Scouting 2007 Conference Call!

Today, I spent the evening reading through and making modifications to the various websites associated with Scouting 2007! Ready for the impending conference call tomorrow, I have to just say this will be my first ever conference call, so I am certainly learning new things with being on the Scouting 2007 team!

P.S. I am pleased all my SAGGA friends are back Blogging now, as my kinja digest now looks a little more full!

Broadband!

Now I have moved home I have to find another good I.S.P. So I can spend some time on the Internet to update my blog and check my email! At this moment in time I just use a dial up service operating at 42,666 bps, which is OK for blogging, but is no good for watching online movies or listening to sporting events.

At the moment I think I am going to get a Router & modem with firewall, and a faster internet connection from Telco4u.net, I think I am probably going to go for the 500+ product as this gives you a relatively fast 512Kbps connection with a 20:1 contention ratio for £45.81 a month! Or should I say it was this much last week, with broadband prices being so changeable at the moment, it may now be less. I may find myself drawn to other offerings such as the service Plus.net and One tel provide, as they seem to be cheaper than Telco.

However, they all have limits and I could not stand reaching my limit halfway through the month and not being able to use the service for the rest of the month, for example not being able to check my email or update my Blog anyway, I think I have made my point, anyway I will post again soon!

McClaren win the Belgium Grand Prix, and hope for new era!

Was very impressed with McClaren's show today at the Belgium Grand Prix, actually beating Michael Schumacher to the top of the podium! Ron Dennis hopes Kimi Raikkonen’s Belgian GP win will spell the end of Ferrari’s domination of F1, we will just have to see!

I think we also hope for that Ron, but unfortunately it is only one race, and we will have to wait and see what the guys at McClaren can come up with to beat the guys at Ferrari!

I also spent the day organising my things in my room at home. I found quite a few things I had forgotten I had, and dumped quite a lot of rubbish out of my room, overall I think the day has been quite productive and fruitful!

Daily Telegraph

Today, I spent the day trying to sort out my Telegraph delivery now I am back in Hornsea, which I had succesfully completed by the end of the day, therefore I was pleased! I also went to Hornsea Floral Hall in the evening and saw some of my friends!

Short/long last walk around Scarborough!

Today, I went for a walk around Scarborough, it turned into a longer walk than I thought as I wanted to see everything one last time before I leave and it did not rain so I was well impressed!

Sorry for the upcoming long break between posts, however, I will now be moving back home and am continuing everything from home! So, posting should resume in three or four days and I will hopefully fill everybody in on what I have been up to! Tonight I went to Hornsea Floral Hall with friends I had not seen since Easter, it seems good to be able to have a proper break, at last!

The end of an era!

I am moving out of my on campus room, in a few days time. I think I will really miss living in Scarborough! Today, I am going for a walk to mark the end of my tenure, and to see some of the places I have been whilst I have lived here!

Last Exam, Walk & Updating Eurojam site!

This morning I had my last exam which unfortunately was early in the morning! Which meant a rushed breakfast. For the three hours I got very involved in the world of databases, however when I left the examination all I could think of where other things I could have written! Anyway, now I have the dreaded wait of around two weeks before I find out whether I can continue onto the dissertation phase of the course. I would also like to ask whose idea it was to put this years SAGGA camp on the same week as my exams, oh well can't be helped, I think it is the old problem, of not enough time and a lot of things to do!

Today, I also got a list of changes to make to the Eurojam site, so all my readers should expect some changes to the linked document later this week, if all goes well and to plan! Whilst I was out today I made the purchase of Printmaster Silver 12 an application I have not used since I was 15 and at School, however I thought at that time this was a good application, so I thought I would give it a try again.

When I was out in Scarborough I also made the purchase of the Doom Collectors Edition Box Set as I haven't played the game for such a long time, as for some reason my version refused to function under Windows XP, still it was designed for MS DOS 6.2, those where the days when you could sit around for hours playing computer games, but alas not anymore, I have very little time to spend playing computer games with my hectic lifestyle! I also got a Wanadoo broadband connection CD from Dixons as I wanted to see if the broadband offer is quite as good as what the BBC Ten O'Clock news made out last night, will just have to wait and see!

Anyway, tonight I went to the local pub the Poachers Barn in Osgodby and had a very tasty mixed grill for tea as I needed to fill myself up after a week of exams, they tend to drain you, like a battery!

Even after the rain I would still love to be on SAGGA summer camp, because it is nearly a year since I last went camping, and camping is such fun, even in the rain, although I'm sure some people would not agree! Anyway, tomorrow I think I will take some time out updating the Eurojam.org site after my hectic week, sorry that I didn't get around to posting everyday, or maybe I did!

IST exam now complete, just 1 more to go!

Today, I completed my IST exam, don't really know how I have done, will have to wait and see! Apparantly yesterday was the wettest day in the history of Scarborough, I know it was very wet! Have just learnt that the team I support Hull City lost against Wrexham in the Carling Cup, can't win them all I suppose! Anyway, must get back to the revision, have one last exam in the morning, will speak more soon. After I have finished my last exam tomorrow, can't wait, only the project to go after that!

Java Exam Finished, 1 down and 2 to go!

Today, I have being working very hard at my Java exam, the time went very quickly hope I have done OK this time! It's amazing how fast three hours can go when you are concentrating so hard! Midway through the exam I started to feel hungry but luckily I had pre-planned and taken some sandwiches with me.

Anyway just two more exams to go now before I hopefully start my project! Hope everyone is well and will see you all soon, I just hope it stops raining as I am feeling sorry for the people on the SAGGA summer camp at present! Hope it isn't too wet!

Strange Weather in Scarborough!

Before I start ranting I would like to show some etiquet and thank the BBC for the use of the above link! Today has been strange it has been wet and hot, and the food has been rather limited! In fact this evening I had to walk into Scarborough to get a pizza for my tea, making me wish more and more that I was on camp with all my SAGGA chums. The only person still seemingly around is Caz who is also stuck at work like I am, you can see her blog here!

Anyway I will be quiet now as we did quite well at the Olympics today, winning lots of medals including gold by Matthew Pinsent and the team and gold by Daniel Wiggins in Cycling and Ben Ainsle clinched gold in the Finn title, if you want to see the rest click here! I was also quite please that Hull City managed to win there game 2-0 against Oldham Athletic football club! Keep up the good work lads! Will post again tommorow until then TTFN!

More Revision!

Another day at the grind stone they like to call revision, makes a change, not! Anyway I finally finished my assignment on CIDR, IPv6 and NAT ready for hand in on Monday, whey hey! Just the exams to go next week and then the taught part of the course is all over, just the dissertation to go! I have to say I totally disagree with James in his Blog where he says that being a student is easy, and you have lots of spare time, I don't and that is why I am always posting at absurd hours!

Hope everyone making their way to Rhydd Covert for the SAGGA Summer Camp has a good week, will see you next year, fingers crossed, as long as it doesn't clash with Eurojam! Goodness my diary for next year is more full of Scouting appointments than anything else will have to see how the next year pans out though, will speak soon!

A-Level Results Rise Again!

In the A-Level Results published today, I was surprised to see the results rising again, but as various characters said in todays papers and on the news, it is not the exams getting easier, it is the staff and students learning how to demonstrate there knowledge in the best way! Therefore obtaining the best results, so what I say is well done to all of you whatever results you achieved!

Good to see the student's are working hard once again, well done to everyone who received the results they deserved! Speaking of exams next week I am completing three exams and am therefore pretty busy at the moment. Hope to see everyone soon, including my SAGGA friends, when I finally finish this dissertation!

Good, to see that Nichola is currently working at Bramhope from Simons Blog! It's amazing what random things you can learn if you have a Blog and the number of people across the country you can keep up with! Now that's enough promoting Blogger, however I do think it is a good method of communicating for groups of friends, especially as wide as the SAGGA membership is.

Today, I have being doing work for my forthcoming exams next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, hopefully I will do as well as all the people who received there A-Level results today. I will have to wait and see though, hope I do well, I have being revising for them since June!

Anyway, after my delaying tactics back to the revision, will speak soon!

Tonight I have been at the Gym!

Tonight I decided to go to the Gym to try and keep up my fitness levels!

I have also being doing work for my forthcoming exams next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, hopefully I will do as well as all the people who are going to receive there brilliant A-Level results tomorrow. I will have to wait and see though untill mid September, hope I do well, I have being revising for them since June!

Spent the day revising!

Today, having finished my essay have spent the whole day revising for my forthcoming exams which are now less than a week away, at this moment I am revising IST, however I have been revising IBIS all day, what fun! However, I really wanted to go for a walk!

I should also try and make it to the Gym tomorrow, since I was the only person to turn up for football this week! Everybody else has to hand there dissertation in next Monday, however I have not even started mine yet as I have resits, there is still time to get it all done. I have a feeling I may know how much stress you may be put under and I must remember not to leave things untill the last minute, just looking at some of my friends faces this evening, I think knackered would be a nice way to describe them.

My membership of the Gym in Scarborough ends at the end of this month, but that is not important since I am moving back to Hornsea! Anyway, thats enough distraction back to work I go!

Work on Assignment & Revision

Today, I have had quite an interesting day revising and working on my assignment. I think it is nearly finished, I can say I have done a lot of reading but not a lot from books. More from web sites and Sciencedirect.com, as the whole shortage of IP addresses is such a new thing, anyway, I have concluded that we should wait for IP v6, and if you can't wait then use CIDR or NAT! Overall, I can say I have enjoyed writing the essay as this subject really does interest me, however, I have maybe taken a bit too long on it!

Back to Scarborough!

Today, I made my way back to Scarborough to carry on with my work, where I left it on Friday! I can see the next two weeks of my life been quite busy so don't expect posts everyday, as somedays I will be just too knackered, but I will post when I can! At least the rain held off today, so I got the chance to go for a short stroll!

Have been doing more revision!

Today, have been completing more revision, watching the Olympics and listening to Hull City loose for the first time in division one! I got my modem working in my laptop once again today, so I can blog on the move once again!

I really need to get away once again, preferrably camping but that will have to wait till after my exams, so I will probably see everyone in the New Year! I am looking forward to it already, as I need a break from the intensive studying!

Contentious Subject!

I would just like to take this opportunity to clear up a few points I made in my post yesterday! As, I have had quite a busy time of it and was rather tired. I didn't mean to be quite so critical of Jonathan's Work on the SAGGA website! I know that these things take time, and a lot of effort, especially when you are busy doing other things. Sorry, if I seemed over critical of your good work, and am sorry to hear of the website problems you are having!

The second point I would like to correct my Blog readership on is the fact as Martin reminded me, SAGGA members do not have a direct membership of SSAGO, they have to be associate members as I am at the moment. I would like to thank Martin for reminding me of that point! Anyway now that is all cleared up, I am back in Hornsea for the weekend to see several friends. I will try not to put my foot in it in such a big way in future! Hope all my readership is well, so now I will get back to writing my essay!

Today I have been doing yet more work on my IST essay, plus revision!

Today, I have been completing lots of work on my IST coursework, hopefully by the end of today, it should be completed! I have also being working on revision for my forthcoming exams!

Anyway, enough of that, today I have been thinking about what I should do in September, I think I will relinquish my associate membership of SSAGO, as a lot of the people I know have as I have been a member of SSAGO for six years, and now just devote my time to trying to make it to SAGGA events, wherever in the country they may be!

As a lot of people I know from my time in SSAGO are now SAGGA members. Even though if the rules have not changed SAGGA members have associate membership of SSAGO anyway and help out with Rallies e.t.c.

Looked at the SAGGA website a few minutes ago I still don't see any sign of the large makeover that was promised some time ago by the webmaster, but large parts of the old site is not working. So maybe the makeover is in progress. Oh well these things take time!

Anyway, back to the coursework and some sections to rewrite, what fun and then non stop revision for the best part of two weeks, what do they say, no rest for the wicked!

Today have mostly been working!

Today, I have mostly being working on revision for my forthcoming exams, in exactly two weeks time I will be enduring my final taste of examinations whilst at University and hopefully I will pass!

At the same time as this I have also being finalising my final piece of coursework until September, when the project starts! At least the weather will not be so changeable hopefully, it will just be one constant deluge of rain as September always is! Anyway, we have Paul Hudson to forecast the weather and he's nearly always accurate! So I will speak again tomorrow, as I must keep on with the essay writing and revision, as I am about to proceed to Scarborough Borough Council's Gym, on Filey Road, Scarborough.

Useful Web Sites

Yesterday and today my internet surfing has been based out the BBC site .. I've found three places that are useful as places of reference, these are BBC News Console,
BBC Sports Console and BBC Weather Console, by the way they only work if you have a media player installed!

You should take a look if you have broadband they are very useful sites, that can tell you what is going on in the World, especially as one of my friends has organised a camp this week, and has got very wet, not good!

IST Essay

Today, I have being mostly working on my IST essay, which is good fun! I think it is finally finished, so that pleased me. At last I will be able to get back to some revision after the last few weeks spent working on the essay! I intended to go for a walk around Scarborough, but it rained and the appeal of the walk quickly wore off!

I also spent some time working on the Eurojam website which was also good fun, lots more of that to come I think! Today, Richard came back to Scarborough from Rochdale after a fortnight away, so I had somebody to work in the Java Lab with, once again!

Hopefully after one more days work on my IST essay, I will be able to call it finished, chear, and then the real revision will start, which will be good fun! Note the hint of sarcasm in the previous sentance.

Another point of note on todays BBC News was that the erratic weather that has been battering the UK this summer is set to continue into this week! Oh dear I took all my coats home with me this weekend and left them thinking the weather would be nice, as it is Scarborough in August, big mistake!

Broadband

Last night I had a good night out with a few of my friends at Hornsea Floral Hall once again! Today, I have spent most of the day investigating various broadband opportunities, I think I have decided on a package from Telco4u.net. So hopefully high speed internet access at home here I come! However it won't be anywhere near the speed of my University connection of 100Mbps, so I think a slow down will be needed.

When I have the Broadband connection set up I hope to deploy a wireless Router on the connection, with a firewall! At this moment in time my choice is between 3Com (formerly US Robotics), the people I got my very reliable Sportster Flash modem from, several years ago and still use at home, when not connected to JANET at University! The other choice is Buffalo products which I have heard several good reports about! Anyway will just have to wait and see which type I go for after reading various reviews. If anyone has any useful broadband advice, let me know via the comments tab or via the Contact Me form to the right.

Researching Broadband!

Have spent the day researching the broadband opportunities that will be available when I move out my University accomodation at the end of this month and go back home. I am thinking of setting up Broadband through a wireless router, so I can connect a laptop to the network throughout the house, as well as my own computer!

However, I am having problems finding reviews of the different options available so therefore I would find any solutions people have heard off very useful indeed! I will definitely need a faster connection for updating the Scouting 2007 website, I am now involved with!

Presently I am listening to Hull City AFC beating Bournemouth at the KC Stadium in Hull on the premiumtv.co.uk Hull City Website! They are winning their first game in League One, and Nick Barmby very nearly scored for the first time for city!

Revision, Telegraph & Linux

Today, I have mainly been revising Java Programming, Internet Systems Technology and Internet Based Information Systems for my forthcoming exams later this month! Over Lunch I read the Daily Telegraph and did some programming with Java in the afternoon, all good fun!

Essay!

Spent the day working on my essay before making my way into Scarborough town centre for a wander around, it was very busy as Scarborough always is in Summer!

Today I have been to the Gym!

Today, I have had quite a hectic day with finishing off my IST essay, helping to fix a problem on the Eurojam Web Site!. I also visited the Gym for a work out this evening, which was good!

There has been a lot of talk about the Rock of Gibralter in the news, I don't know what the Spanish are on about it has been part of Britain for a long time, and shows part of our colonial history?

On a more happy note the Daleks will be back in the new series of Doctor Who the BBC announced today. Which I am very pleased about, Dr Who wouldn't be Dr Who without the Daleks would it?

Today I went for a walk around Scarborough in the rain!

Today, I have been doing yet more work on various essays as well as going for a walk in which I got very wet. Have also learnt a little bit more about how to update the Scouting 2007 site! It's all good fun really I can assure you! Anyway, will have to go now as security want to lock the Java Lab and my home Internet Connection is not working! Will speak more tomorrow, and update you on all the things I have been up to once again!

Back to work

Today, I have spent most of the day working on various assignments in the University of Hull's Java Lab! See above Link for what is going on there at the moment!

I got on quite well with various things, but I am now running out of time before the exams come around again! However, I found this site in support of Longridge Scout Boating Centre, so I have included a link.

Meeting in Reading part 2!

Spent another day in Reading which turned out very enjoyable and once again very warm just like yesterday!