All entries for January 2005

Sorry, I didn't realise

If you've read the comments for my entry Union Elections then you'll know one of the comments I made was:

Don't vote awsome, vote for RON!
RON for all Union positions!!!
Who's with me!?

I have just received an email from Simon Lucas, the President of the Student's Union, in which he said

I'd imagine you were unaware that this comment constitutes a breach of the Union's Constitutional appendix on elections, which states that:

"6.9 - No member may promote Re-Open Nominations."

I'm afraid that as a member of the Students' Union you are bound by these rules whether you were aware of them or not.

and asked that the comment be removed.
Apparently,

If we were to go by the letter of the rules (as some people would have me do) then I should now be convening a disciplinary to look into this

So, of course, I'm very grateful that he'd prefer not to do this, and he also said he knew I didn't mean any harm.

The comment was not meant to be at all serious but, as requested, I have removed it and would just like to say:

Sorry, I didn't realise

: 30 Jan 2005 22:30 |  Tags: Bureaucracy Randomness Ridiculous Simon Lucas Sorry Union Elections Vote Ron |  Comments (15) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Union Elections

Don't vote in the Union Elections; it'll only encourage them…

: 29 Jan 2005 00:42 |  Tags: Dont Vote Randomness Union Elections |  Comments (9) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

So it begins…

Of course, you know, this means war!

: 29 Jan 2005 00:40 |  Tags: Randomness War |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Productivity

It's amazing what you can get done when you're avoiding doing, say, a formal Physics lab report.
So far today, I've, well, I've vacuumed my room, but the principle is sound…
I've also watched a few Family Guys and played on the computer, but vacuuming was the only worthwhile thing I've done.

: 23 Jan 2005 15:16 |  Tags: Family Guy Lab Report Procrastination Productivity Randomness Vacuum |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Drums on the Concourse

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

: 21 Jan 2005 22:59 |  Tags: Aaarrrggghhh Wsc |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Trackbacks (1) |  Report a problem

Bloody Circuits

Follow-up to Bloody Electronics from The randomness of tomorrow, today!

Blasted circuits and oscilloscopes that don't do what they're supposed to do, for no obvious reason!

: 20 Jan 2005 16:07 |  Tags: Circuits Electronics Oscilloscopes University |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Why WSC is better than the Arts Centre cinema

WSC, when compared to the cinema in the Arts Centre, has:

• More seats
• A bigger auditorium
• A bigger screen
• A better sound system
• A more varied schedule
• A schedule arranged in collaboration with students
• Cheaper tickets
• The Allnighter
• The ability to show 70mm films
• and probably a few things I can't think of right now

: 19 Jan 2005 14:45 |  Tags: Arts Centre Cinema Objective Comparison Wsc |  Comments (6) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

The merits of a good breakfast

It's amazing how much harder it is to cycle if you haven't had anything decent to eat.

: 19 Jan 2005 11:04 |  Tags: Cycling Energy Good Breakfast Randomness |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction…

I've just seen an episode of Enterprise in which the head of the Vulcan High Command appears, in order to advance an agenda, to have fabricated evidence that suggests the Andorians are building a very powerful weapon (a weapon of mass destruction, if you will), as an excuse to launch a "pre–emptive strike" against Andoria.
It may just be my imagination, but that all sound eerily familiar…

: 19 Jan 2005 01:29 |  Tags: Enterprise Randomness Weapons Of Mass Destruction |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Well, almost…

Follow-up to Wouldn't it be nice… from The randomness of tomorrow, today!

I've put my blog on my site so that I have some control over how it looks. It's not completely finished, but it's finished enough to be useable. It's at

http://blog.richardwinskill.co.uk/

and only shows the latest 10 entries (basically it's the main page with a different look) so it's mainly intended for reading the latest entries; all the links go to the appropriate page on the Warwick Blogs site so comments can be made, or what have you.
If you're at all interested, I used the RSS feed and a slightly modified Python script I found online to get a workable text file, and then the PHP script formats it nicely and voila

: 15 Jan 2005 19:03 |  Tags: Blog Mirror Python Randomness RSS RSS Feed |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem