Workplace Challenge

Last month at work they let us know about a challenge that different workplaces were doing, to try and get people more active I believe. Some of the team leaders at work have got people involved and although I asked my team there is only myself and one other from my team up for the…

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Sleep……

Don’t you hate it when you know you have a busy say but cannot get to sleep, I went up and did fall asleep but woke up not long after and proceeded to not be able to get back to sleep. I shifted around for a while and then just came down stairs. Now I…

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404 not found

I am behind on reading my magazines but just started on my .net ones. One of the small news items that I saw was really interesting, so I thought I would share it here. The idea is that children go missing all the time and making use of the digital age the guys at notfound…

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Nom de plume

“An assumed name used by a writer instead of their real name; a pen-name:” Oxford Dictionary I will start this by saying I understand why some writers feel the need to use a pen name, maybe they are are writing in a genre they are not usually known for. Or they want to see how well…

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The New World!

Well, it has been a long ride but I have submitted my last University assignment and provided I pass the Advanced DB module I was having issues with I am done with Uni….. I cannot stress the relief when I get home from work or at weekends now as I have no Uni deadlines, I…

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Shattered Worlds

Although my love of writing covers both Sci-Fi and Fantasy I want to create a universe in which to write all of my Sci-Fi stories. I have started planning the races and the worlds and some of the history. I will update some of it here and hopefully some of the stories. I have called…

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Geek

Today I let the inner Geek out… I attended my first convention, it’s not that I didn’t want to go before now. It’s just that they are all too far away or too expensive. I got a ticket for Newcastle Film & Comic-con  went with a friend yesterday and had a brilliant time. The venue wasn’t very…

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Starting 2014

I didn’t make any resolutions this year, and for good reason…… A couple of weeks in and I haven’t really done anything I wanted to have started this year. I kept my resolutions or “goals” to myself as I new with Uni approaching the end I will need to devote my time to this to…

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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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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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