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Social media = Procrastination

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Columbo

I have been thinking for a while now what it would be like to not be on social media, how much more could I get done with my time. But.. I am suffering from the “fear of missing out” how … Continue reading →

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The decline in Computing in schools

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Columbo

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 … Continue reading →

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7 Days

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Columbo

It’s been a week since my last post and although I had a busy week at work, the weekend has been a bit of a disappointment. I have several thing sI need to be doing and although I haven’t had … Continue reading →

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progress… or not….

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Columbo

This is my first post in 2019 and I will have to start on a slight negative. I am 12 days into the month and I have been watching tv in the office and haven’t managed to get much writing … Continue reading →

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Over a month…

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Columbo

I can’t sleep, been to bed for a while and couldn’t drift off so I opened the iPad. I have done it again, over a month between posts. I read somewhere that keeping a blog can be harmful to your … Continue reading →

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Movement finally

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Columbo

I went to Costa a few days ago and took my notepad, I wasn’t planning on doing anything much but ended up hand writing a flash fiction story while there, the most I have done in a cafe before now … Continue reading →

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Bloody Trainers and Import Tax…….

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Columbo

It all starts with doing something nice. Christmas is coming up and the wife wanted some specific trainers that I could only find on-line from america. She had found some of then in TK Max on offer but there were … Continue reading →

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Holiday and productivity

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Columbo

I have been off work for a week and other than a small amount of planning and starting to think of the nano story I want to do this year I haven’t had time to do much else. Just decided … Continue reading →

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Cafe Writer

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Columbo

I have finally joined the long tradition of writing on a laptop in a cafe, well a Costa. Something about sitting here writing just makes it feel good, wish I could get the motivation more often, I might actually have … Continue reading →

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Nearly new year…..

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Columbo

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 … Continue reading →

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