When is a change not a change?
When it’s to do with Open University cut off times for TMAs. There has been a well publicised change to TMA cut off times in the works for some time now from 12 midnight to 12 noon. Clear so far....
View ArticleThere are more questions than answers
This morning, I’ve had a quick look through the statistics that are provided by 123-reg, the company I’ve used to host my blog since October of last year. One of the reasons I moved from a free...
View ArticleThere are more questions than answers (#2)
Earlier on this year, I had a quick trawl through the search terms people had used to find this blog and published a number of the more unusual ones (with a number of tongue-firmly-in-cheek comments...
View ArticleCiti – late to the party?
This morning, I read the Daily Telegraph for the first time in ages. I’d spent the previous evening away from home at a late birthday / graduation treat, courtesy of my wife. Incidentally, if anyone...
View ArticleSay what, Aviva?
I’ve recently received a letter from Aviva about an endowment policy which is due to mature at the end of this month. It’s performed appallingly over the 20 years that I’ve held it and because of their...
View ArticleSay what, Nick Clegg?
A massive round of applause from me for Nick Clegg and his vetoing of the “Snooper’s Charter” – alternatively known as the Communications Data Bill. But can anyone understand this paragraph in his...
View ArticleOK. Click OK to ok. OK.
A screenshot of a dialogue box from the University of Leicester Blackboard virtual learning environment. It amused me far more than it ought to have done when I encountered it earlier on today.
View ArticleWhy surveys should always be piloted
This morning I completed an almost incomprehensible marketing survey. Here’s an example of one of the questions. Like all of the other questions in the survey, you have to answer it to proceed to the...
View ArticleOld Timmy’s Almanac 2018
It’s that time of year when I wipe the Christmas pudding from my crystal ball, stare hard into the tea leaves and look up at the stars, to bring you the predictions that will shape 2018. Old Timmy’s...
View ArticleOld Timmy’s Almanac 2019
After my 100% non-success rate last year, I’ve wiped the Christmas pudding from my crystal ball again in the hope that this time it will be different. Let us, in the words of Her Majesty,…Continue...
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