It’s back to school time, so I’m considering taking up a course. Online courses are often easier to fit around work and life, not requiring in-person attendance at a specific location at a specific time, so I’ll be reviewing some of the following sources to find a suitable option. Continue reading “Online courses”
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Lose weight by drinking cold drinks!
In honour of the time-honoured New Year’s resolution of losing weight, my co-conspirator Dave calculated how to do so by doing no more than drinking cold beverages. 🙂 What to know more? Read on! Continue reading “Lose weight by drinking cold drinks!”
Readme
I was lucky enough to see Omar give a presentation on the history and use of the readme file, one of the most fundamental forms of software documentation. He’s written an article about it too over here: https://medium.com/@NSomar/readme-md-history-and-components-a365aff07f10
Podcasts automatically unsubscribing?
A quick post on podcast subscriptions after an Odd Thing™ happened over the weekend.
I noticed Friday that a particular Friday night favourite didn’t update, but assumed someone was on holidays and feed updates were neglected, so got on with a busy weekend without my fix. Last night, in assessing the offerings for my commute listening, I noticed that iTunes was of the opinion that I was unsubscribed from another podcast, but was pretty sure I hadn’t unsubscribed. After checking the rest of my subs, I realised that all of my BBC podcast subscriptions were unsubscribed, tho I was pretty sure I hadn’t deliberately unsub-ed – very odd! So I re-subscribed, got my podcasts, and drifted off to sleep listening to a favourite.
This morning, the issue was still on my mind, so I had a bit of a google and discovered this BBC iPlayer FAQ. Turns out, if the RSS feed for a podcast is redirected, iTunes automatically unsubscribes! Who knew? May explain why some other podcasts mysteriously disappeared on me in the past.
If you haven’t heard a favourite in a while, check you’re still subscribed. You could be in for a backlog-y treat!
The Summer Reading Buzz
After all the desperate longing for summer holidays, the small people tend to find themselves BOOOOORRRRRRED remarkably quickly when they start. The Summer Reading Buzz may be one way to keep them entertained if your local library is particpating.