Author: Four to go
I wrote Educational Themes: Special Education Needs today, which is overall a very interesting module, despite me blacking out Pringle's Second Emotional Need. I got the other three though, so let's see what happens.
Vista fun
On Sunday I was forced to reinstall Vista, owing to a problem with the Font folder. I tried to fix it (in a way only I know how – I refer to it as "the big hammer") and I broke it. Anyway, the "Upgrade" was fairly smooth, despite the 80MB Windows Update download I didn't want.
Microsoft ends EU antitrust battle
In big news, the head of the EU Commission threatened to throw a chair at Steve Ballmer, and Microsoft has thus capitulated to the terms of their settlement, which I suggested some years ago. I want my cut.
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Things you don’t want to see on your computer screen #244
#1 Way to Cure Obesity
I think, without being too facetious, that the best way to cure obesity is to have another world war. I can hear them now: "No more chocolate milk with your lunch, dahling. Don't you know there's a war on?"
Quote of the Week
"Dan Whatsit and his preposterously awful Leonardo book are actually relevant to our theme. I usually last longer with any best-selling novel, however pathetic, than I did with his. But in his case I knew from the very first word that this was a writer of absolutely zero interest, insight, wit, understanding or ability. AContinue reading Quote of the Week
The Harry Potter Slash Fiction Crowd Is Going To Go Bonkers
New York – Harry Potter fans, the rumours are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay.
Sick children
Apparently, studies have shown that cough medicine is ineffective in children, and in some cases harmful. I'm sure that those cases would be the self-medicating kind. I remember when my brother self-medicated with a red-coloured cough mixture which he referred to as "red Coke".
Rugby
Apparently there's some big match tonight. Meanwhile, my husband and I will be watching High School Musical 2, which I taped last night.