A uni essay about two of the most influential books I have read
I wrote this personal essay for a subject in my BA in Internet Communications. It is about the influence of two books, 1984 and Stephen Donaldson’s Lord Foul’s Bane, on my reading and writing. The best books, he perceived, are those that tell you what you know already. […]
Whatever happened to the technological singularity?
This is a copy of a speech I wrote for a writing subject in my BA in Internet Communications. Whatever happened to the technology singularity? I am here tonight to ask what happened to the technology singularity. We don’t seem to be getting any closer to being dragged into its event horizon. I desperately want […]
Too busy studying to post
I thought I better post something to prove I am still alive. I have been so busy studying that I have not had time to regularly post on my blog. In fact, I am feeling guilty as hell that I am writing this and not taking notes for one of my subjects. My course did […]
Advance Australia Fair
This video is a remediation of Advance Australia Fair made for my BA in Internet Communications. The remediation uses the anthem to critique Australian society.
Study, writer’s festival.
Once again, it’s been a long time between posts. Two months at least. My BA in Internet Communications is really eating up my time. I am now in the third period doing my fifth and sixth subjects. One of those subjects is an introductory subject to studying at Uni that everyone who studies at Curtin, […]
I’ve been busy.
It has been about six weeks since I posted anything on my blog. I have been extremely busy with my degree. I am currently building a new website for one of the web design subjects. It has interactive elements, i.e., things that move on it, like a slide show of pictures and hotspots that reveal […]
Studying…not much writing.
I’ve been extremely busy with my course since I started it. I reckon I am averaging 50 hours a week on it. I have developed a nasty habit of persisting on a problem until I have solved it, e.g., staying up until 2 a.m. or waking up in the middle of the night with possible […]
Studying/Writing
I am now a full-time student, studying for a Bachelor of Arts (internet communications) through Open Universities Australia. Most of my course is conducted online through Curtin University in WA. I only found out last week that my Austudy had been approved – eight weeks after I applied. Surprised the hell out of me. I […]
My (changing) Writing Efforts in January.
January was a very moody month for me. I had a great break in Melbourne for a few days. I stayed in St Kilda and played tourist. I went to a one-day match cricket match. I thought Australia would lose, but Glen Maxwell hit 94 runs, and Australia beat the Indians. I had my birthday […]
My Ranking of 2015’s Science Fiction Movies.
As I have done the last few years, here is my review of the science-fiction films I caught up with last year. Compared to 2014, last year was a massive letdown for science fiction. In 2014, there was the wonder of Interstellar, the cleverness of Predestination, and the action-packed thrills of Edge of Tomorrow. All of them […]