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March in Akureyri
This has been long… Very long…
I never thought my studies could be so intensive. Not that I don’t like blogging, but I’ve been trying to reduce the amount of time spent staring into my laptop’s glossy screen, which I have been remarkably unsuccessful at. I am still stuck in Akureyri. This fact doesn’t necessarily make me happy, as well as endless struggles with my university’s grading system (I’ve become so paranoid about marks, no good!), 8500 words of the BA thesis due on 8th May (preferably an intellectual discussion of the modern theory of state sovereignty), and the absent love of my life.
I’m not going to whine and grumble. Quite on the contrary, let’s see what’s going on in the world today shall we?
Google has launched a new service called Google Voice. The first announcement is here, the access point is here. In a nutshell, it should be like a substitution for skype. I remember I was crazy about testing different calling platforms and concluded that skype was the cheapest for calling Russia. Can’t wait to test the new arrival but it’s only open to the GrandCentral users, the company Google bought the other day.
Now Muntadar al-Zaidi is going to spend the next three years in jail for a Bush shoe attack. Sad story. I wish him all the best and sincerely hope his lawyers will get him out of there. He doesn’t deserve any jail term.
In the Icelandic domain, Baugur files for bankruptcy. Farewell Jón Ásgeir, I wish you all the best too in your future undertakings and do not doubt your success. Which is far more likely to happen than a poor journalist escaping a prison. Oh and Staumur-Burðarás has also been nationalised. It looks like these days are more about goodbyes than hellos, and that’s fair enough. We’re in a kreppa, wei wei!
The last but not least, it seems like it’s a good idea to do an LLM first and then apply for a training contract. Law firms are not exactly hiring this year. Besides, doing a Master’s at a good school is going to give me some advantage. I’m still guessing what it is going to be: UCL, LSE or IALS. Fingers crossed for UCL!
