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Entries from January 2008

Wrong phrases that sound right II

January 15th, 2008 No Comments

I blogged about this first a long time ago – people invent the phrase they think they heard, and their version has elements of ‘truth’ which are interesting: ‘without further adieu’ instead of ‘without further ado’ ‘it isn’t a job for the feint hearted’ instead of ‘it isn’t a job for the faint hearted’ ‘arranged [...]

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TeachMeet ’08 at BETT

January 11th, 2008 3 Comments

Here at TeachMeet enjoying the liveliest set of presentations and most enjoyable debate  – more fun than the rest of BETT put together.

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Making IT Work

January 8th, 2008 1 Comment

I was pleased to present these slides at this international pre-BETT event organised by BESA and Steljes – it gave me a chance to glue together the thinking we have developed over the year in Core UK through our projects. Linking the National Archive of Educational Computing (hindsight) to our work to facilitate communities of [...]

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Blu-Ray Christmas

January 4th, 2008 No Comments

This was the year for me to invest in High Definition television and I decided on the Sony KDL-V3000 + Playstation 3 (PS3) – a combination Argos were doing a deal on. I wanted the PS3 anyway as the best value Blu-Ray player on the market, and the deal was extraordinary value for money. I [...]

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