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mjd: Woah, that's some serious "academic integrity", Ethiopia. I'm sure my #uni is sitting up and taking notice. https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/01/ethiopia-imposes-nationwide-internet-blackout/
mjd's status on Monday, 05-Jun-17 07:46:21 UTC
Woah, that's some serious "academic integrity", Ethiopia. I'm sure my #uni is sitting up and taking notice. https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/01/ethiopia-imposes-nationwide-internet-blackout/
mjd: The difference between a school educator and a university educator should be the difference between a leader and a guide. #uni
mjd's status on Monday, 17-Apr-17 03:38:54 UTC
The difference between a school educator and a university educator should be the difference between a leader and a guide. #uni
mjd: Really struggling to get started on an assignment that's an insult to the intelligence of everybody involved. I'm back in high school and really don't want to be here. #uni
mjd's status on Monday, 17-Apr-17 02:09:03 UTC
Really struggling to get started on an assignment that's an insult to the intelligence of everybody involved. I'm back in high school and really don't want to be here. #uni
mjd: #Economics exam done. Probably passed. My refusal to explain macroeconomic policy in terms of supply and demand curves won't have helped, but I do have some dignity #FFS. Statistics tomorrow and then I'm done for another term. Well and truly done. #uni
mjd's status on Tuesday, 07-Feb-17 02:31:19 UTC
#Economics exam done. Probably passed. My refusal to explain macroeconomic policy in terms of supply and demand curves won't have helped, but I do have some dignity #FFS. Statistics tomorrow and then I'm done for another term. Well and truly done. #uni
mjd: How can I be expected to get any #work done with all the noise of these whooshing deadlines? #DNA #uni
mjd's status on Sunday, 22-Jan-17 13:42:58 UTC
How can I be expected to get any #work done with all the noise of these whooshing deadlines? #DNA #uni
mjd: #DrWho Club of #AU is 40 years old. Antony "Doctor Wholigan" Howe and Dallas "Sidekick" Jones are still alive. 1980s #Bittorrent was airmailed VHS cassettes and a lecture room at #Sydney #uni. Happy days. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2016/08/doctor-who-club-of-australia-to.html
mjd's status on Friday, 02-Dec-16 11:15:47 UTC
#DrWho Club of #AU is 40 years old. Antony "Doctor Wholigan" Howe and Dallas "Sidekick" Jones are still alive. 1980s #Bittorrent was airmailed VHS cassettes and a lecture room at #Sydney #uni. Happy days. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2016/08/doctor-who-club-of-australia-to.html
mjd: Email from #uni: "[…] If that link is broken click here." They're to the same URL! What do you think you're achieving? Are you sacrificing the first link to the HTTP gods, so that the second might be spared?
mjd's status on Thursday, 08-Sep-16 07:13:15 UTC
Email from #uni: "[…] If that link is broken click here." They're to the same URL! What do you think you're achieving? Are you sacrificing the first link to the HTTP gods, so that the second might be spared?
mjd: Couldn't bear the thought of reading a textbook, so went AWOL today and just caught up on reading the Internet. Found some useful stuff for my next essays. Despite my bad attitude to #uni, I can't complain about being required to do more or less what I'd be doing anyway.
mjd's status on Thursday, 01-Sep-16 10:05:40 UTC
Couldn't bear the thought of reading a textbook, so went AWOL today and just caught up on reading the Internet. Found some useful stuff for my next essays. Despite my bad attitude to #uni, I can't complain about being required to do more or less what I'd be doing anyway.
mjd: I keep telling myself that I could write a beautiful essay without the time, word, and topic limits imposed. Then my interior voice (which sounds just like Jeremy Hardy) says "Yeah, but you wouldn't, would you?" #uni
mjd's status on Thursday, 25-Aug-16 13:20:51 UTC
I keep telling myself that I could write a beautiful essay without the time, word, and topic limits imposed. Then my interior voice (which sounds just like Jeremy Hardy) says "Yeah, but you wouldn't, would you?" #uni
mjd: Most painful essay ever. I'm going to drink to forget now. Possibly for two or three days. #uni
mjd's status on Thursday, 25-Aug-16 13:16:05 UTC
Most painful essay ever. I'm going to drink to forget now. Possibly for two or three days. #uni
mjd: Today in higher education, this happened: http://mjd.id.au/node/6997938 #uni #edu
mjd's status on Monday, 15-Aug-16 13:23:20 UTC
Today in higher education, this happened: http://mjd.id.au/node/6997938 #uni #edu
mjd: This has saved me a lot of typing: http://www.tobias-elze.de/pdfsandwich/index.html #uni
mjd's status on Friday, 12-Aug-16 08:39:09 UTC
This has saved me a lot of typing: http://www.tobias-elze.de/pdfsandwich/index.html #uni
mjd: Ugh. Both my units for this term at #uni are taught by the same person, asking us to critically think, critically engage, critically reflect, & critically self-reflect. Scared to look at the reading list; with all this criticality flying about, there's bound to be some #Foucault.
mjd's status on Wednesday, 06-Jul-16 04:38:35 UTC
Ugh. Both my units for this term at #uni are taught by the same person, asking us to critically think, critically engage, critically reflect, & critically self-reflect. Scared to look at the reading list; with all this criticality flying about, there's bound to be some #Foucault.
mjd: Going AWOL today. Mental health day. Nearly end of term, and if anybody asks me to do something perfectly reasonable, but to do it "critically", I'm likely to go postal. #uni
mjd's status on Friday, 20-May-16 01:46:08 UTC
Going AWOL today. Mental health day. Nearly end of term, and if anybody asks me to do something perfectly reasonable, but to do it "critically", I'm likely to go postal. #uni
mjd: Have chosen the topic of stress for a silly #uni assignment. So I keep seeing Chris Morris in lycra at regular intervals through the day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZTvMYQSl_w #ITCrowd
mjd's status on Wednesday, 11-May-16 11:26:48 UTC
Have chosen the topic of stress for a silly #uni assignment. So I keep seeing Chris Morris in lycra at regular intervals through the day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZTvMYQSl_w #ITCrowd
I Am Declaring War on STRESS! Denholm The IT Crowd | Series 1 Episode 2
mjd: @tregeagle It's a potemkin #uni. All the staff are casuals, all the course material was produced by people long gone, or dead, or worse - still tenuously employed. Don't look behind the "student experience" curtain, there's nothing there. #SCU
mjd's status on Wednesday, 11-May-16 10:52:29 UTC
@tregeagle It's a potemkin #uni. All the staff are casuals, all the course material was produced by people long gone, or dead, or worse - still tenuously employed. Don't look behind the "student experience" curtain, there's nothing there. #SCU
mjd: Thank you #Blackboard, for your informative markup. I kid you not: ' ' #uni #WebHallOfShame
mjd's status on Tuesday, 10-May-16 09:02:42 UTC
Thank you #Blackboard, for your informative markup. I kid you not: ' ' #uni #WebHallOfShame
mjd: Due at 5pm; submitted at 4:59 and 45 seconds. #uni
mjd's status on Friday, 22-Apr-16 07:09:25 UTC
Due at 5pm; submitted at 4:59 and 45 seconds. #uni
mjd: Oh, good grief. #DLW is the only student (so far) at her lecture. The new (privately-operated) #Torrens #uni may be worse than #SCU.
mjd's status on Tuesday, 05-Apr-16 08:41:40 UTC
Oh, good grief. #DLW is the only student (so far) at her lecture. The new (privately-operated) #Torrens #uni may be worse than #SCU.
mjd: #DLW's first lecture (at a different #uni) is this evening, at the same time as one of mine. Now to test if two instances of #Blackboard Collaborate can run off a single retail #NBN connection.
mjd's status on Tuesday, 05-Apr-16 08:39:04 UTC
#DLW's first lecture (at a different #uni) is this evening, at the same time as one of mine. Now to test if two instances of #Blackboard Collaborate can run off a single retail #NBN connection.
mjd: This evening's #Blackboard Collaborate lecture is over. It's so unnervingly jarring to try shouting into the void of the world's most lag-tastic VoIP app; a conference call that can't handle more than one open mic at a time. Bring back tin cans and string! #uni
mjd's status on Tuesday, 29-Mar-16 09:40:37 UTC
This evening's #Blackboard Collaborate lecture is over. It's so unnervingly jarring to try shouting into the void of the world's most lag-tastic VoIP app; a conference call that can't handle more than one open mic at a time. Bring back tin cans and string! #uni
mjd: Was going to have an early night, but after another bout of the #SCU "student experience", I had to go to the off-license for some calm down juice. #uni
mjd's status on Tuesday, 15-Mar-16 10:56:52 UTC
Was going to have an early night, but after another bout of the #SCU "student experience", I had to go to the off-license for some calm down juice. #uni
mjd: Blimey. A new post on #Blackboard says "I look forward to reading your contributions", from a member of #SCU academic staff who died last year. The ultimate in contingent labour. #uni
mjd's status on Tuesday, 15-Mar-16 08:03:48 UTC
Blimey. A new post on #Blackboard says "I look forward to reading your contributions", from a member of #SCU academic staff who died last year. The ultimate in contingent labour. #uni
mjd: It's taken me over two years to realise that #Austudy payments are an open-ended license to read a lot and write a lot. Any actual qualifications I might earn are just superfluous gold stars for effort. #uni
mjd's status on Sunday, 07-Feb-16 11:57:38 UTC
It's taken me over two years to realise that #Austudy payments are an open-ended license to read a lot and write a lot. Any actual qualifications I might earn are just superfluous gold stars for effort. #uni
mjd: Any article the title or subtitle of which begins with the word "towards" is not worth reading. #lifelessons #uni
mjd's status on Monday, 01-Feb-16 10:27:21 UTC
Any article the title or subtitle of which begins with the word "towards" is not worth reading. #lifelessons #uni
mjd: Summer repeat of Richard Hil on his latest book "Selling Students Short": http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/2016-01-10/7002072 #uni
mjd's status on Monday, 11-Jan-16 01:13:27 UTC
Summer repeat of Richard Hil on his latest book "Selling Students Short": http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/2016-01-10/7002072 #uni
mjd: Have to finish essay today, as kids next door play a particularly lively game of "who can scream loudest?" #uni
mjd's status on Sunday, 10-Jan-16 00:47:13 UTC
Have to finish essay today, as kids next door play a particularly lively game of "who can scream loudest?" #uni
mjd: Essay déjà vu. Two days ago I started thinking "Hold on. This is actually quite interesting. Why didn't I start on it 3 weeks earlier?" Today, a deadline whooshes past. #uni
mjd's status on Friday, 08-Jan-16 07:06:07 UTC
Essay déjà vu. Two days ago I started thinking "Hold on. This is actually quite interesting. Why didn't I start on it 3 weeks earlier?" Today, a deadline whooshes past. #uni
mjd: Moved @mjd #uni to the #Sawtell #RSL this afternoon. Two frustrations: #EeePC battery refused to run out, and bottle of Grannycham that I grew to suspect was alcohol free. 2 hours of PDF files, and I'm not even slightly biffle dinked! #Doonesbury http://ur1.ca/odsnx
mjd's status on Tuesday, 05-Jan-16 09:47:35 UTC
Moved @mjd #uni to the #Sawtell #RSL this afternoon. Two frustrations: #EeePC battery refused to run out, and bottle of Grannycham that I grew to suspect was alcohol free. 2 hours of PDF files, and I'm not even slightly biffle dinked! #Doonesbury http://ur1.ca/odsnx
mjd: @kat I dream of the luxury of 6,000 words. The sub-prime university sector in #AU is too miserly to pay people to mark anything > 1,500 words. I spend most of my time cutting an adequate essay down to an incoherent travesty. #uni
mjd's status on Wednesday, 30-Dec-15 09:49:43 UTC
@kat I dream of the luxury of 6,000 words. The sub-prime university sector in #AU is too miserly to pay people to mark anything > 1,500 words. I spend most of my time cutting an adequate essay down to an incoherent travesty. #uni
mjd: Been putting off starting on a pointless essay. Emboldened by the thought that if Maggie Smith can do Downton Abbey, I can do this. I think she was paid above #Austudy rates, though. #uni
mjd's status on Tuesday, 29-Dec-15 10:55:32 UTC
Been putting off starting on a pointless essay. Emboldened by the thought that if Maggie Smith can do Downton Abbey, I can do this. I think she was paid above #Austudy rates, though. #uni
etniesoph: RT @grmpyoldman Kennt jmd. von Hochschulen & Schulen dieses Urheberrechtsproblem? #Tafelbilder http://is.gd/PQVUf9 #NRW #Uni #Schule
etniesoph's status on Thursday, 05-Nov-15 12:09:43 UTC
RT @grmpyoldman Kennt jmd. von Hochschulen & Schulen dieses Urheberrechtsproblem? #Tafelbilder http://is.gd/PQVUf9 #NRW #Uni #Schule
grmpyoldman: Kennt jmd. von Hochschulen & Schulen dieses Urheberrechtsproblem? #Tafelbilder http://is.gd/PQVUf9 #NRW #Uni #Schule
grmpyoldman's status on Thursday, 05-Nov-15 11:46:23 UTC
Kennt jmd. von Hochschulen & Schulen dieses Urheberrechtsproblem? #Tafelbilder http://is.gd/PQVUf9 #NRW #Uni #Schule
mjd: Also pleasantly surprised to see my old #uni tutor Geoff Turnbull providing the music at the #Sawtell Hotel. He's really quite good. http://gigs.gigatools.com/user/GeoffT https://www.reverbnation.com/geoffturnbull/songs
mjd's status on Thursday, 05-Nov-15 09:37:40 UTC
Also pleasantly surprised to see my old #uni tutor Geoff Turnbull providing the music at the #Sawtell Hotel. He's really quite good. http://gigs.gigatools.com/user/GeoffT https://www.reverbnation.com/geoffturnbull/songs
mjd: First unbelievable #uni revelation of the summer session: #SCU is now outsourcing tutoring to cubicle drones. http://www.yourtutor.com.au/
mjd's status on Monday, 12-Oct-15 01:11:28 UTC
First unbelievable #uni revelation of the summer session: #SCU is now outsourcing tutoring to cubicle drones. http://www.yourtutor.com.au/
mjd: Holy cow. Was not aware that #Coffs City Library membership gave you access to EBSCOhost and other useful sources: http://libraries.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/research/e-resources/Pages/default.aspx #Uni looks more and more like a bum deal.
mjd's status on Sunday, 11-Oct-15 03:25:35 UTC
Holy cow. Was not aware that #Coffs City Library membership gave you access to EBSCOhost and other useful sources: http://libraries.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/research/e-resources/Pages/default.aspx #Uni looks more and more like a bum deal.
mcscx: RT @tregeagle Suffering from a bit of a hangover after celebrating the end of final exams. #Uni is over.
mcscx's status on Saturday, 26-Sep-15 01:10:40 UTC
RT @tregeagle Suffering from a bit of a hangover after celebrating the end of final exams. #Uni is over.
tregeagle: Suffering from a bit of a hangover after celebrating the end of final exams. #Uni is over.
tregeagle's status on Saturday, 26-Sep-15 00:48:04 UTC
Suffering from a bit of a hangover after celebrating the end of final exams. #Uni is over.
mjd: Finished last #work for the session. Woo-hoo! Now to all the other work I've been putting off. Woo, I say, hoo. #uni
mjd's status on Sunday, 20-Sep-15 11:24:04 UTC
Finished last #work for the session. Woo-hoo! Now to all the other work I've been putting off. Woo, I say, hoo. #uni
mjd: Keep getting harassed via email to provide "student feedback". I will not snitch on my colleagues in the academic community for the benefit of scam artists who run #AU universities. #SCU #uni
mjd's status on Thursday, 17-Sep-15 08:28:24 UTC
Keep getting harassed via email to provide "student feedback". I will not snitch on my colleagues in the academic community for the benefit of scam artists who run #AU universities. #SCU #uni
mjd: I don't believe for a second that #RMS uses #LibreOffice. I wouldn't, were it not for #uni. The cursing and swearing I've been doing this term… https://u.fsf.org/1ef
mjd's status on Tuesday, 15-Sep-15 08:53:48 UTC
I don't believe for a second that #RMS uses #LibreOffice. I wouldn't, were it not for #uni. The cursing and swearing I've been doing this term… https://u.fsf.org/1ef
mjd: Miserable experience last night doing a "presentation" that was really just shouting into the cyberspace void with no clue as to whether anybody was listening. Spent today in the usual #uni funk.
mjd's status on Tuesday, 15-Sep-15 08:23:24 UTC
Miserable experience last night doing a "presentation" that was really just shouting into the cyberspace void with no clue as to whether anybody was listening. Spent today in the usual #uni funk.
mjd: Brought a Proustian remembrance of gravel-rashes long since past. Also agony as my bruised and bloodied hands completed the essay's reference list on my return. #uni
mjd's status on Friday, 11-Sep-15 11:44:28 UTC
Brought a Proustian remembrance of gravel-rashes long since past. Also agony as my bruised and bloodied hands completed the essay's reference list on my return. #uni
mjd: Was disciplined, and didn't go out today until my essay was all done bar the typesetting. Finally strode urgently into the moonless night to get to the shop before it shut, tripped on the water meter, and faceplanted into the driveway. #uni
mjd's status on Friday, 11-Sep-15 11:39:10 UTC
Was disciplined, and didn't go out today until my essay was all done bar the typesetting. Finally strode urgently into the moonless night to get to the shop before it shut, tripped on the water meter, and faceplanted into the driveway. #uni
mjd: Just finished a 1000-word mini-essay that on first draft ran to 983 words, rather than the usual 3000. So proud of myself I could squee! #uni
mjd's status on Wednesday, 09-Sep-15 08:15:50 UTC
Just finished a 1000-word mini-essay that on first draft ran to 983 words, rather than the usual 3000. So proud of myself I could squee! #uni
mjd: I'm not even trying anymore. Preparing to write an essay by listening again to recorded lecture on the topic, so I know the bullet points I'm expected to parrot back. #uni
mjd's status on Monday, 07-Sep-15 06:22:17 UTC
I'm not even trying anymore. Preparing to write an essay by listening again to recorded lecture on the topic, so I know the bullet points I'm expected to parrot back. #uni
mjd: kiwi it. VPS provider has shut down my antiquated and probably insecure mail server. Worst possible time, with #uni assignments due. If I'm providing your email, expect lengthy service interruption.
mjd's status on Thursday, 03-Sep-15 00:31:58 UTC
batcave it. VPS provider has shut down my antiquated and probably insecure mail server. Worst possible time, with #uni assignments due. If I'm providing your email, expect lengthy service interruption.
mjd: Hitting the #uni wall. Just cannot bring myself to sit through a recording of yet another shambolic, disjointed #Blackboard Collaborate tutorial.
mjd's status on Sunday, 30-Aug-15 02:42:11 UTC
Hitting the #uni wall. Just cannot bring myself to sit through a recording of yet another shambolic, disjointed #Blackboard Collaborate tutorial.