Sympathy for Microsoft ...
We are watching a handful of companies battle to support our work and learning
lives, our communication, entertainment and social
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Meta
Comments about the site, or more personal observations or topics.
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Children's Book Week .... Retread
[A discussion about children’s book Peepo! on Twitter prompt me to recycle this
entry from 2006]
To mark Children’
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Buying books and/or experiences: a consumer view
A while ago I was interested to observe that I had begun to resist buying paperback novels. Before that, I
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"How golden is your retriever?" Maurice Line RIP
My former UKOLN colleague Ruth Burt sent me a note last week noting that Maurice
Line had died. Ann Chapman
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Presenting ....
Although I give quite a few presentations, I don’t really present enough for
them to become ends in themselves.
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A spectacle
I have been wearing glasses for thirty years or so. I ordered a new pair
yesterday, and when I got
The Reader and the Law
Eddi Reader is a Scottish singer, formerly of Fairground Attraction. I was aware
of Fairground Attraction but really only began
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Reading and writing ...
We have produced or been involved in a variety of reports recently. I thought it
would be interesting to do
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Being foreign
The emotional relationship of the long-term foreigner to both their adopted and original homes changes over time.
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QOTD: Spiders and flies and classics
Reading Concerning E.M. Forster [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317928617] by
Frank Kermode, I was reminded of one of
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