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How to Get Around Wikipedia’s Blackout
Just a quickie, as I’m stressed beyond belief with exam revision. But considering the situation, I thought I might share this little for-today-only discovery.
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Rules for the sake of rules
In my school, there are very few places where you can actually be alone. As a sixth-former I am given free periods in order to do some private study, but it is really quite difficult to concentrate with someone coming up to me and at best asking what I’m doing and at worst attacking my keyboard.
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And what you give is what you get
I’m sorry, I really am; I know you’ll have heard this just over one thousand times in the past couple of weeks but I feel obligated to say it.
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E for English
For someone who has never got below a C, an E is rather shocking.
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Are ‘soft options’ really easier?
With the A-Level results to be announced in the coming week and politicians already saying that the exams were too easy, I would like to say a few words in defence for subjects like Media Studies. -
Reborn!
Dear friends. We are gathered here to witness the second coming of Hagablog. For years, my site has been dead, and before than the slow decline that lead up to its inevitable end was so painful that it almost put me off blogging completely.
About Hagablog
Alex Clarke studies geology at the University of Leicester, coaches people how to kayak, designs websites and is obsessive about typography.
You can also find me at
Recommended reading
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Mixing Fonts
21st Apr 2010 Alex Clarke 105 commentsA brilliant article by the masters, answering a question I think we have all asked ourselves: Do you think this font works with this other one?
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Vector Polishing Techniques
30th Mar 2010 Alex Clarke 47 comments -
Adobe Illustrator Mesh Reshape
29th Jan 2010 Alex Clarke -
How to Get a Professional Look With Color
24th Dec 2009 Alex Clarke -
Harry Potter enters the Twilight zone
8th Dec 2009 Alex ClarkeThe Guardian does have a point. I can’t see Twilight being anywhere near as successful if half of the worlds female teenagers didn’t fancy Edward Cullen.
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Grammer for geeks
30th Nov 2009 Alex Clarke