Friday, February 23, 2007

Brain teaser

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It was Jane's birthday and John heard her say - "I'm twenty-eight today. Last year I was twenty-nine and in two years I'll ...
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Friday, February 16, 2007

Big brother wants to watch you (even more) - UK Road Tax Scheme

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The UK government has plans to replace the current road tax and petrol duty with a pay as you go road use charge. (If any US readers are abo...
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Saturday, January 13, 2007

Don't print this!

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I'm always complaining to students about the amount of paper they waste. By the time they print work a few times, use worksheets, exam p...
Friday, December 08, 2006

BSE/nvCJD in the news - Friday 8th Dec 2006

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nvCJD (variant Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease) has raised it's ugly head again. Apparently it's been discovered that it can be passed on ...
Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Unsolicited telemarketing

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You're in the middle of watching your favourite TV program and the phone rings - someone wanting to sell you double glazing/insulation/b...
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Saturday, September 23, 2006

Implications of the Relativity Drive

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In an article published by New Scientist Magazine issue 2568 (08 September 2006) Justin Mullins explains the work of Roger Shawyer who claim...
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Monday, September 18, 2006

Well I thought it was funny...

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Years ago, to earn extra money for my morgage, I worked nights as a taxi driver in Stockton on Tees. One of the other taxi drivers told me t...
Friday, September 15, 2006

Thrush Hall Farm before it was Throstle Hole Abbey

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Until I was eight I lived with my family in Walkergate, Newcastle on Tyne. Then my father followed his brother's footsteps and bought a ...
Sunday, September 10, 2006

Distorted Carrots?

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OK - so I move to a new house with a massive 150ft garden. Now I don't know a lot about gardening, but I decided it would be worth a try...
Tuesday, August 15, 2006

TV Adverts (or should that be Advertzzzzzzzz...)

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While on holiday I've been watching a bit more TV than usual. As a result I've been exposed to a fair few TV adverts. Now having liv...
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Saturday, July 22, 2006

Sweet Choice

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In a letter to New Scientist (issue 24 June 2006) Richard Laming of the British Soft Drinks Association states: 'Intense sweeteners al...
Friday, July 21, 2006

ALL CAPS USER AGREEMENTS - Grr!

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I've just upgraded my copy of SpySweeper to version 5. Great improvement but... Why Why Why do software firms continue to write their ...
Sunday, July 09, 2006

Sugar and spice? - Err - Not quite

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Acording to the nursary rhyme little girls are made of 'sugar and spice and all things nice' whereas little boys are made of 'sl...
Friday, July 07, 2006

The Last Supper

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Wow! In the month since I wrote a web page about Leonardo Da Vinci's painting 'The last supper' it's had almost a million vi...
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Thursday, July 06, 2006

AntiPhishing in Internet Explorer Beta 2 - Grrr!

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A little while ago I installed a copy of Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 and ever since I've been getting reports from SpySweeper that my com...
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Thursday, June 29, 2006

Politics - I'm a Democratic Anarchist

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I suppose that if I were to describe my political beliefs I would say I am a democratic anarchist. Now that seems to be a bit of a contrad...
Monday, June 26, 2006

Tesco Computers for Schools

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Don't get me wrong - as an IT teacher I'm grateful for any support given to schools by industry and I've been taking advantage o...
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Saturday, June 24, 2006

The writing is on the wall for...

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Back in the late 1970s I remember having a huge 8 inch floppy disk drive - much faster than the cassette tapes I was using then for storing...

Religion?

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Constantine - Founder of Christianity? Religion fascinates me; I collect church memberships. I was baptized an Anglican. I was 'saved...

The 'Good Old Days'

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I'm now old enough to remember the 'good old days' but were they really good? Here's a collection of my memories from these ...