Archive for February, 2006

Feb
28

Bus-free Roads

posted by kry in general, university

Today, the Public Transport Association (ATP) is on strike.
Is it only my impression or are the roads quieter this morning? At least from where I live to University and back that is how the roads were this morning.

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Feb
25

Carnival 2006

posted by kry in general, out and about

Early this morning I headed down to Valletta. Now, I must admit that I don’t usually like Carnival time although I feel really sorry for those people who work really hard all year long to prepare for these few days of fun and then the weather ruins everything.
However, after an absence of some years (around [...]

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Feb
22

Moodle

posted by kry in general, links, university, websites

Apart from esims, there is now another interesting system at University. Lecturers can now post lecture notes and other important information related to their course on Moodle. An enrolment code is given to students and once registered, we can access this information online.
I believe it is a very good idea, the same as esims, since [...]

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Feb
21

Just received another email. Apparently, credit card details are sometimes issued on flight coupons by mistake. My flight was booked last December and they told me that since that day most of the ticketing is now done electronically, and this problem of printing credit card details should be avoided through this procedure. At least this [...]

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Feb
17

Great weather today :)

posted by kry in general

I woke up this morning and when I looked outside I was greeted with sunshine
It feels like a bright sunny morning in Spring!!
Today I don’t have any lectures at university so I have more time for myself and another long weekend without having to think about lectures and assignments. Actually this [...]

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Feb
15

I received a reply from them today and they said that it is not usual for credit card details to be printed on tickets. I am sending them the details so that they can investigate the matter further. It was a good thing that I contacted them after all as I had thought that it [...]

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Feb
14

After having a conversation with Arcibald through the comments in my previous post, I decided to send them an email asking them the reason for printing the full credit card details on the flight tickets and whether it is only done when booking online or for all payments done by credit card. I hadn’t done [...]

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Feb
14

Yesterday we had our first e-Commerce II lecture and at one point the lecturer mentioned Air Malta’s online flight booking system. He was saying that on the internet the flights were more expensive than when he went and booked them from one of the booking offices. At that point, he reminded me of something else [...]

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Feb
11

Left Brain Dominant

posted by kry in general, tests

Brain Lateralization Test Results
Right Brain: 22%Left Brain: 82%
Left brain dominant individuals are more orderly, literal, articulate, and to the point. They are good at understanding directions and anything that is explicit and logical. They can have trouble comprehending emotions and abstract concepts, they can feel lost when things are not clear, doubting anything that is [...]

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Feb
08

Quotes

posted by kry in quotes

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration - Edison

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