Tag: preston college
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[Bloganuary] Alumnus
Bloganuary wants to know what colleges I've attended. Let's take a tour of my experience of further education.
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Surprises, e.g. a Brother-in-Law
While on the way to a stag night in Edinburgh, Dan stops to perform magic in Preston and is surprised to discover that his sister has secretly gotten married.
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New Year Photos
These images were shared here in hindsight, on 25 May 2019.
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Head Sizes
Is there a correlation between head circumference and intelligence, as measured by GCSE scores? Our research says no.
Raw data:
MALE Head Size (cm) GCSE Score TOPLINE BOTTOMLEFT BOTTOMRIGHT 60.4 45 12.87 115.025625 21.855625 57.2 48 31.605 56.625625 2.805625 57.5 44 1.565 61.230625 32.205625 56.4 41 -18.83 45.225625 75.255625 57.1 44 1.485 55.130625 32.205625 56.6 … -
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Went to church with Alecia and Richard. There's a weird experience for me. Tasted the new flavour of Juicefuls from Brewsters while I was in town - Strawberry flavour. They're just as addictive as all the other flavours. Though I had intended to use the remainder of the day to finish tidying my room (the …
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Went into college for Pure Maths, and for the first time in 1999, arrived on time (as opposed to one or more hours early)! Went out for tea to McDonalds with my dad and sisters in the evening. Went to my mum's house, and spent five hours (almost breaking my personal record of 5 hours …
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Maths in the morning. How is it that the first lesson in a new module always makes so much more sense than any other one? Went home for lunch in my three-hour break, returning for Psychology. Watched a video on "Eyewitness Testimony". We've seen the same one three times now. Alecia took the second half …
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Psychology in the morning was low-tone, and everybody seems to be under excess stress. Bunked off General Studies, because the recently-done exam paper hasn't been marked anyway, and it'll be cancelled as usual... Everything seems to be this week. Instead, took off into town with Fay, browsed the shops, put in my application for a …
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Didn't go in to college. Virtually all my lessons have been cancelled anyway. Instead - spend the morning catching up on sleep lost over the last few weeks, and took the afternoon as a chance to deal with my backlog of e-mail in my InBox...
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LORD II - Preston College Version
This document was shared on my college Intranet and via a hidden URL on my first website, on 11 December 1997. It was republished here on 22 March 2021. It provides instructions for players of the multiplayer DOOR game I adapted for local network play and the world I built within it for my friends …