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AV vote -- poor advertising
In a forum that I frequent, I just saw an advert for the No to AV campaign. It stated:
"Help us wipe the smile off Nick Clegg's face"
That, for me, argued against the "No" campaign because:
1. Negative advertising is usually a sign that the advertiser's arguments are weak.
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The Alternative Vote
Next Thursday (those with postal ballots should have already received them) a referendum will be held on changing the voting system to the Alternative Vote system.
Here are the arguments For (as PDF file) and Against.
More arguments on both sides hereWhat did I decide ( Read more... ) -
Bad news
A month or two ago I was informed that my job would soon be coming to an end. I've been looking for another job since. -
Job News
A week ago I was informed that I was hired on an on-going basis.[1] There's also a permanent job advertised in the department so I've applied ( Read more... ) -
Job for 3 weeks
I've got a job ( Read more... ) -
Mobile phone reliability (again)
I'm going to have to change my phone soon because the most heavily used keys (i.e. the ones with the vowels and/or most common consonants) don't always register. My phone has been crashing a bit more (probably less than once a week, on average, but it's still disconcerting). However, I'm going to need a job first so I can't change my phone just ( Read more... ) -
Whoops!
Previous entry corrected. -
So close...
A couple of weeks ago I applied for a job. On the Monday I got a call for a screening interview with the agency who was dealing with it. I had that the next day. I was then informed, a couple of days later, that there would be an interview with the company the following Wednesday (i.e. the one just gone ( Read more... ) -
New printer
I found printing my CV out a pain with my deskjet printer because it often smudged letters. The annoying thing was that, when it happened, it was usually only 1 or 2 letters. However, that's enough to ruin a CV ( Read more... )