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Who Was England’s Greatest Ruler? Whittling down the Contestants
In this post we will look at the first round of the competition with a short summary of all the rulers, and then see how each of them faired in the competition in Round 1. more …
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Exploring New Zealand’s South Island : Our Campervan Adventure Part 3
Last time we had just departed Taylormade Motors in Dunedin in a loan car whilst they fixed our campervan . We were heading for the far end of the Otago peninsula where the only mainland colony of Royal Albatrosses in the world is located. more …
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Exploring New Zealand’s South Island: Our Campervan Adventure Part 2
We were now heading to Timaru, a town on the East coast, where we hoped to get a sighting of the world’s smallest penguin, then to the Moeraki Boulders and the Shag Rocks and thence to Dunedin. more …
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From Rome to English History: My Podcast Discoveries
I’m now a bit of a history nerd. I admit it. It is not my fault. COVID and my friend James Coulter are to blame. more …
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Exploring New Zealand’s South Island: Our Campervan Adventure Part 1
I did a school project on New Zealand when I was at school and fell in love with the images of that remote country there and then. Ever since those early days, I have had on my list of things to do: visit and tour around New Zealand. more …
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Return of the Blog
It has been a while since I posted on this blog. In fact it has been so long that I have had to do a revamp and change the whole theme and layout. I’m no designer so I am sure there is plenty to critique, but I’m more concerned right now to get some… more …
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The “Golden Age” of Science Fiction
My wife and myself have been having a clear out. Our children are grown, but throughout their formative years, we kept most stuff out of harm’s way safely secured in the loft. One things I knew was up there but now I’ve had a chance to savour again is my collection of Science Fiction… more …
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The Irony of the EU Referendum
It’s been a weird few days. For many months on Facebook and in other discussions I’ve often defended what I suppose some people might call “the establishment”. The Monarchy, the House of Lords, our voting systems. I have my reasons, which I believe are valid, as to why we should keep these institutions and… more …
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There is always something new to discover … even in Microsoft Word!
I’ve used Word for I don’t know how many years, yet I just found out something I never knew before … that Aa button on the ribbon under the Home tab/Font section … it allows you to select different casings on your sentence or words … really neat … sorry if you knew that… more …
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SharePoint 2013 JavaScript API – SP.Taxonomy.LabelMatchInformation
I’ve been working with the SharePoint 2013 JavaScript recently and had cause to want to fetch the Id of a Term within the Term Store using the Taxonomy namespace. Problem was, the documentation about this particular aspect of the JavaScript API is less than comprehensive to put it politely. In fact it’s pretty mysterious.… more …
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