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Picking yr brains

  • Apr. 15th, 2008 at 12:39 PM
pepper: Pepperpot (Pepperpot)
So, hello! I am still around, but mostly lurking in other peoples' ljs at the moment – much easier than writing my own entries, which means making a mental effort.

News... I'm currently – temporarily - working in a different department, in a far more prescriptive environment, processing forms, lunch is from then to then, home time is on the dot... But it's pretty mindless, and the enforced getting-on-with-stuff is making me want to write again, hallelujah.

I need to put together a small website, to show off my (limited) skills in that area, for the job application in the other department here (they're unlikely to look at it, but you never know). At the moment, my only website is my fanfic one, and... no. 

It doesn't really matter what I do a sample website about, so long as it's relatively non-embarrassing (no not too many pics of hot boyz). I was thinking about making it educationalish, and I've come up with a few ideas... I could do it about King Alfred, seeing as I went to that exhibition and still haven't posted about it... or I could do it about... something else... art, Jenny Holzer and all that (I've got a dissertation on her around somewhere)... or... Heck, I could do it on paper bags, it doesn't really matter.

Should I do the King Alfred thing? Or anyone got any other bright ideas? 

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[identity profile] vickyocean.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 15th, 2008 12:57 pm (UTC)
Let's see if I can get this without looking it up...

King Alfred fought against the Saxon invasion, right? And I think he was very religious too.

I'm sorry. I have no useful information. I'm completely ignorant about website construction. And I too am immersed in a job hunt. Only on my end it involves an insanely long incredibly detailed application. You'd think I was applying for the CIA not an art school. Why can't someone just magically offer us wonderful well paying jobs without having to do all this crap?
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 15th, 2008 01:08 pm (UTC)
Almost. He united the Saxon kingdoms, fought the Danes, and established kinda peaceful relations with them. And yes, religious - and a great believer in knowledge, and getting the clergy to learn to write...

...And I have a whole post to put together about this. :)

Yes. With you on the job application thing. What I wish is that they could all be standard, so I don't have to find out different information and present it in a different way every goddamn time.
[identity profile] vickyocean.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 15th, 2008 01:58 pm (UTC)
Well, crap. I got the Danes and Saxons mixed up. Oh, well, they were all invaders at some point.

I started reading a trilogy a while ago about a Saxon boy that got captured during one of the invasions and was adopted into a family of Danes. He became a warrior for them, though he did eventually switch sides. Alfred wasn't portrayed in the most flattering light. He was weak and more concerned about religion and than really repelling the invaders.

Hmm, I should see if that last book is out yet.

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