If you are reading this thinking, “The title is wrong” that it should be, “You and I“, then this is precisely for you!
Note that the picture I have used (under Fair Use) is from a …
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Bonfire Night
In case you are new to England and don’t know what the Fireworks are about that usually start around the end of October until early November, here is a video explaining the history of the reason for this tradition. (By …
Accessing Windows 7 Shares (after January 2019 update?)
Recently I discovered that I could no longer access my Windows 7 computer from the other computers on my home network. At first I thought it was something to do with the username or password, but the behaviour when these …
How to say “ough”
The hardest word in the English language for non-native speakers?
Feel free to comment below.
This is edited from a TV Show called “Modern Life is Goodish“, by Dave Gorman.
The full, unedited, episode is available on …
Equinox
Today is the Spring Equinox.
equinox /ˈɛkwɪˌnɒks/ (noun)
An equinox is when “the sun crosses the plane of the earth’s equator, making night and day of approximately equal length (12 hours) all over the earth”. Due to the
Powershell MTP
Welcome to my new blog! I wanted my first blog post to be something wholly positive, so I decided to share this Powershell script, in case there is anyone else out there who has struggled with automating the copying or …
Tired
Word of the day, 8th March 2015
I have been inexplicably /ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbliː/ extremely tired /tʌɪəd/ this weekend, which is why I am afraid I missed writing a word for yesterday. I will try to do a bit of catching up …
TLAs
Word of the day, 6th March 2015
“What does ‘TBA’ mean?” I was asked.
So the word for today is not a word, but a few related TLAs.
TLA = “Three Letter Acronym”.
Acronym /ˈakrənɪm/ (noun)
an abbreviation formed from …
Distracted
Word of the day, 5th March 2015
distracted /dɪˈstraktɪd/ (adjective)
From Latin, dis- “away” + trahere “to draw” = “to draw away”.
So to be “distracted” is to be drawn away from one thing (usually what you should …
Condescend
Word of the day, 4th March 2015
condescend /kɒndɪ’sɛnd/ (verb)
This word was suggested to me, and it is actually quite a tricky word, the most difficult for me to write about so far.
For those who want a short …