Cinemas and stuff…

I recently got my Cineworld Unlimited card back, this is a monthly payment to the cinema in which I can watch as many films as I want, 10% off the food/drink and 25% off some restaurants. To assist with writing on this blog I am going to start doing some film reviews, this will get…

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Linux Gaining traction as a desktop solution

In a move that will save them 30 million euros Extramadura is replacing the governments computers with 40,000 linux based computers. This is the second largest public sector migration to Linux. Although Linux will never take the lead from Microsoft it is nice to see large scale migrations to Linux like this, it says something…

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February update

I have started moving in the right direction. But, not as fast as I expected. Not just because of laziness this time though. My mother in law was in the hospital for a few weeks and then the daughter was having a baby, they have been with us for a couple of weeks so this…

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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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100 Books challenge

I have decided as I am a massive bookworm I would like to take on a new challenge. We are at Blackpool at the moment and while browsing I came across the below article. https://www.businessinsider.com/100-books-everyone-should-read-amazon-goodreads-2015-3?amp= now looking at this list there are some I have already read and a lot that is out of my…

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Blog 3 – 3rd September 2015

Sat down to do tonight’s writing and I am struggling to stay awake, but I was determined to get something down so I can try and keep up with this challenge. I am away Sunday/Monday so will also have to make sure I try and keep up with it then as well. Quite happy that…

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Dizzy

Time to Breathe

It’s Saturday night and for a change I’m not rushed off my feet doing uni work. This is the first weekend in a while where I have nothing planned. I have spent the day sorting pc’s and laptops feels strange to not have looming deadlines. I still have loads to do of course to get…

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