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Got the message?! To be honest during these periods of *intensive* work there isn\u2019t usually a lot to talk about but sufficed to say I\u2019ve dragged something out of myself today! Yesterday saw the conclusion of my major project (worth 1\/3 of this years marks) with a live demonstration \u2013 this seemed to go quite well and luckily the examiner didn\u2019t ask any horrible questions contrary to what I had been expecting. Whilst some of it has been quite interesting it\u2019s good to put a lid on it finally \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here\u2019s what the Software Engineering component of my course looks like on Q-cards: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/revision-rotated-e1771404929655.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69107\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Fascinating huh?!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/epeus.blogspot.com\/2005_05_01_epeus_archive.html#111570829201889342\">Google\u2019s Singularity machine<\/a> \u2013 are Google building \u2018AI that transcends humanity\u2019? <em>Perhaps.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abclocal.go.com\/ktrk\/technology\/050905_aptech_time.html\">Time Traveler Convention<\/a> \u2013 Nice idea which unfortunately didn\u2019t work. Dr. Who fans may be disappointed!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.csail.mit.edu\/edsinger\/domo.htm\">Edsinger Domo<\/a> \u2013 Be warned the robots are on the rise (again)! Not quite at Schwarzenegger terminator level yet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woostercollective.com\/2005\/03\/wooster-exclusive-banksy-hits-new.html\">Culture Jamming<\/a> \u2013 Some guy walks into famous museums and puts his own work up. Old news but still cool!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry again for the low frequency of posts these last few weeks \u2013 revision, revision\u2026 I H A T E R E V I S I O N. Got the message?! To be honest during these periods of *intensive* work there isn\u2019t usually a lot to talk about but sufficed to say I\u2019ve dragged something [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[88,6],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-future","category-university","tag-education"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":281,"url":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/softglow\/","url_meta":{"origin":276,"position":0},"title":"Softglow","author":"David","date":"31st May 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"The weather in Durham has been pretty good recently. 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