Category: Daily

  • iTunes Films in the UK

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    You can now rent and buy films through iTunes in the UK! I’ve been waiting for this for ages, but I’m a little suprised that Apple managed to organise it already. I was expecting an Autumn release. We never rent films from local DVD shops any more, and switched to the Amazon model of online/by…

  • Widescreen

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    This is why I need big, widescreen monitors. I really need to get a big one for my home study, especially when Annabel moves into it and I move out into a smaller space (with no room for multiple screens). This screen grab is of Exposé shrinking all my open windows so that I can…

  • Exam papers

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    It’s the end of April, and the students have sat the exam papers for the modules that I am involved with. We’re working through the statistics and the scores, learning what worked and what didn’t, and the marks from all the papers will be pulled together and presented to the students sometime in the near…

  • Cast off

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    I know, no blogging for a week. We’re in exam season at the moment: the first years sat some exams a couple of weeks ago and the second years are in the middle of them right now. It has been very busy and rather taxing here for a couple of weeks requiring much work and…

  • 365 days, on its way

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    I think Kim’s going to join me in a Flickr 365 Days project. She complains that she’s getting dumber as a mum, and not getting to exercise her brain. She’s incredibly creative, so if she wants to exercise her creativity and force herself to think, what could be better than challenging yourself to take a…

  • Grand Slam

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    Good luck Wales! It should be an awesome day in Cardiff today! BBC article – Thousands to watch Grand Slam bid.

  • Brighton

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    Travelling to Brighton today. Photos going to Flickr.

  • Valentine’s Day

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    I hate Valentine’s Day. I’m not sure why, but I feel a strong loathing for this day in the calendar. It all feels so…. forced. Talking of forced, Jack is flying around the house with his lightsaber, pretending to be various Jedi and/or Sith, like the bloody infamous Star Wars kid.

  • Apple OS Upgrade

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    On my return to work from paternity leave I found a box on my desk. It’s an Apple upgrade. Leopard! Very pretty. Let’s see what’s new then… Lots!

  • Paternity leave

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    I’m off work this week, quietly enjoying some paternity leave. I know, it’s a bit late, but I took holiday leave when Annabel was born and it was so early that I hadn’t filed the paternity leave paperwork yet. Annabel is 9 and a half weeks old, and was weighed at 2.58kg (5lb 11oz) yesterday.