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darn it July 10, 2008

I have spent the day trawling through third chapter of my thesis. This is where I think it actually starts to get interesting – with the analysis of very early, experimental TV images (although it is conceivable that I am biased and the rest of the population would find it as dull as the proverbial […]

darn it

I have spent the day trawling through third chapter of my thesis. This is where I think it actually starts to get interesting – with the analysis of very early, experimental TV images (although it is conceivable that I am biased and the rest of the population would find it as dull as the proverbial […]

the banana stand July 7, 2008

First day of Term 2 today. As well as lecturing this morning, this afternoon I had time to start thinking about a paper in response to a call from Velvet Light Trap – on failures and flops. I’m keen to write something about Arrested Development. Personally I thought it was a great show that, in […]

small acts of cunning June 17, 2008

The Bundaberg chapter of the Foucault reading group convened yesterday. Actually it’s less of a chapter and more just two of us working our way through Discipline and Punish (quite slowly). I’ve read it previously during the crazy years of my thesis, but my fellow reader is delving into the big wide world of french […]

small acts of cunning

The Bundaberg chapter of the Foucault reading group convened yesterday. Actually it’s less of a chapter and more just two of us working our way through Discipline and Punish (quite slowly). I’ve read it previously during the crazy years of my thesis, but my fellow reader is delving into the big wide world of french […]

finally…a research day June 12, 2008

At the beginning of the year I very optimistically opened my outlook calendar and marked off every thursday as a recurring appointment called “research day”. Today was the first day I actually managed to keep this appointment. Every other week during the term the persistent little reminder would keep popping up until I gave in […]

finally…a research day

At the beginning of the year I very optimistically opened my outlook calendar and marked off every thursday as a recurring appointment called “research day”. Today was the first day I actually managed to keep this appointment. Every other week during the term the persistent little reminder would keep popping up until I gave in […]