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Major Lectures – Spring 09
Here’s a link to an iCal to this year’s Spring term Major Lectures for BAIMP3…
webcal://rizwanm.com/calendar/BAIMP3-SpringLectures.ics
Thought I may as well share the love while I try to organise myself. Hope it helps…
It’s complete with some deadlines and Seminar times… Ohh ritteeee B-D
Lots of love 
- Riz x x
Blogging
We all say in our first year that blogging is a waste of time and that only losers do it. I said the same thing. Nobody cares. Many of us still abide by that… blogs being made redundant – mine a prime example.
But Facebook is like the mahooosivest blog ever. Not only do you see what everyone else is doing, you naturally constantly update what you are doing. Exactly the function of a blog.
So I retract my earlier criticism of blogging. But add another side to it. I think that, in every human’s heart, there’s a little sheep. Let’s call it Doris. Doris, no matter what, will have a longing to belong. whether to be part of a group of outcasts or whether she wants to fit into society, there’s an element of her which will want to do what someone else has done/doing.
It’s like the difference between WordPress and Facebook. Doris sees WordPress as a lonely boring waste of time which no-one will care about. Because, there’s no proof 24/7 that someone else is doing what they’re doing. With Facebook, everyone’s constantly competing to tell the world more about themselves… like a global hyperblog. There’s a sense of belonging… everyone else spends just as much time as you seeing what other people are doing and maintaining their profile. A way for the big guys to keep an eye on us? an idle sport? probably. but its damn addictive. And people will eventually find out what you are saying….
even if it is through the mini-feed.
I spose thats why the impserver’s pretty sweet. Its beautiful to know that even in this lonelier side of blogging, there are still ears. Namely Joe. Thanks Joe.
Still hunting for reality,
- Riz x
My favourite read
This is officially my favourite subject. It’s a never-ending cycle. In year 1, Joe Flintham made me realise how interested I have always been and still am, in this topic… and nothing’s changed. I could read about it forever. Reality. What is real? Want a headache? Read more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality
Better get back to my essay 
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IMPSERVER
Hi,
To anyone who decides to read this. it’s a rant.
I haven’t used this blog in a while, but I think it’s time I used it constructively.
This one’s about the impserver. Some critical feedback for the future.
Our current project requires us to create social networking websites which rely on people physically visiting and using our websites before submission.
I’m trying to look at my own website right now. and guess what? I can’t see it. Why? Probably because the impblog’s being accessed, or a few fellow imps are trying to checkout their own projects.
Let it be known, however, I’m not blaming individuals as everyone’s been really helpful.
However, this is a rant about the time ratio during this project that I haven’t been able to work on my site, because the server’s connections need to be killed again.
“But what about the design view on dreamweaver?… use that instead you lazy git!” you might say. Unfortunately that’s a laughable concept. Checkout the attachment to this post below, and then, if the server lets you, look at my actual site: “http://impserver.bournemouth.ac.uk/~rmuhammad/index.php”. It’s funny how Dreamweaver works. or doesnt work.
I rely on the impserver.
I feel like I cant put my all in because I can’t see if what I’m doing is working, therefore it takes 20 times longer. Also, I can’t share my work or allow people to socially interact with it. On top of that, which I’m not sure of, apparently, you can’t even upload things from outside uni. So if this IS the case, Our brief should not have lifted our ambitions for this project.
And here I was all excited that my site may actually catch on in real life. Pah!
Maybe its too much to ask for… maybe an impserver in Second life would be able to handle more than 5 page refreshes.
Sorry to offend anyone, just speaking my mind. Hope it’s fixable.
I’ll try and get some more work done now.
By the way, Matt’s a total G. Thanks a bunch for ur help m8!
End of Empire
You can view the End of Empire project of Group R @:
http://www.onarollproductions.co.uk/endofempire /
Fun fun fun
Website
Hey…
Put my site on some free crappy webserver for now… you can visit it by going to:
That contains my completed images.
Ciao
Images
OK. Here’s all my Images so far. I can’t say any of them are finalised bcoz I’m still adding bits and pieces here and there.
They probably all need some heavy explaining but… meh… maybe another time. There’s one thing I used which is in all the images. I’ll let you see what it is. They are in no particular order. Click on a Thumbnail to see bigger image.
1. Evolution – Shows that even primitive technology evolves into something that in the end destroys nature. This image depicts a wheel from the stone-age killing people in a modern car-crash-way. The numbers in the background represent the years 1335 to 2006. 1335 being the year of the first car (wind-powered).
2. Technology’s impact on Nature – I saw, while driving back to Bournemouth that motorways literally cut through natural landscapes. This is technology destroying nature. See for yourself. Both of these took surprisingly f*ing ages to make.
3. Nature’s Impact on Technology – How does Nature impact technology? It makes man want to compete against it. It makes man want to beat it with evolving technology. It’s a big race. But how will the race end? How far can technology go?
4. Emulation – Man has a part of him that is missing; the part of him that wants to be closer to nature. So, to do so without losing the ‘luxuries’ of technology, tries to emulate nature in the office. This shows the piece of man that is missing. Not so much emulation, as I’d hoped… I think I might still add a bit to make it more emulation-related. (Text Updated)
That’s the lot… I’ll probably change/edit a bit more if I have time.
Got Back
I left home @ 1am and got here @ about 3am. I’m crackered. We went some long-ass way through Portsmouth and Southampton 
Wrong-turning. Well you gotta have atleast 1!
Home’s the same, brought back my TV. It’s awesome.
Anyway… Just thought I’d get myself up to date before I try and get some sleep.
Ciao, catchya l8r…
