Tag Archives: Word

A lecture, a disco, and a swim (Rousse)

Posted on July 12, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I lost my place in my notes, then found it again but couldn’t make sense of them. Added to my woes, the few students who had bothered to turn up to my last ever lecture clearly did not appreciate my … Continue reading →

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AI labels photographs (Rousse)

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Dreamaticus

We were excited to see that the AI had managed to label the photograph of our group. Rather than actual names, however, under the image of each person were a couple of words to represent their character. I thought it … Continue reading →

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Walls have ears (Rousse)

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Dreamaticus

MK clearly had no idea that QU was still in the room as she launched into an angry account of his behaviour. She had placed herself in extreme danger and it was up to me to protect her. I grabbed … Continue reading →

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Maddening Microsoft Word download (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Dreamaticus

The new update for Word was driving me insane. Now that Microsoft had made keyboards redundant I struggled whenever I started a new document. I couldn’t understand why they thought that touching small three dimensional plastic icons that represented words … Continue reading →

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Jaded academic seeks oblivion with the help of yellow jellied cocaine (Rousse)

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Dreamaticus

It took us a while to find the meeting on the top floor of a deserted University building. The venue was a formal board room, and it was packed. All the great and good were there, including KW who greeted … Continue reading →

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A baby faux pas and strange soft words (Rousse)

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I made the most appalling faux pas by congratulating HC-H’s ex-wife on the arrival of her new baby daughter the day after the new wife had given birth. She would not accept an apology. Instead she lay into me with … Continue reading →

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Removing a Word template watermark (Rousse)

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Dreamaticus

The directory structure on the shared drive was in a terrible mess. Thankfully I eventually found the file that I was looking for. The proposal read well, but I was somewhat surprised that my colleagues thought it appropriate to present … Continue reading →

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Knowledge Management on ice (Rousse)

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Dreamaticus

This term I was studying the Knowledge Management module rather than teaching it. The new tutor brought in a number of major changes. For example, most of the classes were taught outdoors in the melting snow, and the regulation module … Continue reading →

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