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7 useful lessons I learnt from an unexpected laptopless week
A lesson can show up at the oddest moment. Over the Christmas break, my laptop died. It was eight years old and the battery stopped working and the power cord no longer functioned well when plugged in. After having upgraded the hinges, the battery, the memory and several other parts of the laptop over the years, I knew it was time to get a new one. I generally try to hold on to laptops and technology for as long as possible – I don’t want to waste by getting new stuff as it comes out for the sake of getting new stuff if you know what I mean. That’s just…
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My Top Seven … Flawed Characters
This list comes to your wonderful eyeballs courtesy of Madame Annabel Smith, she of Whisky Charlie Foxtrot fame. She likes a sassy rogue, a cheeky devil, a lovable larrikin… you get the idea. The lovable rogue is a literary trope in the form of a character, often from a dysfunctional or working-class upbringing, who tends to recklessly defy norms and social conventions but who still evokes empathy from the audience or other characters. – Wikipedia So then she decided to list her top ten favourite lovable rogues from the world of fiction.
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Curiosity lands on Mars today!
UPDATE: Less than 100 minutes to go. Explanation: If you didn’t know already, the latest information from Mars will soon be vending our way. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and the Mars Science Lab (MSL) team have sent out Curiosity the rover and it will land on Mars on Monday morning in 100 minutes. In a few hours time we may have the first pictures from the landing. There will be “seven minutes of terror” according to the MSL team at NASA where they won’t be able to control it and it will be awhile before they even know whether it was successful. Several orbiting spacecraft such as the Odyssey will…
