This is like so totally sick. I mean OMG some of the language here is so OTT but also quite cool like.
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Retro Mags: Eagle, Star Wars and Computer and Video Games
Currently clearing out the flat and came across a series of old comics/mags I used to have as a kid. Took some snaps before they get archived forever!
Anyone remember Eagle from the 80s? Well, here’s issue one and two from 1982. Such an odd comic, really apocalyptic in it’s storytelling, in fact I think the Earth was under some kind of threat on every page be it Mekons or Doomlords. Maybe it was relaunched to try and give 2000 AD a run for it’s money, but as the years went on it tended to become more tame in nature, less disturbing and generally less interesting.
I’ve also dug out some old Star Wars comics and an old Computer and Video Games magazine. So random – brings back GoTo codes all over again. I can’t believe I used to spend hours trying to copy code from magazines only to see them run error reports when hitting the return key.
But good to see that CVG is still going strong
Top tips for writing a dissertation
At the moment I’m in the process of moving house so each night I have the joyous task of packing hundreds of boxes and deciding what to keep and what to throw away. So, imagine my excitement when I discovered my old Literary Theory MA dissertation. Since submitting it back in 1997 I’ve never looked at it – so I thought I’d kill a few hours reviewing it after all these years. Big mistake.
After about ten minutes I had to put it down, I couldn’t understand any of it. And there’s the rub. There’s no reason for writing about anything complex unless you can communicate it simply and effectively. If you can’t, then it probably suggests you don’t really know what you’re on about or, worse, you’re just a pretentious idiot.
So, here’s my advice for all you budding dissertation writers:
- Keep it simple. If you can’t quickly summarize what you’re writing about over a few beers with your mates then something is wrong. Take a break and take a step back
- Take a step back: put the document down and come back to it the next day or even week. Does it still make sense?
- Do you have an argument? Look at the logical progression of your essay. Is it really dialectical? Are you really considering the objections to your main thesis?
- Is it really interesting? If not, why bother?
- Is this essay going to add value to your life in future years? If not, why the hell bother?
- Will you really change the world with this essay? If not, wouldn’t it be better if you set your targets on something more realistic?
- Are all your original thoughts contained in your footnotes? If so, why?
- Are you really trying to be original or are you just collating other people’s thoughts?
- Remember what Orwell said: Stop being a prat and cut down the word length and rhetoric
- Be careful not to step out of the subject of your own research. If you haven’t had training in other areas then it may be harder to balance logical arguments. Do you really want to be a Jack of all trades and master of none?
- Remember, handing in your end of year dissertation often coincides with some of the season’s biggest music festivals. The latter are more important.
I missed out on Glasto ’97 because of this paper. Don’t let this happen to you.
OMG! Attack of the Mutant Camels!
Bloody hell, I spent hours playing this game once. What a complete sad-o!
Why Music Matters – Kate Bush
Hear, hear.
Hitler defends movie copyright
Poignant and downright hilarious.
Rochester Castle, ACDC and Iron Man
Watch this. Amazing…
ACDC Vs Iron Man 2 – Architectural Projection Mapping on Rochester Castle from seeper on Vimeo.
Sublime Battersea
Simply magic. T.S Eliot used to frequent this park don’t you know…
Confronting Theory Podcast
Just listened to a great podcast on the negative influence of Cultural Theory as taught in Universities today. Philip Bell argues that Cultural Theory sort of skims the surface of topics it touches like Science, Psychology and Philosophy and is therefore unable to see that many of it’s arguments are unfounded and even out of date. Like a student dozing off mid-lecture.
It’s not an original point of view, Eagleton has been damning the relativists for over thirty years which make me wonder why Bell is publishing a book on this only now. But it’s an age-old question: Is the jack of all trades truly master of none?
But Bell does have a point. Some of the Cultural Theorists are so bloody hard to read and understand, it’s almost as if they’ve lost touch with reality. I’ve spent hours trying to get my head around people like Derrida and Barthes and my conclusion is thus: If you can’t explain your point of view clearly, then it is, quite simply, a load of tosh.
Interesting stuff.
