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March 2002 news

New design posted 29 Mar 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] It's 3.30am in the morning and I've just changed the design of the site. This was a spur of the moment design decision at about midnight, though I've been thinking about changing it all for a little while. I've stuck with a minimalistic sort of design and kept the navigation down the left hand side (though I may be changing to menus across the top of the page at some point). There are still a few bits which need tweaking - such as the margins between the text in this white box and the blue border - and I should be fixing these in the next few days. Please leave a note in my guestbook to let me know what you think of the new design. You can see the history of my site too, if you're interested. Cheers!

Back in Manchester posted 27 Mar 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] We arrived back in Manchester airport this morning, after quite a long day travelling (and I now can't hear anything as my ears haven't de-pressurised yet). I've taken the photos - all nine rolls - to the developers and hope to get them back tomorrow and some of them onto my site soon.

Where is all the time going? posted 22 Mar 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] It's Friday already and I've seen so much so far and had such a great time. I still have 4 more days but loads to fit in. I still haven't even set my eyes on Central Park (apart from a quick glance from the bus). The weather is proving strange - from pouring rain, to clear skies, to snow last night and freezing cold weather today! We spent last night in a great little jazz club in Harlem called St Nicks Pub - not somewhere I'd norally have chosen to go, but when we had to leave I just wanted to stay - it was amazing! Instead, we piled into the local Irish bar for a, ummm, nightcap. Today I'm going to be spending wandering around the city (wrapped up warm!) doing some work on my project in the Lower East Side.

Great news! posted 21 Mar 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] I've been offered a placement at Reuters, working on their Graduate Recruitment website. I'd be in the corporate headquarters in Fleet Street, London. The placement is for my year in industry - which I'll be doing from June this year. Not only that, but the weather has improved no-end today, but just as luck would have it this is the day we're spending most of the time on a stuffy coach (seeing the Bronx, and later Harlem). I hope the weather stays this nice, but I'll make sure I don't wear my 'I love NY' t-shirt again... I've had a few strange looks, can't think why!

New York Update posted 19 Mar 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] I'm sat in an internet place just around the corner from where I'm staying, after having been all over New York today - I'm shattered! But I have a load of photos already, shame the weather wasn't a little nicer though... Ah well, can't have everything I suppose. I'll post another update soon, when the internet isn't so damn expensive!

New York, New York - here I come... posted 15 Mar 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] I'll soon be heading off to New York City, for a 'field trip' as part of my degree. I'm hoping to be able to take lots of photos which I can add to the site. If I get the chance whilst there, I'll post a few messages on the news page about what I've been up to. For anybody who's interested, whilst I'm there, I'll be doing a project on the gentrification of parts of the city (basically middle class people moving in to an area and displacing the lower classes).

Site updates coming soon posted 15 Mar 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] At some point in the next few weeks, I'll finally get a chance to rewrite some of the content sitting here at dankarran.com. A lot of it dates back to around a year ago (when I had a lot more spare time on my hands) and deserves a little updating. I've just added a better 'latest news' section than I had before, which I plan to keep more up to date... and I'm even thinking I may change the design sometime soon too... Keep an eye on the site for updates.