Dipity
HGJohn: @bengoldacre But as you soften day yourself, "Just because it happens in mice..." ;-)
HGJohn: @skinnyboyevans is checking out. Nothing to see here people, move along. :-( http://bit.ly/1jaF7C
HGJohn: @suewaters I bow to your superior knowledge ;-)
HGJohn: The Chrissie Wellington bandwagon gains momentum? http://bit.ly/4bSDt5
HGJohn: In my experience, most pavement cyclists are kids too scared to cycle on the roads due to level of traffic.
He lost both of his legs in a crash. His nickname is dogbody. Place of birth St John's Wood, London, England.
The Anderson shelter was designed in 1938 by William Paterson.
HGJohn: @NeilAdam then how come it didn't lose your avatar ;-)
HGJohn: Luke (20 months) has learned 2 new phrases this week: "No way!" and "Why?" This is not a good thing.
HGJohn: @PeteSads Did you ride up the Ventoux?
HGJohn: @dannynic Cool, hadn't realised that @johndavitt was releasing an iphone app of the RAG: http://bit.ly/HaZjb
HGJohn: @porchester There seems to be a problem as the springwidget on one of my class blogs is not displaying.
HGJohn: @smaryka Totally agree with the commentary. Thought the camera work was poor too, missed the key moments. Come on the girls.
HGJohn: @raff31 Thanks - will try on Kirsty's phone.
HGJohn: Train home to Stockport: kraftwerk Trans Europe Express on iPod. Hmm does not compute.
HGJohn: @skinnyboyevans I solemnly promise I'll add to it this week.
HGJohn: And you think Ironman sounds tough? Check out Norseman: http://www.nxtri.com/ Go @triathloncoach
HGJohn: @lynnb1968 They win the Wii for golden time for best attendance and get a £5 credit towards a new game I think. Wii games are about £30.
HGJohn: @chrisleach78 Work in progress and will be converted to a table in summer but might be useful: http://bit.ly/12pW3W nything missed out?
HGJohn: @mickrogers Can you get the Test Match in Verbiers? No? Shame :-)
HGJohn: @dajbelshaw Would also be inclined to make the section on social networking "stronger" - perhaps more emphasis on that last statement?
HGJohn: @donna_de Thanks for sponsoring me. And you've only been following my tweets for a week!
HGJohn: Doing Ironman UK #IMUK for the Behcet's Society. Here's my JustGiving page: http://snurl.com/kaoc2 Support appreciated.
HGJohn: no, breaks their terms of service. It has to be a no go - one parental complaint...
HGJohn: @dajbelshaw I got 4/7 shows how much time I spent in the Geog dept in my Hist/Geog Joint degree :-)
HGJohn: @LJCreate Oh no! I just had to wade in. Need to learn to reign back on the pomposity! :-) http://snurl.com/jtvaq
HGJohn: @Pettsvaldo Ugh! The Rocky Horror Picture Show! The very thought...! Was composing my "explain the Madison in 140 chars tweet." A challenge!
HGJohn: @neilhopkin Here's another Voicethread e.g. on @jacksloan 's class blog: http://snurl.com/jiq57
HGJohn: Turning them into non-profits? Is that the way to save newspapers? http://snurl.com/i8yub What the US does usually follows here in the UK
HGJohn: Just posted a Mapwing virtual tour of Europe on Y6 blog: http://yearsix.chorltonparkblogs.net/ 1st go and learned some useful lessons
HGJohn: Retweeting @smaryka: I've been kicked out of Ironman UK, judge for yourself then please RT http://tinyurl.com/p5k88u #imuk
HGJohn: @dannynic Agree. It was embarrassingly 1 sided last night. Have to put up with a city full of smug Mancs today.
HGJohn: @porchester Getting loads of these spam followers as well, was going to ask if it was a general phenomenon. Obviously is :-(
HGJohn: A colleague wants to do screen capture of Myst 4. Jing won't work for this on a Mac. Anybody suggest an alternative?
HGJohn: @Austin_Irl 16 I think: big target for this year is UK Ironman - 1st attempt at the full monty! Lough Neagh looks fantastic. Good luck.
HGJohn: The situation looks truly bleak for my club :-( http://tinyurl.com/cewf9f
HGJohn: @raff31 Millionaires collecting for Saints? The club is worth pence, not millions. You just need to be able to service £27m worth of debt.
HGJohn: The Cat Bites Back: blogpost on the Cheshire Cat Cycle Sportive:
HGJohn: @technicalfault As is the Barbakan bakery and deli. Fantastic bread: http://www.barbakan-deli.co.uk/
HGJohn: @theokk Thanks, Theo. Will take a look http://bit.ly/HGY28
HGJohn: @neiladam No, I don't expect Sir Jim to have named Twitter directly - media spin. Nice to see the weight placed on potential of social media
HGJohn: @heinemannvideo @BrainPOP_UK Absolutely! I think the good doctor @bengoldacre needs a can! http://tinyurl.com/dl4qa8
HGJohn: Retweeting @SchoolDuggery: KS2 SATs create an "impoverished curriculum" Govt's Advisory Comm. on Maths Education http://is.gd/my3o
HGJohn: Still looking for a shareable staff skills audit, preferably in a google form
HGJohn: Still no sign of a course map for Ironman UK #IMUK
HGJohn: @rocuronium ooh, what did you get?
HGJohn: RT @iusher Firmware upgrade to turn normal digi cams into fancy ones: http://bit.ly/eiod Thanks for sharing.
HGJohn: @robbrown No, I pulled a calf muscle on Tuesday. Ice and Ibuprofen> Much better, and can cycle ok, but not risking a run for a few days.
HGJohn: @NeilAdam Yes, I need to change the image background - thought it would stretch to cover the whole screen.
HGJohn: At least I managed to cycle to work today. Icy off the estate, thereafter, fine.
HGJohn: @suelawson Do you know about Alan Gibbons' Campaign for the Book? http://alangibbons.net
HGJohn: @KristianStill Cool, please share when done, would be really useful!
HGJohn: @craigmcginty Thanks. Surprised at how my usual edu/techie blogging has given me the urge to run a personal blog too: http://is.gd/hpIk
HGJohn: @craigmcginty Reminds me of a teenage cycle tour of France, 27 years ago (Gulp). Vesta curry was king!
HGJohn: Mr 1 yr old has picked up and "hidden" a cheque from a customer - doesn't seem to show any awareness of Dad's stress!
HGJohn: Teaching y3 ICT today. Web searching or some fun with Honeycomb? You decide.
HGJohn: @unklar and everyone. I ran a course yesterday and 9 out of 10 USB pens I scanned prior to starting either had a virus or malware :(
HGJohn: @air73 lol I would never claim to be anything other than "barely competent" at Excel - just a page ahead in the manual ;-)
HGJohn: "Excel for SMT teams" course today. Was amusing to watch faces as they realised the time thy have wasted colouring cells manually.
HGJohn: @_MisterG We had it really tough. 14 hours teaching, a parents evening and then our dad would thrash us to sleep wi his belt.
HGJohn: @tombarrett Hello Mr Barrett's I'm in Hazel Grove, Stockport and it's a nice sunny day here. What's it like in Nottingham?
HGJohn: Interesting from the Typepad blog. "Brands are watching, but are they listening." Well they did in my case: http://is.gd/gzAL
HGJohn: @MartinSFP No video of anyone's cat is ever "good" no matter how well edited!
HGJohn: 15k run tonight - longest of the year so far. Cold and a bit icy in places so took it fairly easy.
HGJohn: say hi to @fwallace16 She's new to Twitter - a teacher from Victoria in Australia
HGJohn: @cindybrock What age is 2nd Grade? I have a couple of schools with 5-7 year olds that are regularly blogging.
HGJohn: 2 courses cancelled today: rats.
HGJohn: http://www.lakesaquarium.co.uk/ Recommended day out for small people on wet days in the Lake District (and there are a few of those!)
HGJohn: Gave up the ride at Clitheroe after Nick o' Pendle - about 80k in. Weather getting v cold and windy. Didn't fancy Trough of Bowland- wimped!
HGJohn: Nothing original about posting New year resolutions, but supportive comments from you or would be appreciated: http://snurl.com/9or08
HGJohn: "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" Who else but George W? http://snurl.com/9mv4s
HGJohn: @slister Take your point, but can you embed Slideshare, Scribd etc in Diigo? I don't use it so not awrae of pros and cons http://is.gd/eLEB
HGJohn: I have "mistakenly" upgraded to Typepad premium, and now they won't refund the difference to my CC. Matter of over £200! Only credit note.
HGJohn: New post on Creative Blogs. What makes a good blog?: http://snurl.com/9a24k Please add to the debate.
HGJohn: @ewanmcintosh Chicago is my 2nd favourite American city (after San Diego), v cold in feb though! http://snurl.com/97uzu
HGJohn: What makes a good blog? http://snurl.com/97uy2 Would really appreciate 5 minutes of input.
HGJohn: 90 minutes run along the towpath of the Lancaster canal beckons. Run training could be much worse than this.
HGJohn: RT Hugh Cornwell's new album available as a free download: http://www.hooverdamdownload.com/
HGJohn: Good and bad: two nice pieces of work confirmed, but feel very rough - along with quite a few colleagues, it would seem.
HGJohn: What makes a good blog? http://creativeict.ning.com Contributions and examples much appreciated.
HGJohn: @orunner Hmm, sounds like a Suunday roast and a glass of port in front of the fire is the order of the day.
HGJohn: @eyebeams Weird. I had a cheese and ham toastie for breakfast. Must be a comfort food kind of day.
HGJohn: @dannynic My particular fave of Postgate's ouevre was that mad Viking, Noggin the Nog
HGJohn: @digitalmaverick @niltiac Should be rephrased "obsession with PowerPoint". Lack of willingness to engage with ICT and further own learning?
HGJohn: @theokk Did you have an for my virtual museum, or were you just teasing?
HGJohn: @johnjohnston It was pretty amazing - foggy with the sun shining through, just a shame my camera phone couldn't do it justice.
HGJohn: @josepicardo Cool, @tombarrett isn't on the list though - fair means or foul ;-) I'm no 1 in Stockport - competition isn't too hot though.
HGJohn: @lynnb1968 Yeah you did, rambling about web 2.0 http://wiganstandrews.net Ian Stott bought a blog site off me as a result ;-)
HGJohn: New on my Ning: How to use Dipity timeline: http://snurl.com/6uhl6 Sign up and join in...
aunty bulllying week is about people stop bullying eachother
HGJohn: @lindiop I'm hoping to be able to podcast an interview with him. Will tweet about it next week.
HGJohn: For Google Earthers out there, this looks really cool: http://snurl.com/5dgvh
HGJohn: @lancearmstrong Google Flu Trends: http://snurl.com/5cqa5 Could it be applied to cancer?
HGJohn: Cool just got an email saying I'm http://www.clustrmaps.com "User of the month".
HGJohn: I'm having a bit of a dilemma: http://tinyurl.com/6r3fb5 Your advice greatly appreciated.
HGJohn: 1st run for 2 months - 10k in reasonable form- Ironman UK here I come!
HGJohn: http://www.screentoaster.com is in private beta. Has anyone tried it? How does it compare with Jing?
HGJohn: @AngelaMaiers Jing is great, but creates huge video files. Have you tried the others you mentioned?
HGJohn: @joedale You can upload and play as audio, or host and podcast from elsewhere. http://snurl.com/54wvg Old version of WP but principle same
HGJohn: @theokk @digitalmaverick #ect08 I suspect schools need to be a lot more democratic and inclusive to make VLEs a success.
HGJohn: Sitting at computer figuring how tough a bike ride I can manage today, alternatively stay in and follow @iowconference08
HGJohn: Anybody know of an online membership/petition sign up plugin/embed/widget for blogs that's not full of advertising? Pref Wordpress
HGJohn: 1st gen ipod's have a certain retro-cool and are quite desired nowadays I'm told.
HGJohn: @Pettsvaldo @digitalmaverick Excellently put!
HGJohn: One example: School weblog blocked in Sefton for promoting "social interaction"!!! WTF
HGJohn: @mrstucke Have you read @datruss excellent blogpost about Facebook?
HGJohn: @martinsfp Have you a link to that blog you mentioned? TIF related?
HGJohn: @skinnyboyevans Click on share and nick the code, that should tell you if it will work in your MLE. Not holding my breath ;-)
HGJohn: Oddly pleased that two more drugs cheats have been nailed. Ban the lot of them for wrecking my sport! http://snurl.com/44g6f
HGJohn: @dajbelshaw A mere 63% Must do better.
HGJohn: @tombarrett Hi Tom, can you point me at a useful tutorial for Google Forms?
HGJohn: Can't we all agree that "VLE" is a dirty word the us of which is entirely inappropriate on Twitter?
HGJohn: @skinnyboyevans Chorlton Park Primary love Comic Life I'll dm you a contact
HGJohn: Great day at Tour of Britain, uploaded some ace photos to photobucket but can't put them on my blog as I seem to have lost photobucket :(
HGJohn: On finish line of Tour ofBritain in Liverpool. Come on Rob Hayles.
HGJohn: @lisibo Good suggestion, but my tummy is usually rather delicate after such a long race! Maybe tomorrow!
HGJohn: @twowhizzy I'll let you know if I have any issues. Have tested it and it works - hasn't had a noticeable impact on my home connection.
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August 1844 – 30 July 1900) was the third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha reigning between 1893 and 1900.
HGJohn: @theokk Hi Theo, it wasn't really marketing tweet - I was trying to explain Twiter and ning to my marketing exec brother. Apologies.
HGJohn: @tombarrett Do your use the "email in your docs" feature in Google Docs to send in homework? Or do they just log in to the site?
HGJohn: @ewanmcintosh Loving the Delight poster: reminds us what we're supposed to be doing! http://snurl.com/3060h
HGJohn: @dannynic Interested in the coyright video you spotted, especially since you adopted a new avatar!
HGJohn: @dswaters Which build of wordpress do you have? Try this: http://support.creativeblogs.net/category/voki/
HGJohn: Great Tweet from @downingstreet http://tinyurl.com/5soe7k An attempt to attract sympathy?
HGJohn: @courosa Not me: keeping the Twitter faith. And so, it seems, are most of my network,at least.
HGJohn: One for the last few weeks of term: Tour de France fantasy league. Embedable in your blog, too. http://snurl.com/2tr3c
HGJohn: Here's an interesting development at Wikipedia: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/wikitrust.php
HGJohn: @downingstreet Surely you mean that the PM met Victoria Pendleton, the world champion cyclist?
HGJohn: @coolcatteacher having done several half-ironman races with 2 normal legs, I can only be in awe of your friend: http://tinyurl.com/5w6jn7
The first atomic bomb has been dropped by a United States aircraft on the Japanese city of Hiroshima
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