What’s in a name?

Well, aside from letters and usually a space or two. I came across a post on EduGeek today: [The] Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), today launched an online cyberbullying campaign, new guidance and a short film to help schools tackle bullies who use the internet or mobile phones to bully other children or abuse their teachers. And the Secretary of State for Children’s name? Ed Balls. It makes you wonder if he’s had any personal experience …

My sister on Radio 1

It would appear that my sister Rhi‚àö¬¢n was on Radio 1 yesterday morning, on Fearne and Reggie’s show (minus Fearne, it seems) talking about a stupid competition she once took part in. Of course, it’s nothing on my appearance on television, but it’s a start, yes? Here’s the 50 second snippet: My sister on the Radio.

Emails from the Dawn of Time #1

Today, I decided that having a 1GB Outlook .pst file with all my emails in was a bit of overkill, and decided to archive some. I’ve kept virtually all of my emails ever since I left Uni in 1999, and even forwarded on some from there, so I’ve got a few from 1997. Anyway. In the process of doing the backing up, archiving, and then checking the archive, I had a read through some old messages, and here, for your …