Week 29: Belated and Deflated, This Boat is Sinking and I'm at the Helm

I will admit this, I have neglected to update this blog in some time. Last week I was cruising around the Mediterranean sea, visiting places such as Marmaris, Turkey; Rhodes, Greece; Ashdod, Israel. I forgot to take any revision notes with me, so I was sat on a boat for a week with a constant flow of alcohol and food, being stared at by golden oldies because I don't need to use cod liver oil to keep my joints in decent condition (I was hoping to put going on a cruise off until I myself was about 60).

Anyway, that doesn't mean I can't make a decision - I have recovered from my jaded binge of Singapore Slings and Banana Banshees.

Digital Media. That's my chosen route.

Talking to my lecturer throughout the year, I realised that Digital Media would be the best route for me. I looked in to the other routes (one of them got dropped, leaving Networking) and they had all of the things that didn't appeal to me, so it was a simple choice.

We also have revision for loads of exams this coming week.

Relevant to exam season

So that's it. That's the last post. Two images for one! Have a party! We might need to do some more blogging next year, so I will save up as many of these stupid pictures for your pleasure.

Week 15: Networks and HTML5

Over the past couple of weeks, we've been doing a load of labs on different networks and network topologies in Hardware & Networks. We learned how to make a CAT-5 cable; stripping the wires, untangling them, figuring out which ones to pair and twist, and then how to crimp it in to a connector. Tedious work - definitely not for me, but at least I know how to do it now, which will come in handy for any assignments and exams.

We got some worksheets for HTML5, too, in Dynamic Web. Felt a bit daft learning regular HTML up until now and then having HTML5 sprung on us - why not learn the industry standard from day one? Then it's straight in to your head for a life of web design and coding, instead of fumbling behind with an older standard - most websites these days use HTML5.

Me (right) disgruntled with not learning HTML5 from the start

Counselling meeting went well; problems identified in full and a course of action planned out to try and help me with those problems.

Week 14: Set Theory, Web Assignment, Walkthrough Prep and MoreM

We got some stuff this week about set theory and Venn diagrams; they're both different ways of looking at the same thing. What's in A? What's in B? What's in C? What's in the AC overlap? What's in the ABC overlap but not anywhere else? What's the meaning of life? {42}
Venn diagrams are a visual representation of set theory classes and set theory is the written way of describing what's in a Venn diagram.

We got a Dynamic Web and Media assignment handed to us on Thursday. Group work. An absolute joy - depending upon other people to pull their weight (a harsh term, but necessary). Nick and I agree that it's going to be a drag, considering Scott and Jasmine barely do any work in class anyway - they're always off to Tesco or Sainsbury's, or "working" in another room. I get the sneaking suspicion that they think we'll just do the work ourselves and just get whatever grade we get, especially after working with them before.

Speaking of which, next week we have a SAD walkthrough to get ready for. We barely have any of the finalised work printed off at this point, so it's looking like a real grim prospect. We got a document detailing what we would need for the walkthrough, and half of the work is missing. Scott and Jasmine had plenty of chances and time to do the stuff that we all agreed to do - we shared the whole assignment up between the four of us, but now it's looking like me and Nick are having to do finalised documents without drafting anything up; so it's looking like we might end up losing some marks for this module.
"Yeah, we'll get a distinction easy", Scott's words echo annoyingly around my head. Try saying that now.

Accurate picture of me screaming at the idiocy

I got a call from Steps2Change on Tuesday. They want me to come to an appointment next Wednesday, after college. Christmas was nice, too; saw my family and friends a fair bit. Nothing else to say on these things, really. I guess I'll write about the counselling when I know what's up.