well, you can’t really tell from this picture, but these are exactly 222 pages. this is the copy my supervisor gets for the final review before i hand it in. (which i hope will be soon!)
the timing couldn’t have been better: now that the revising is finally done i got an invitation to take part in the European World of Warcraft final beta today!
well now, i finished the chapter about neocron today. again. this time i hope that my prof is going to be content with it because i am not going to revise it yet another time. i am drawing the line here. yesterday i made another decision: once this whole PhD stuff is over, i am going to take a sabbatical. no kidding. i am so drained and tired now. i can’t go on working like that.
now this plainly sucks. the revising of the neocron chapter turned into a complete “deleting and rewriting” task. somehow my dear prof is not convinced that the mirror stage is the key concept to gain a better understanding why people play certain characters in an online rpg. sure, fine, whatever. i don’t want to argue with her about that because it’s sort of pointless so i bend to her will and try to fit in the “interpassivity” somehow. “interpassivity” is basically the assumption that by being active in a game (taking on missions, fighting foes, etc.) you delegate the “passive” aspects like enjoyment to the big Other, i.e. the game itself.
No hesitation, no delay
You come on just like special K
Just like I swallowed half my stash
I never ever want to crash
No hesitation, no delay
You come on just like special K
Now you’re back with dope demand
I’m on sinking sand
Gravity
No escaping gravity
Gravity
No escaping… not for free
I fall down… hit the ground
Make a heavy sound
Every time you seem to come around
(Placebo - Special K)
well, i am perfectly happy with wordpress when it comes to my personal blog, but since i am working on website that should be completely dynamic and database-powered i have been looking for some decent content management systems, aka CMS. phpnuke and postnuke appeared like overkill apps for that job, so i decided to familiarize myself with drupal. it meets all of my criteria: it is php and mysql powered, it is modular, you can customize it easily with templates and it creates valid xhtml output. well, that all may be true for wordpress as well, but drupal is way more powerful and more community friendly. for example, you can create an image gallery where users can upload their images or you can provide a forum without resorting to phpBB.