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Last post before journal deletion [Public]
I will be deleting the entire barakta Livejournal in a few days. I can't condone the latest Terms of Service and I'm not willing to guarantee I'll mark LGBT friendly content as adult or friends only. Russian law and practice towards LGBT people is horrifying ( Read more... ) -
Rare public post BiCon post: Say what you want to me meme
Post BiCon, is there anything you'd like to say to me non-publicly or anonymously?
Comments are screened, please let me know if you would like your comment to remain screened.
ETA: Will get round to adding new people and doing a Proper Update later...
[Exact wording pinched from someone else cos I'm very ded today]
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didyouknow: Zooming quickly in apps (ctrl+scroll)
I suspect most of you know that if you hold down [Ctrl] key and scroll with your mouse wheel that you can zoom in and zoom out in many apps very quickly.
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Did you know? Using the tools you have
As part of my encouraging students to use the tools they have I'm documenting and letting people know about cool stuff in standard web or windows (and maybe mac) computing environments ( Read more... ) -
South Londoners: A long shot, but worth a try.
Yesterday evening a friend of mine had her bag stolen from St. Georges hospital while called away from her mum's bed to receive very bad news about her mum's health. She's already stopped the cards but the bag and some notebooks have personal value. If you're in or around South London please read Lizzie's own LJ post here you may be able to help ( Read more... ) -
Quick question for the geeks.
What's a good graphical FTP client for Ubuntu? -
Well this made me giggle.
I think this link sums up the new Prime Minister nicely:
http://zombiecoterie.blogspot.com/2007/06/our-new-prime-minister-knows-sign.html -
I don't wanna go...
I have to go to CLAIT I don't wanna go...
Have to do my M$ Access 'assessment'...
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Sewing Machine *yay*
I am now the owner of an old (pre 60s) Singer Sewing machine which needs a little TLC (rewiring and oiling). From what we can tell it hasn't been used since approx 1995 and was bought for £30 second hand (and refurbished) in 1993 (receipt still taped to the inside of the box ( Read more... )