Just to get it off my mind....

Im not going to bore you with a list of complaints about fourth year, but i just have to say am i the only one who thinks that maybe they made a mistake by doing fourth year? I knew it was going to be hard work, it was hardly suprising. Admittedly, i haven't been the most motivated person to get the college work done, so it's mostly my own fault that im regretting it but the research paper, well im struggling and honestly don't have much of a clue what im doing and it's due in three weeks! Is anyone else feeling the same?

Mobile Computing

An example of mobile computing is hand held wireless device that allows waiting staff to provide a more efficent service. The devices work by sending the orders through the internet without having to go into the kitchen. This saves time and lets staff deal with other jobs that need to be done or other customers. Mobile computing is recent technology to the hospitality industry although i myself have not had the chance to use it.

Search Engine Optimisation

Search engine optimisation is based around people trying to attract as many visitors as possible to their website through using a variety of methods. Websites measure how popular they are through search engines such as



One of which are using key words in the title of your webpage and throughout the text of your webpage. Oddly enough Google doesnt recognise pictures and can only read text so therefore prefers dull websites with lots of quality text instead of a nice page. So the lesson here is the more boring and text rich your website the higher up in the Google list you will go, after all, whats the point being on the tenth page? Nobody looks there!

Decisions,Decisions

As I've looked through everyone's blog pages, leaving college has been a common topic discussed and it seems everyone has some form of a plan for after college except I'm not so sure what exactly mine is. Ive discussed going to America with my housemates but I've also briefly discussed going to Australia with my friends from Dublin. If i go either place it wont be until late this year or early next year but its making any type of decision that is my problem. I am very indecisive when it comes to most things.I tend to let other people make most the decisions when it comes to certain things because if it was up to me it could be days before a decision was made!!!

Guess this will be one big decision i will have to make myself....I'm just glad its only March now!

Virtual Communities

Currently I'm not much of a virtual community user although over the weekend i did join Bebo but im still trying to get the hang of it to be honest! I never understood what could be so fascinating about Bebo,My space and the other virtual communities but i decided to join after my friend told me if i didn't create a Bebo page she would do it for me. This wouldn't of been a issue at all but i know that my friends intentions weren't exactly...honorable!
I must say that even though i wasn't exactly keen on joining,i have noticed that it is alittle addictive. I find myself wanting to look at Bebo when i get a email to say I've got a message and wondering what else i can add to my page to make it more interesting! Heres a quick view of my bebo page

As for communities such as Second Life, well I've never been on it so i don't know enough about it to comment to much on it.as far as i am aware its basically the real world virtually.I don't think that its necessarily a bad thing to go on websites like Second Life now and again as abit of fun. When you think of Second Life and the people who use it,you could be mistaken into thinking it's used by people who have no friends in the real world and even though ive never been on it, i personally don't think that the case at all.

Just a thought about Valentines Day...

This week alot of people will have spent alot of money buying gifts for the ones they love in order to prove their affection. Some people will love their gifts,and others,depending on what their partners idea of a romantic gift is,will hate their gifts. Everybody likes to receive gifts and I for one am no different but is it really necessary to spend a small fortune to prove to someone you love them,or is it just another commercial holiday? Surely you can show someone they mean something to you without buying them expensive gifts. I am personally on the fence about this but then again i am happily single so this year it will be just another day to me!

Rag Week!!!!

Rag week started today! After the last four years of it not much has changed, the line up stays pretty much the same with the hen and stag on tuesday,the wedding wednesday and the main ball on thursday. Normally i go to atleast 2 or 3 of the rag week nights out,however this year im only going to one which is the wedding! I would of went on thursday but its a mystery tour and as its fifty euro a ticket it could turn out to be a waste of money if its no good! So i think this year i will skip going to the main ball and just go to Amber or Silence because atleast there if it's not a good night i can get a takeaway and a cheap taxi home. Then again a night is what you make it!!!