cameraphone Computer rooms and spooky For the first time in my career at the university of Vienna, I checked out the history department’s computer room. It’s not exactly easy to get in there though. You have to leave your student’s ID with the secretary, fill out
classes First classes = warm and fuzzy Today I’m going to attend my first class this semester. Now, this may not sound like a big deal, but for me a first class of a semester (and I’ve seen a few by now) always is something special. It’s that
Internet All done I completed my last exams for the semester, and all I’ve left to do is write a paper. Ach, there’s always a paper to write somewhere. Horst from The Aardvark Speaks has created a fiction blog, and I’ve got the honour
Give-Aways Uni give-away #2 and #3 and some words on amateurish elections Today I finally got ahold of two new give-aways. This part of my website has been suffering from a scandalous lack of entries, mainly because I have failed to pay attention to potential away-givers. Which again is due to an extensive use of my
Impressions Another Lecture I just noticed a surprising lack of postings in my “university give-aways” category. I should really start collecting every little piece I get. Oh well. Here’s another picture from a lecture I attended today. This time it’s linguistics, and I was bored
University_Life Literature Lecture I just returned from another long day at the university. “Long” as in three lectures. Oh well. The last one was a literature lecture on 20th century British drama, and I couldn’t resist shooting a photo with my cameraphone. So, enjoy the blurry
tech-stuff Two cool things Two cool things happened today: First, during a literature seminar, the person who did a presentation did this using a SimpleMepis Live CD and OpenOffice.org…how cool is that? When I asked him why he had chosen to do it this way, he
Give-Aways Uni day and give-away Today was the second day of the present semester, and once again I was reminded why I like university life. Attending lectures, walking through the halls of the main university building, buzzing with people excited to start their new independent life of being a
tech-stuff Paper revisited I forgot to mention that the paper I referred to two days ago was actually written in its entirety in OpenOffice.org. Which I’m a bit proud of even. I don’t know why exactly, since there are probably people out there who
Internet Paper finally finished Well, I’m done. And as always, after writing a paper within three days or less, I vowe to never again wait so long. Hell, from my experience I’m already waiting for the paper to be returned, because I didn’t use enough
tech-stuff Medieval Schmedieval My paper on code-switching is slowly but surely taking on some form, and tomorrow I’ll have to present it in class. Which is not a bad thing per se. But a bad thing considering that it’s quite an exhaustive topic, and my
History Macaronic Poetry In the course of my research for a paper I am writing, I stumbled upon this great definition of a kind of poetry dating back to the medieval and early modern period of English: This poetic art is called “macaronic” from macarones, which are
University_Life Mr. Soliloquy In case you haven’t noticed yet, I’m a bit of an anglophile. I like the language a lot, that’s one reason why I’m trying to actually get a degree which states that I’m officially liking the language. In the
Impressions Austrian university disaster The picture to the left is the hallway of the main building of the University of Vienna. Although it doesn’t look like it, it is the hallway of a ‘worldclass’ university. At least, that’s what the government wants us to believe. ‘Freed’
Impressions Shopping spree Today, after trying to go to a lecture, but not being able to enter the lecture hall, because only one third of the students waiting fit into it, my girlfriend and I went on a shopping spree. Well actually, I didn’t buy much,
University_Life Semester plan My plan for this semester: study for exams find suitable lectures and actually do pass exams find out what to do with my life Not that much of plan, is it?
Internet Holiday diary - paper terror Alright, I finished my paper, I sent it off, now I have to redo it. Why? It doesn’t appear to conform to scientific standards. Never try to write a paper using an encyclopaedia. Always use primary literature, never have a go at something
Impressions Back from the real world Well, I was out. Unsuccessful regarding the retrieval of information for my paper, but I made a snapshot of the university hallway. Fortunately, nobody was around, so I had all the time in the world to make a picture without people. “So, enjoy”:
University_Life Going out now I haven’t updated twice a day for a long time. So here it is. I’m going out. Got to find some new food for my camera and pick up some books for my paper. Have an even nicer day