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Emily did really well in her GCSEs. 6 A*s and 5 As. Well done Emily! All that hard work in the last couple of months paid off. All her friends had excellent results too. Money well spent. Emily is away … Continue reading →

My blogging software, WordPress, has just been upgraded so I’ve installed it and it has this new look. It’s a bit like a Doctor Who regeneration really, the content is the same but the packaging has been changed.

Yes, it’s true! Another post! I found some Bluhm family tree information that had been lurking on my web site for years and which had been indexed by Google. Although the information is still valid I don’t have the program … Continue reading →

Hey! I wrote this post using the new WordPress app on my Android phone.

Online security is obviously an important issue and passwords are the first line of defence. Recently the company I use to host this web site and my emails was hacked so I had to reset a large number of my … Continue reading →

Here’s a rather geeky overview of how I subscribe to various RSS feeds and Podcasts. “What is an RSS Feed?” I hear you ask. RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication” and it is a way of monitoring your favourite web … Continue reading →

In an idle moment I thought that I would allow people to leave comments about my blogs.  Give it a whirl. In order to block spam comments I have to approve each comment first before it will appear. If my … Continue reading →

As you probably know it is 40 years since man first went to the moon. This was a big event in my life and has filled me with amazement ever since. Obviously there is plenty of coverage out there in … Continue reading →

This might interest someone. I use iGoogle to define my customized home page. As well as allowing you to add ‘Gadgets’ to your home page showing various snippets of information, you can also group gadgets together under their own tabs … Continue reading →

Don’t you think that it’s always a sad day when you start the downhill slide towards Winter? Since my last Swine Flu post Emily’s school was closed for a week because of it and Sophie was actually put on Tamiflu. … Continue reading →