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I am an idiot

Yes, I am an idiot. I have seen it in writing. On the Internet. In fact, I have seen a lot of things written about me since I wrote an article on my personal view of a Managed Learning Environment not long ago.

Under the Dome

Stephen Kings latest book, "Under the Dome", is about to be published. As the website for the book says;

The Premier League - the choice of dinosaurs?

The Premier League. Supposedly the best football league in the entire world, at least according to their own PR. Which then leaves me rather surprised at their media strategy with the BBC. 

We no do maths

During the weekend my mum rang me and during the conversation mentioned that she had been on the local bus service, and they weren't taking any payments. The coin box was covered up, and passes weren't being scanned.

Storybird embeds

I've been playing with Storybird for a while now, but yesterday they introduced the ability to embed your story, which suddenly makes it great for the kids at school to use - they could embed their stories into their learning spaces if they wanted to. 

Busy day on the website

I returned to work today after two days off (lack of a voice and a fiery throat), and was glad I chose today. It was a good day in the world of the ICT coordinator.

Erm...was that our exit?

Returned home tonight to read this unbelievable story from the US;

"Investigations are under way in the US to find out how a plane heading from San Diego to Minneapolis overshot its destination by 150 miles (240km)..."

Read the whole story here

What a whopper

Windows 7 is launched, and (in Japan at least) there is the most unusual tie-in to an operating system that I've ever seen. 

Reasons for liking Social Networking

A few minutes ago I was sat watching the news with my iPhone in hand (let's be honest - it's never far from me nowadays!), with the Tweetie2 app running when a tweet came in from another user;

It never rains, it pours

Wednesday was one of those days that anything that could wrong *did* go wrong. It all started with a sore throat earlier in the week and the gradual loss of my voice, resulting in being off work on Wednesday to see a doctor.