Masters thesis
Well, the initial individual project allocations have been published, and it looks like I've definitely had my project confirmed. As far as I know, it was going to happen anyway, but it's nice to have official confirmation now, so I can start working on it.
What is my project? Well, it was my own proposal, and the title is Towards a Database Filesystem, which may give you a clue. The aim of this project is to build a database filesystem that can store various elements of metadata about a file, allowing you to categorise and organise files differently depending on how you're feeling or how you want to find your data.
Back at Uni
So, I'm now back at University - it feels good to be back! I've moved back into the same house as last year, with the same guys as before, which is great. They're a wonderful bunch, and we live more like a family than a collection of students.
Today was the Freshers Fair, and it was great to see a lot of people again after six months away. I saw a few people from the department, as well as some other very good friends and my dance partner. It's amazing to realise just how much I've missed everybody, and how glad I am to be there with them again. I'm really going to miss this place when I leave this year.
Facebook Controversy
Introduction
There has been some recent controversy over Facebook's Terms and Conditions: specifically, it seems that these Terms imply that they own any Content that you post to the site. When I first heard about this on 1st October 2007, I thought that it couldn't be right. A company couldn't just bury that in their Terms and Conditions… could they?
I decided to go through it, and having assauged my own doubts, I felt it was worth explaining in detail to anyone who is interested. Hi to anyone visiting from a group set up about this.