Old newspapers

It is almost one month since my last blog post, which is shameful. I handed my MA dissertation in one week ago and now no longer have an excuse for not resuming where I left off.

Noticed this on the Google blog:

Today, we're launching an initiative to make more old newspapers accessible and searchable online by partnering with newspaper publishers to digitize millions of pages of news archives. Let's say you want to learn more about the landing on the Moon. Try a search for [Americans walk on moon], and you'll be able to find and read an original article from a 1969 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

This effort is just the beginning. As we work with more and more publishers, we'll move closer towards our goal of making those billions of pages of newsprint from around the world searchable, discoverable, and accessible online.

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Several months ago I progressed from intern to freelancer but, now that I am no longer studying, I am on the lookout for a permanent position. I don't enjoy job-hunting and wish I was being paid enough to stay where I am!

Also slightly worrying is the fact that all the positions I have found so far are for web developers. My html is pretty hopeless and I am clueless about Javascript.

My Plan B is to write a bestseller and never work at all.