Archive for the 'Durham' Category
Why I like November
November 4th, 2006This evening has just reminded my why I love this month so much. Yes it’s getting colder and the nights are longer and there is less time to do stuff during the day but there are Fireworks!!!!!
For the last three years I have watched the Grey Firework display in Durham which have been a brilliant […]
Job updates and Old Boys Weekend
October 11th, 2006It’s a bit of a busy time at the moment with the job hunt in full swing and Old Boys weekend in the near future I have lots to be thinking about.
Having spent the weekend on the Reed recruitment and monster websites I managed to apply for 75 different jobs. Most of these I don’t […]
University of Durham parchment… what?
August 30th, 2006the university have got hold of a lot of coloured card, run it through the laser printer with a mail merge to get them mass produced and then stuck a little sticker on the top of it
From graduand to graduate
June 30th, 2006Well, I am no longer a student. I graduated on Wednesday and shook Bill Bryson’s hand. The ceremony was interesting and there are a number of photos available on facebook (click here to view). There will be more appearing there and on my photo gallery when I get round to uploading them.
The day wasn’t without […]
Graduation tomorrow
June 27th, 2006Tomorrow is my last day as a student of the University of Durham before I graduate. The Comp Sci party starts at 11:00am before the actual ceremony of Congregation, which starts at 4:00pm. After that I will be a graduate of the University with a 2:2 (Hons), making my full title Matthew White BSc. Hons […]
Degree Complete
May 22nd, 2006Well after 3 years and lots of boring modules and work my degree programme is completed. ASAM exam officially ends in 5 minutes but I left early as I had done all i could do.
Now all I need to do is wait for the AUT stuff to be resolved so I can get a mark […]
Exams start today!
May 18th, 2006Having spent all of about 2 days revising for ASE I think i now know enough to answer 65-75% of the paper.
I know quite a bit about:
Software Testing
Agile Methods
Software Maintenance
I dont know much about:
Program Slicing
This could prove to be problematic in the exam!
Revision & Degree
May 9th, 2006Having paid the ITS £66.16 I am now +929 printer credits which seems a lot but.. I need to print off my lecture notes for the past term/year so that i can revise and pass my exams.
I had a meeting with the director of undergraduate studies in the department and he told me that at […]
It’s Over
May 3rd, 20061st October to 2nd May was the official timeframe for my dissertation and project… The actual amount of time really spent on it was probably 20 march - 2 may!!!
Its done though and there is nothing that i can do to change that any more! i am now -850 printer credits with the ITS […]
Dissertation deadline looming
May 1st, 2006It seems that all I am currently doing is writing up my dissertation and nothing else. I have spent the last week in the Techno Cafe in the Engineering Building. It’s a nice room to work in with little booths, laptops, tablets, smartboards and lots of spare network sockets and power to plug into. It […]