Day 9!

Wow, it's day 9 already; time flies when you're having fun!

Today was another more different day, but don't worry; there were no ninjas. I spent most of my time in the warehouse, filling out spreadsheets (I know, how fun) with the names and details of different colleges. I must have filled in at least 22 different colleges!
After that, we set out to do some volunteer work, giving out flyers for some free internet training sessions. Of course, in this day and age, most people know how to use the internet, making our job a lot harder. But in the end, we did manage to get rid of all the flyers, by giving handfuls out to shops, sticking them in cars and letterboxes, and we even managed to find some people who didn't know how to use the internet! In the end, we finished so quickly, we left 2 hours early!

What I learned today:

• Spreadsheets are boring, but can get done quickly if you work together
• How to give out flyers in a very short space of time

Day 8!

Well, today was... different. It started out normally,; we all came in (without James, as he was at a school) and sat down at out computers. But then....

NINJAS ATTACKED!

...Not really. But a group of builders appeared almost instantly outside our window, and scraed the ever-loving sh- sugar out of Hannah and Sadia! I suppose they were a herald for worse thing yet to come...Soon after these mysterious builders, another group of builder turned up inside the warehouse. They got to work, with some kind of petrol-powered equipment. I say "petrol-powered" as the whole warehouse was soon filled with fumes that stank of petrol!

After a while, the stench was too much to handle, and we made a run for it. First we went for a lunch break, then we went to the office (the one I though I was to work in-keep up!) to ask if we could leave. Mark agreed to call James, and we proceeded to head off for Starbucks. As we got to Starbucks, we saw James! We sat down to coffee (hot chocolate for me-I hate coffee), and it turns out that what James though was supposed to be the arrangement was;

"Builders will be around for half an hour, Jon will look after the interns."

What the actual situation was;

"Builders were around for AGES, no one supervising."


What I learned today:

• Organisation is key
• So is ingenuity
• Starbucks hot chocolate can scald your tongue if you drink it straight away
• If you inhale enough petrol fumes, you go a little loopy
• Fish can give pedicures (don't ask)

Day 7!

It's Day 7, and today I got a lot of work done! I managed to send the magic emails to thousands of unis in a few clicks- that's probably the "magic"! I did a little bit on WebDeck- helping out Sadia with the press section of the Real World website. I also helped out on the Push website, correcting the polls, and pointing out a few errors with the Trivia section (thank you Wikipedia, for having an article on Push!).

Mr Madge (from school) came in to check up on me-judging by his expression, he was very pleased with the gazebo, and how I was doing! After that, I showed Jon my deviantART (here), and we had some tea and cake (yay!), after which I helped James with his speech tomorrow.

What I learned today:

• How to work on Papyrus (the software used to manage the Push site)
• Why magic emails are magic
• I know virtually nothing about sixth-forms

Day 6-MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

Before I proceed with the general rambling, I would just like to announce;
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAAAY!

Yes-I am now 15 years old. We celebrated at work; after work, James bought a little cake, and we had a party (of sorts)! But that did not prevent me from doing some work. 

The scroller and the table are now both online! I'm so proud! As I promised, here's a printscreen of them both;

I'm so proud of my "babies"- and I'm really chuffed that James put them up!

I also made and sent some "magic e-mails"  (though they don't seem very magical to me). They are going to be sent to universities, notifying them of the magazine.

We had to say goodbye to Noelin today, as she is returning to work tomorrow. Bye Noelin, we'll miss you!

What I learned today:

• What magic emails are, and how to make and send them
• Some more HTML skills
• How to plug in a printer (unfortunately, we had no ink!)

Day 5!

Whoops, I'm a little behind with day 5, but I can still remember what happened on Friday!

I finished the table yesterday; it was a matter of splitting the humongous code into several smaller codes, and adjusting these codes. It was far easier than trying to make sense of the goliath of a HTML script I previously had, and was a lot easier to tidy up! I also did a bit more tidying up on the scroller. James then asked me to do a tutorial on the table and scroller, so that anyone could make a table or scroller. It was tricky making the tutorials simple, but I eventually finished (adding a hint of cynicism, according to James)!
HTML is tricky at first, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes really easy to make cool marquees, like this one!

I also showed off my deviantART (http://speedfreak01.deviantart.com), and Alex showed me his Flickr. The man is amazing with a biro!

What I learned on Friday:

• How to make HTML easier to use
• How to make links to Pagesuite
• What Google AdWords is

Day 4!

Today I accomplished a lot of work! I finally finished the job I was set on my first day; I finally finished the scroller! It took a while to tidy up and adjust, but I finally did it! I'll put up a print screen as soon as it goes online.

After finishing the scroller, I was told to make a few more links to online versions of the magazines. However, the code for this assignment was a lot larger and more complicated, and tidying up the code was difficult, as everything looked the same...

I did manage to create it, though. It may need a bit of tidying up, but it's a start. I'm really proud of myself; apparently, I'm better at using HTML than James!

I also started some research, using websites like HECSU ("hex-you"?) and UCAS. It was challenging, but I did find some Insanely Large Spreadsheets, which may come in handy!

What I learned today:

• Some more HTML skills(<img src>, and refining my marquee)
• Some more WebDeck skills

Day 3!

It's Day 3, and my hard work has finally come to fruition! I finally figured out what was wrong with the HTML I wrote yesterday, and I finally made the text scroll UPWARDS! Here's a picture to represent how I felt after I solved the HTML problem;

I now know what  was wrong with the code I entered yesterday; apparently, WebDeck doesn't like it when you put speech marks into a code! So it was just a matter of getting rid of the erroneous punctuation marks, and hey presto! A working marquee!

We had a meeting with Mark, who wanted to brainstorm some questions students may ask before choosing a uni. During the meeting, Alex, who was helping out with us, drew an epic picture of Mark!

I also wrote some articles; one about the new internships being offered by major firms, and another shorter one about the University Week.

What I learned today:

• How to use HTML properly
• Questions I should ask before choosing a university
• What the University Week is