and so it begins.

The book has arrived and I have started it. It’s very strange starting to read and book with the knowledge that I am not likely to be seeing Dragons or space flight. But this could be a good thing, reading books that are in genres that I would normally not read. On with the challenge…

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The decline in Computing in schools

I was reading the news today on the BBC and noticed their article about the falling numbers in students completing the Computing qualification. It seems that in the last few years there has been a steady decline in the numbers of students completing this course. It’s strange to think that when the Computing course was…

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It’s the Endgame

No Spoilers! It’s been a long hard slog, since 2008 when Iron Man was released to last night when I attended the double bill of Infinity War and then Endgame, the final film in Marvels phase 3. People have complained before even seeing the film that at 3 hours it’s too long. But for me,…

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Xbox One

When I got in from work tonight I watched the Microsoft live broadcast for the review of the new console. Xbox One, so named as they are promoting it as the centerpiece of any home media system, the one device that will do everything. I have to admit I don’t usually flock to be the…

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Shattered Worlds clip

A Bounty Hunter, caught infiltrating Alliance space. This was the test, sitting in the middle of the second fleet with dozens of cannons pointing at you and not shitting your pants and running, Garrix held his finger over the activation for the emergency wormhole generator, not something that you want to use unless absolutely necessary…

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Linux Commands – Nslookup

I have been “learning” Linux for some time now, but to get myself more familiar I have installed it on a Laptop I have and another pc. One of my file servers has also been installed with the command line only version, this is to force me to learn the commands and then to remember…

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Dropbox

This tip is for anyone that works on documents on different computers. I have been at Uni (part time) for 4 years in total and only the last two modules I started to use Dropbox. You sign up for an account and get free 2gb of space, if you are only using it for college/uni…

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Black Friday!

Just watched a video from Philip Defranco on Youtube…. It was showing the fighting at Wallmart in the states when Americans were in what can only be described as a mosh pit trying to get to the deals in the electronics section. It makes for sobering viewing when you see these people pushing and shoving…

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67%

19 out of 31 = 67% So at the beginning of May I set myself a may challenge, to write on this blog everyday. On the whole I managed to get something down, although towards the end I began to slip more. To say I wasn’t really posting anything beforehand this has worked as it…

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Nearly new year…..

It’s that time of year again and it’s time to start thinking of goals that I want to achieve in 2015. I loath to use the term resolutions but in effect even though I am calling them goals it is the same thing. So here is the basic list (in no particular order) of what…

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