Nov

20

BT prices vs. Skype

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I’ve found the BT price list, cunningly buried within the atrocity that is their website, and am comparing BT Together Option 1 with Skype pricing. It seems as though it’s sensible to use BT for evening and weekend calls as well as all calls to mobiles. Use Skype for international and UK daytime calls.
While browsing […]

Nov

18

Note to Madge

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I’m watching Madonna performing her latest single (the one that’s rather more than reliant on a sample of Gimme Gimme Gimme (A man after midnight) and it occurs to me: Kylie spent years trying to rival her. Madonna now seems to want to be as good as Kylie.
Madge, if you’re reading this (hey, […]

Nov

16

Disturbingly loud scary noises

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I am taking the first year of the Goethe-Institut’s Oberstufe course in Manchester. Tonight, as Maggie (die Lehrerin), was krank, we had an Austrian supply teacher. At 1915 hours our lesson was interrupted by a very long (twenty seconds?), loud, deep bass rumble which initially sounded like thunder.
Thunder, as most are aware, doesn’t rumble for […]

Nov

16

Kate has a blog

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It’s over there.

Nov

15

Blummy? One to look at later

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Weblogg-ed - The Read/Write Web in the Classroom :
If you want a nifty little tool for teaching basic information literacy in these days of the Read/Write Web, go to Blummy, create a bookmarklet with the links outlined below, and put it on every computer in your school. Why? Because not only can you replicate much […]

Nov

15

My ideal diary

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I don’t hate iCal. But you must admit, it really is crap. Sadly, I’ve never yet found a good alternative that fully satisfies my requirements.
I need to be able to synchronise calendars with my Palm for when I’m out.
I need multi-user access to this calendar so that Kate and I can each add, delete and […]

Nov

15

Vote Lib-Dem, get the Tories

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I’ve found this post on What You Can Get Away With rather late, bearing in mind that the General Election took place several months ago, but it may well be interesting reading and a useful reference in a few years’ time.
Like I said, vote Lib Dem, get the Tories.
As I mentioned in a post […]

Nov

15

Mark Hendrick: waste of a good seat?

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I posted a short while ago about how I had contacted my local MP about a fairly uncontentious issue.
Have I received a reply yet? Have I heck as like.
Oh, and this chap is so convinced that we need to give up our liberty to remain free that he voted for 90 day detention without charge. […]

Nov

15

Teoma: search engine

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It’s not every day that I learn of a new search engine. Yesterday was one of those days and Teoma was the search engine. Their site says:
A lot of the players in the ever-evolving search space talk about relevance. But what do they really do to achieve this Holy Grail? And what do they offer […]

Nov

15

Bored! Not ‘arf.

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Last night we had the pleasure of IT guru Alan November [1] giving us an INSET. It was unfortunate that for much of the first half-hour the school’s internet link was unwilling to play ball since his talk was robbed of much of the dynamism I suspect this American educationalist possesses.
I also suspect that Mr. […]

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