Archive for July, 2007

Now we can’t read either

Jul 25th

Posted by Simon Scullion in Miscellaneous

As if not knowing our multiple tables wasn’t enough, now it turns out we can’t read either! More than 10% of the 1,000 parents asked had struggled to understand some words in the stories they had read to their five to 10-year-old children. Parents said that they made up words they could not read or [...]

books, literacy, reading, stories

Open source applications…magnets for open source infrastructure | Tech news blog – CNET News.com

Jul 25th

Posted by Simon Scullion in Miscellaneous

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An interesting article on the makeup of the open source stack. One line that caught my eye (emphasis mine): But Alfresco’s customers significantly skew toward the Global 2000 plus leading government and nonprofit organizations: ….. European Commission, …. etc. It’s possible that these organizations represent the lunatic fringe of the software-using world but, in fact, [...]

Alfresco, open+source

Various

Jul 19th

Posted by Simon Scullion in Miscellaneous

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Just catching up on a couple of things, a few posts on the beeb have caught my attention lately. Broadband prices An interesting article on the price of broadband worldwide. Not sure how valid the comparisons are, but I know that here in Spain we continue to be shafted, I’m currently paying just under 40€ [...]

Amergence, BBC, broadband, iPlayer, maths, Sony

New Sails

Jul 19th

Posted by Simon Scullion in Sport

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We’re really chuffed to have new sails in time for the next regatta this weekend! More to come, including photos! Update: Photo added!

595, CSC, sailing, sails

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