new year. I had loads going

Blimey. It’s been a while

January 24, 2012 By rutty 2 Comments

This place has been a bit of a blogging wasteland for the last few months. I’ve been a little busy with real life, and once my last OU module finished I just couldn’t be bothered spending much time updating my

T214: Activity 5.2

July 26, 2011 By rutty

I submitted TMA05 on Sunday (only 9 days late) and I’m now behind on the coursework that leads up to TMA06. This is not a particularly great situation, considering the amount of readings and activities to get through, but at

T214: Block 2, Activity 1a – Climate Change

April 20, 2011 By rutty

This activity requires me to “reflect on how a range of ‘thinking traps’ may influence how you engage with complex situations” by writing down what I think about: “the causes of emerging environmental crises such as climate change, and what

T214: Case Study 3 – peer-to-peer networking and the music industry

March 6, 2011 By rutty

This case study involves looking at the effect that Napster had on the music industry. It seems ancient history now – it’s only ten years ago, but that’s a millennium in Internet terms – but the repercussions from Napster’s appearance

I was never this good at school

March 9, 2009 By rutty

Education is a funny thing. I did OK at school without really pressing myself too hard. I was lazy but still managed to scrape through my O- and A-levels. I suspect that if I was to redo all these exams

Learning new things

July 24, 2008 By rutty

Now that my job is secure (for now!) my thought have returned to my earlier desire to gain a degree in an engineering discipline. I don’t especially need this to take the next steps in my career but it’ll help