Chaplog tries hard: August 2003 Archives

August 31, 2003

The Next Steps in our use of IT

Replace Microsoft Office software with an open source equivalent OpenOffice The replacement of our Microsoft Outlook server software Weblogs for administration teaching and learning Wikis for non-static content that has more than one author. Software to manage courses where students...

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August 28, 2003

Masochism or what

Our eldest got out of the car this morning. No it would be better described as falling out, phone in one hand, texting with the other and slung under her arm was a carrier bag with lunch and things....

August 26, 2003

Lena is 18

Lena's eighteenth birthday....

August 25, 2003

A local ride

As both Sid and Steve are fitter than me another long ride would reduce me to the condition of the "Broom waggon" ride of a few days ago. I really wanted to avoid a repeat performance because my tolerance...

August 23, 2003

Around Stoney Middleton

Is it just me or has someone used shaving cream to give her a beard? How many times have you gone into a pay and display car park, left your car there for four hours, and on leaving are one...

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August 22, 2003

Get the Broom Wagon

If you click on the photograph above you will be seeing the view I got yesterday when I went for a ride with the "boys". The photograh was easy to take, as I was walking and they were cycling....

August 20, 2003

IE6 problems and a walk

The six hours spent yesterday were good preparation for today. The questions I asked about the cause of my problems at the end of yesterday's entry, the difference in appearance of my weblog as seen in Microsoft Explorer and...

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August 19, 2003

CSS

A quiet house today I was on my own. I spent a good six hours playing with cascading style sheets. I have bought a book! I spent some time four years ago looking at how to use them and then...

August 17, 2003

A cycle ride with sister and wife

I think I am going to do a bit of cycling it could be expensive. There are a number of retail opportunities as Steve pointed out to me on the ride today. Unfortunately my accountant, Lynne, was in hearing...

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August 16, 2003

Winster - Minninglow - Gratton Dale Circuit

A power problem of our own! Time to start getting out. Lynne and I went for a cycle ride, the Winster Circuit, out behind Bakewell. I was a little apprehensive as my birthday present of March 2002, a saddle...

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August 14, 2003

A level results

Lena has done the business: Biology A Chemistry A Maths B Further Maths (AS) B Psychology (AS) A...

Last thoughts on Prague

I remember when I was in the Sixth Form. My results at that stage in my career could be described as minimalist. When I took the picture below I was reminded of a friend who had a beer belly at...

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August 12, 2003

Early start in Prague

I did not run this morning but Lynne and I went for a walk around Prague at 6:30 am. This is not masochism as the temperature is cool and you can see the sights before the tour parties arrive and...

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August 11, 2003

More about guttering and things

Had a walk along the river today, hot but nice in the park under the trees. The most impressive thing we saw as we walked along the far bank was the flood damage from last year. We watched them putting...

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August 10, 2003

First day in Prague

The family has been moving around. Wales on Friday morning, Manchester Friday lunchtime and Prague for Saturday lunch. I do not think we have stayed in a hotel before as a family. The girls were excited and had fun with...

August 08, 2003

Easy in Easy out

This item should have been posted a number of days ago. It created a momentum of its own. It is not finished but I need to do other things. Without climbing trips of my own this summer I have...

August 07, 2003

Goodbye to Wales

A good week. Back to Manchester tomorrow. When does the football season start?...

Poth Ysgo

A "normal" type day, a run on the beach at Hell's Mouth before the fog lifted. It then got warm 26 centigrade and I joined the family down on the beach at Poth Ysgo. I read about Managanese mining before...

August 06, 2003

Gridlock

While the rest of the country was in the sun, we were in the fog and very pleasant it was too. We made the mistake of going to Pwllheli on a Wednesday. If you look up Pwllheli on Google you...

Questions and Answers

What is the weather like this morning? click on thumbnail....

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August 05, 2003

It isn’t half hot its properly hot

We went for a walk, early for us, around 10:00 am. We wanted to do the walk from Aberdaron to the headland – Pen y Cil. In the book of walks that I am going off rapidly, and turning to...

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August 03, 2003

A difficult decision

Families have rules. We have a set that can be used when either parent decides that "holiday rules apply". In practice "holiday rules" mean that you go to bed when you want, eat what you want, do what you want...

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August 02, 2003

Clean Machinery

Took bets on when a Currys delivery van would arrive containing a washing machine and a dish washer. I lost. Installation was characterised by good team work - one leader/shouter, one person doing the work, the rest giving advice and...

August 01, 2003

Relaxed and on holiday

Taking it easy in Wales. We are in a house near Rhiw that is close to Aberdaron. Pimms is the drink relaxed is the attitude....

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