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Tag Archives: computers
Running with pigs and a lobotomy (Rousse)
The Dean reminded me that the deadline was fast approaching for the submission of grant proposals. I acknowledged his concern that it appeared that I had done nothing to bring a team together, then booked a meeting room in the … Continue reading
An under-resourced conference (Rousse)
Even though I had passed the duties on to another colleague months ago, I was getting the blame for the failure of the conference. I couldn’t help it if I spent the afternoon cosying up to P and playing with … Continue reading
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Tagged bike, bikes, Birmingham, bus, children, collateral, colleague, computer, computers, conference, cosy, cycle, cycles, dilemma, dinner, duties, duty, exhibition, fare, fares, food, home, homes, lose, Northfield, play, run
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Black M&S knickers laundered for the overworked academic (Rousse)
It was inevitable that I would eventually just give in to my workload and move onto campus. My new “home” was a small space at the end of a bench of computers in a noisy student lab: we had words … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, allowance, autumn, BBC, bench, black, boss, camera, campus, chest, clothes, committee, computers, drawers, hills, home, job, knickers, lab, launder, machine, Marks and Spencer, meeting, Ms, overwork, overworked, pants, Radio 1, room, set, skills, student, sun, workload, workstation
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Thomson Reuters presentation mishap blamed on mismatched brown boots (Rousse)
At the very last minute, just as the delegates were arriving, SW suggested that I check the set-up of the computers for my opening presentation. We quickly worked out that to get onto Thomson Reuters for a company search you … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, brown boots, button, change, company, computers, conference, delegates, door, drive, footwear, local authority, mishap, mismatched, presentation, red, reuters, set-up, thomson, Thomson Reuters, venue, wife
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A time travel trip to the Isle of Lewis (Rousse)
I travelled back in time to my favourite guest house on the Isle of Lewis where the computers looked at least a decade out of date, and what I knew as a toilet block was a tumbled down black house.
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Tagged Black house, computers, guest house, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, time travel, toilet, Western Isles
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Chronology change chaos at the British Council and the Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Award (Rousse)
The hole in the time space continuum was causing all sorts of trouble, including the relocation of major landmarks. For example, Ben Nevis had shifted 250 miles south to Manchester city centre, bringing with it a microclimate of streaked wispy … Continue reading
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Tagged arc, arcs, atmospheric, award, beach, Ben Nevis, British Council, capital, change, chaos, Chinese, chronology, circular, city, climate, cloud, committee, computer, computers, contiuum, crag, crags, folder, folders, hole, image, images, instructions, Kate Greenaway, landmark, landmarks, landscapes, London, Manchester, medal, meeting, microclimate, mist, mountain, peak, peaks, photographer, photographers, rainbow, rainbows, reception, room, silhouettes, Singapore, sixteenth century, snowboarder, snowboardesr, space, stairs, summit, sun, sunny, sunshine, Thailand, thermal, thermals, time, town, watch, wristwatch
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Looters target “closed” university campus (Rousse)
I broke my promise to myself and sneaked into the office during the Christmas vacation shut-down. I knew that it was wrong – especially since the University had asked for all computers to be switched off for a fortnight – … Continue reading
A transatlantic upgrade (Rousse)
I was dreading the journey: a transatlantic flight in economy. As soon as the fasten seat belt sign went out I made my move for the on-board lavatory, as did many of my fellow passengers. Rather than wait in a … Continue reading
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Tagged aeroplane, attendant, belt, blonde, business, cabin, class, computer, computers, economy, entry, fare, fasten, flight, hostess, lavatory, on-board, passenger, passengers, plane, requirements, seat, steward, stewardess, table, tables, transatlantic, upgrade
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