printed & bound

i picked up my finished thesis today - nicely printed and bound. feels even better than yesterday to see the finished piece in presentable format. i'll post some pics when i get around to it.

all done! RC5 = 1.0 (96/82)

there we go! i brought the paper to the printers' today and should get it printed and bound by 4pm tomorrow, meaning that i'll hand it in on thursday. so, barring any extremely major mistakes (="show stoppers"), i'm all done!

what lies ahead: after getting some other work done (a few things have piled up lately), i need to take my final four exams to get my master's title (actually it's a "magister", which translates to master, but isn't quite the same... confused? so is everyone else.). of the four exams, three are 20-30min oral exams (one each in my major (english) and my two minor subjects (psychology, computer science)), and the other one is a 4h written exam, also in english.

i'm already in the planning phase for those exams - i'll post more details here soon.

RC4 (96/82)

just a quick one: i hope i'm all done now. have yet to hear from the final two proofreaders, but i'll get that out of the way tomorrow morning and then bring the paper to the printers' in the afternoon. i even remembered to layout a cover and title page... :-)

RC3 (95/81)

sorry about the lack of posts. i spent the first part of the week taking some time off my thesis (and giving my proofreaders time for their corrections & modifications), but feedback started rolling in on friday. i'm glad to say that overall, the feedback has been very positive. my readers found a few errors here and there, and had some stylistic suggestions. as of now, i've incorporated everything i agree with. i have yet to hear from some of my proofreaders, but i doubt they'll find anything big.

on another note, my teacher ok'ed my title change from "blogs and their effect on elections" to "weblogs and their role in elections". the latter title is basically what i should have called it from the start - i just didn't realize until later on... :-)

further planning: tomorrow will be the final day of scheduled changes. so, barring any unforeseen events, i'll get the paper printed and bound on tuesday, giving me ample time to hand it in on wednesday or thursday.