Normal service has been resumed
I’ve just finished my final year project for my degree which comprised of a 12,000 word report and writing a web-based error reporting system using PHP for use in the University of Hull computer labs. Whether it’ll ever get used is debatable but eitherway, my skill-set has grown. I’m glad it’s over, but I enjoyed doing it. I came home to Merseyside this weekend, at the same time as Condoleezza Rice as it happens. She visited Liverpool (which is a predominantly anti-war Lib Dem stronghold) and I read in The Echo (local paper) that there were 2000 protesters which is hardly surprising, but it’s nice to hear scousers making the effort. I find Condi interesting; she has such a lovely smile, yet is such a complete and utter bitch. I didn’t go into Liverpool. I’m only here with my family for a weekend and then returning to Hull.
Shockingly, the Internets has just informed me that the current UK number 1 is actually a song I like! This hasn’t happened for a very long time. Okay, it’s not a particularly amazing tune but it’s pretty cool. It’s by an act calling itself Gnarls Barkely which consists of rapper Cee-Lo and more interestingly, DJ Dangermouse. I’ve been enjoying Dangermouse since his famous ‘Grey Album‘ and I really dug the recent ‘Dangerdoom’ collaboration with MF Doom. So how is decent music advancing so far up the chart? Well it’s a combination of the fact that internet sales are being taken into account for the first time and that the song has (apparently) been used in a Radio 1 advert on prime-time BBC TV. Feels less special now doesn’t it? Still, just remind yourself that 3 weeks ago it was Chico Time at #1 (follow that link for fitting words courtesy of the ever-magnificent Charlie Brooker). Anyway, time to jump on a train. Laters.