Monthly Archives: August 2011

Is it still called procrastinationg when you’re on holidays?

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I really love having time of school, but in the last few days I haven’t really done anything.. Well thats not completely true, but compared to the amount of things I get done on a school day it is close to nothing.
On sunday I had a coffee and a walk around the city with Ian, and later Zoe and Blake showed up.


Jesus these pictures are giving me hell right now, I have to use HTML to get them right.. They aren’t really any good either, I don’t know how anyone would find this interesting..
Aaaanyways. More about my holiday so far! On monday I went out with my Pija Sukhbar friends (for those of you who don’t know what Pija Sukhbar means, I think you should rethink how you spend your life. Seriously.)
So I ended up doing what I always do when I get drunk. Shake photo’s..

To be honest, I have practiced this skill for a while, so I thought I’d use the oppertunity to post some more. I’m happy to show anyone who want’s to learn it.
This is me and Garreth sightseeing in Trondheim


But! Most important thing that has happened in ages! Actually two awesome things happened on tuesday. First, Garreth taught us to rip phonebooks in half. Yeah? You don’t believe me? First my housemate Blanche had a go, and trust me, you wouldn’t think she could do any damage to a phonebook.


Then I had a go (if you look closely you can see that I’m like halfway through it. And I’m wearing a shorts, just thought I should inform you in case any future employers see this)


After ripping it in half (which I did, I just forgot to take a photo of it) I celebrated with another hour in bed. Great success!

That was nothing compared to what happened next though. In Norway we have this delicious cheese, it is brown, made out of goat milk and pretty sweet. It is sooo good, and I’ve been craving it for AGES. Turns out they sell it at the gourmet section at David Jones. Jesus Christ, who else but Norwegians would ever buy that, I can’t see how they make any profit from importing it..
So I got my bike and rode aaaall the way into the city. I found it amongst weird french cheese, I ignored that it cost 10 dollars for a tiny little block and bought two. To top it all up I made home made sweet buns. Who’s the housewife now?


Turns out the buns doesn’t taste as good when you use self raising flour.. Or brown sugar instead of normal sugar. It’s a good chanse that they end up in the bin unless someone wants them. The brown cheese was amazing tho, and it can be yours for only 9.95 at David Jones!
I’m trying to do some readings for Communication Histories and Technologies.. Good night.


Stupid photo that won’t let me flip it..

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fitness nightmare

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Halleluja, it’s HOLIDAYS! The only downside to it is that I’m so exhausted from school and work that I actually went back to bed right now..

But I feel like I have a valid reason, sort of. I did yoga at 9.30 this morning, which almost killed me. What annoyed me the most was the GUY in front of me who were more flexible than me!! HELLO, since when was that acceptable?
He wasn’t as cool as this guy, but I swear that he did the exact same pose..

from: http://yogistyle.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/147/

Anywayzzz. After yoga I went to Genesis, the gym. I have been a member for two or three months and have been there maybe 8 times (that’s probably optimistic, maybe 6). They have been calling me a few times to check how my training is going, which I personally find a bit intrusive, but fair enough, at least someone cares about my fitness level. SO. Because they charge me money for it and I’m starting to realise that I’m quite poor, I decided to cancel my membership.

But the retard register guy almost wouldn’t let me! Can you believe that? And when I was about to leave he said; are you gonna work out now? And I just: No.. And he just: But you’re here!! (while waving his arms)
So I just smiled, grabbed my yoga-mat (haha he thought I was going to do yoga THERE) and left.

He looked pretty much like this:

 

from: http://fitness.bf-1.com/male_model/alan-jouban-fitness-male-model

I can’t even describe how much I hate people like that.. “Look at me, look how fit and healthy I am, you should work out to!” Good for you, now keep it to yourself! Fitness propaganda is just as bad as religious propaganda! Thats probably why I never go there. Besides, gym’s are for people who are fit already. It seems like everyone else in there have perfect bodies already, and they’re only there to show off..

Here’s a photo of some real muscles:

Stor klem!

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Everything must end..

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Haha that sounds so depressing.

Men fra spøk til alvor! Forstår du det jeg skriver på norsk Hugh? Jeg leste i bloggen til Torill Mortensen at hun hadde blitt anbefalt å skrive på norsk i bloggen sin, for da ville hennes naturlige “stemme” komme bedre ut. Synes det er en spennende tanke, men lover å holde norsken på et minimum. I mellomtiden kan du jo se hvor mye jeg forstår av dansk her

So this will be the last struggle with the Annotated Bibliography. I’ve been positively surprised by the assignment, and the questions we have been answering in regards to the article have been really useful; i might try to apply them next time I have to analyse a text or a movie, cause the information that I got through researching the different topics provided me with more information on the overall topic than I ever thought it would. If I manage to put this much research into every assignment, the World will be in my hands pretty soon..
The article I chose for this assignment was “Blogging thoughts: personal publication as an online research tool” by Torill Mortensen and Jill Walker. I honestly don’t know why I chose this article, logically I should have chosen the Manovich essay. I think it might have been my uncertainty with the topic of blogging, and an interest to learn more. In the entries I have done I will touch upon many different elements of the text, but mainly focus around how a blog can help you in your research, both professional research and personal.

Here’s a chronological list (from the first I made to the last) over my entries.

1. The first one is about the authors of the article, Torill Elvira Mortensen and Jill Walker Rettberg. I’m not quite sure how it happened, but I think it was her way of blending the private with the public that made me fall in love with Torill. Therefore there is more  information about her than Jill’s, but then again, the information about Jill is more straight foreward. I don’t know how relevant it is that Torill bakes when she is stressed.. The post is here.

2. “Indicates what field(s) the text is situated within…” For this one I had to go through the text again, and the research on the authors became useful. The article covers a big range of topics related to the main theme, so I took different approaches to figure it out.

3. This post was not on the list of things to research, but I did it so I could understand the text better. I had read through it a couple of times, but not with a lot of focus. Going through it step by step gave me a lot of good information.

4. “Outlines the main argument presented by the author(s)” To some extent I feel like it’s impossible to find one main argument; they bring up so many different topics related to blogs through a medium sized article. I wrote down the things that I felt they put most weight on and what was repeated, and hopefully I have done something right in this entry.

5. “Points out how the text relates to themes in the course Networked Media – why it was chosen?” When I write this post today I understand much more of the relevance of having a blog while studying than what I did when I wrote this entry. In the article it is explained well, but also in the book “Uses of blogs” did they wouch for this. Adrian Miles, the man who introduced student blogs to RMIT, is also a fan. The reason we are doing this is to improve our research.

6. “Points out the limitations and strengths of the text”: This entry proved to be difficult, as the only limitation I could think of was the age of the article. As I have said before, I really enjoyed it.

7. “Draws attention to specific features in the text that proved to be useful in understanding the text (i.e. a sentence, a few words…)” Ooh, there is no way to show this in a few words or a sentence, as I have written in this post. There were several sentenceS.

8. “Presents a personal viewpoint on the text (an interpretation related to previous knowledge and experience, a personal perspective that is critical…)” This entry was annoying, but nevertheless very useful. It made me think about what I actually learned and thought about the subject, as well as the things I knew from before. I was overall very pleased with it, and found great comfort in the advise to keep your blog personal.

9. “Discusses the relevance of the text in relation to how it will inform the design and production of the hypertext essay”. My oh my, i really hope I understood the question for this one. I tried to map out a plan for how this article could be presented in a hypertext essay. It was quite interesting, here’s the entry.

Bibliography:

Walsh, B 2007, Clear blogging: how blogging is changing the world and you can join them, New York: Springer-Verlag

Giles Turnbull.’The State of the Blog.’ Interview with Even Williams, Writing the Web. 28 February 2001.

Mortensen, Torill, and Jill Walker. “Blogging Thoughts: Personal Publication as an Online Research Tool.” Researching Ict’s in Context. Ed. Andrew Morrison. Oslo: University of Oslo, 2002. 249-79. p.259.

Miles, Adrian. “Blogs in Media Education: A Beginning.” Australian Screen Ed.41 (2006): 66-9

No author, 20010, ’Jeg skriver for å bearbeide mine tanker’ Aftenposten, 23rd October, viewed 8th August 2011 < http://www.aftenposten.no/forbruker/digital/nyheter/article216985.ece>

Brathaug, O 2011, ’Ikke skyld på dataspill’ Sunnmøreposten, 29th July, viewed 30th July 2011 < http://www.smp.no/nyheter/article363124.ece >

Burgess, J 2006 “Blogging to Learn, Learning to blog” in (eds) Bruns, A. Jacobs, J Uses of blogs, Peter Lang Publishing: New York

Websites:

http://www.forskning.no/blog/torillhivo

http://torillsin.blogspot.com

http://jilltxt.net/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blogging-Jill-Walker-Rettberg/dp/0745641342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214810393&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Culture-Play-Identity-Warcraft/dp/0262033704/jilltxt-20

http://no.linkedin.com/in/jillwalkerrettberg

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Annotated Bibliography #10

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• Provides a full bibliographic citation of all references used

Walsh, B 2007, Clear blogging: how blogging is changing the world and you can join them, New York: Springer-Verlag

Giles Turnbull.’The State of the Blog.’ Interview with Even Williams, Writing the Web. 28 February 2001.

Mortensen, Torill, and Jill Walker. “Blogging Thoughts: Personal Publication as an Online Research Tool.” Researching Ict’s in Context. Ed. Andrew Morrison. Oslo: University of Oslo, 2002. 249-79. p.259.

Miles, Adrian. “Blogs in Media Education: A Beginning.” Australian Screen Ed.41 (2006): 66-9

No author, 20010, ’Jeg skriver for å bearbeide mine tanker’ Aftenposten, 23rd October, viewed 8th August 2011 < http://www.aftenposten.no/forbruker/digital/nyheter/article216985.ece>

Brathaug, O 2011, ’Ikke skyld på dataspill’ Sunnmøreposten, 29th July, viewed 30th July 2011 < http://www.smp.no/nyheter/article363124.ece >

Burgess, J 2006 “Blogging to Learn, Learning to blog” in (eds) Bruns, A. Jacobs, J Uses of blogs, Peter Lang Publishing: New York

Websites:

http://www.forskning.no/blog/torillhivo

http://torillsin.blogspot.com

http://jilltxt.net/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blogging-Jill-Walker-Rettberg/dp/0745641342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214810393&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Culture-Play-Identity-Warcraft/dp/0262033704/jilltxt-20

http://no.linkedin.com/in/jillwalkerrettberg

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I hate you..

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Yet another post about my hair.. Please don’t judge me, I’m not one of the hair and fashion girls! The reason I’m bringing it up again is because I went and got my hair ruined yesterday.
Here I am, well protected against any aliens trying to read my thoughts. Looking pretty suspicious already actually..


The reason for that was because I pointed at a picture where the girl had the colour on her hair that I wanted, and the eccentric and to some extent hyperactive, gay hairdresser said; “Yeeees, but IIIII think that maaaaybeee wo should keep some of the colour you have and make it look awesome and natural!!” I have always been a pushover, but I made him promise that it would look natural. “Of course hun!”


So yeah, brown hair with patches of white was what we agreed on, wasn’t it? HELL NO! DAMN YOU, AND MAY YOU FIND A HAIR IN EVERY FANCY COFFE YOU EVER BUY!! Going back there now to have a cry. See yas

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Annotated Bibliography #9

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• Discusses the relevance of the text in relation to how it will inform the design and production of the hypertext essay
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While snooping around on all different blogs in the course I get the idea that it might have been more relevant for me to read the Manovich extract; at least to some extent is it about cinema. In regards to the hypertext essay, it would have been quite an interesting task to play with spacial montage and webdesign.
Then again, choosing the “Blogging Thoughts” article has not only opened my eyes a bit more for blogging, but also for trying new things. I have sort of decided that I’m going to work with film, so I have a tendency to consider all other tasks useless (hense my complaining in the previous post). I actually enjoyed researching this subject, and I think that is the best possible fuel for constructing a good webpage.

I have been looking at the examples Seth has provided on the networked web page, and I think I’m getting an idea of what my options for this assignment are.
Here’s the criteria for the hypertext essay:

The hypertext essay will need to have a minimum of five pages that are linked together in some way. The content for this website will be made up of text and images only. This will include translating your groups research in the annotated bibliographies into a form that can be presented in a hypertext essay.
Your work should have a contextualising statement either as part of your hypertext essay or externally on your blogs.
The finished work must contain a bibliography. The bibliography must contain at least six academic references.
The work must be original. It is expected that some consideration would be given to hypertext design in the work. The work must exhibit an understanding of the issues of Web architecture and navigation. Other sources must be cited appropriately. Copyright protocols should be followed.

What you can focus the essay on seems to be quite open; as long as it has some relevance to what is mentioned in the article, it is alright. I already have some ideas; for example a website constructed as a huide to blogging, with different pages containing history, benefits, etc. The article by Torill Mortensen and Jill Walker provides a lot of different subjects, almost like different blogposts put together (which isn’t so far from the truth, in my research I went through their blogs and could follow the development of what they decided to put in). The imideate ide I get straight away is to have the starting page set up by displaying different “bloggers”: for example Mr. Personal Benefin, Miss Blogging History, etc. Then each of those pages could have different themes, possibly matching their subject.

This just popped out of my head as I was writing. If i did this post in Word I probably would have dropped it halfway through, but lets at least keep it here on my blog :)

 

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