By ‘eck, I got a degree after all
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…
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New Year, New Me?
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…
Blimey. It’s been a while
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…
T214: Activity 5.2
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…
T214: Block 2, Activity 1a – Climate Change
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…
T214: Case Study 3 – peer-to-peer networking and the music industry
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…
I was never this good at school
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…
Learning new things
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…