Author Archives: Stuart G. Hall

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Making a positive difference one day at a time. #London #Leicester

Students vs laptops

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Was talking to a guy yesterday who said at his local Academy specialising in IT a lot of the laptops had been damaged by students. I got the feeling this was because the students felt they didn’t have any ownership, though its probably just as likely because they felt bored. So how’s this for a solution? Buy a lot of 2nd IBM Thinkpads, with the students arranging the budget and purchasing, and then get them to wipe the MS OS and replace with a Linux OS such as Puppy which runs very lite and quick?

Hey, I’ve done the exact same thing with my own IBM Thinkpad (cheating to get MDX IT to set it up for me).

Social Networking Horrors, Faux Pas and Favorites

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Nice idea from US PC World site, asking for..
Social Networking Horrors, Faux Pas and Favorites

“Have you ever accidentally sent out a personal message as a bulletin to hundreds of people on Facebook? Have you ever accidentally made a private image into a very public one on MySpace? Or maybe you “added” some complete strangers just to pump up your friend count?”

The worst I’ve done recently is mention a critical product review in a blog to that product manufacturer’s global corporate PR only to find a few days later that the blogger is under a lot of pressure as a result. That’s the power of information! Apologies anyhow.