tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83062956978171760692023-03-17T12:59:30.027+00:00A record of software projects I am currently working on, my general ramblings and things I find on the net I think would interest others.Grey Olltwithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783725914957955208noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306295697817176069.post-3747208984705501582017-08-31T23:21:00.004+01:002017-08-31T23:21:51.432+01:00

Oooh don't worry Tony, we will find a way to make you EU President xxxxxx muah

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As a species, humans are different from any other creature on Planet Earth. No other creature has the constant desire for more, an insatiable lust that is never satisfied. No other creature hates or despises other creatures. Only humans kill and exterminate their own kind for greed, power and to control. All other creatures without human intervention, only eat what they need to survive

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Guy Verhofstadt said today in the European Parliament "What makes it so hard for me...is the way it succeeded. The absolutely negative campaign. Mr Farage's posters showing refugees like in Nazi propaganda, which he copied at that moment. I never thought it was possible that somebody in this house should do a thing like that." How dare you suggest that the British people were persuaded by what

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It has become clear to me that just a few days after the historic referendum result where the UK voted to Leave the EU, both campaign sides were really caught with their trousers down. Neither side really expected us to vote to leave. Even Farage said just a few hours before the result that his 'pals' in the city money markets had done an extensive survey which gave the Remain camp the win with

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Apparently the English and Welsh still have some backbone left as we voted to leave the EU on Thursday. I was wrong in thinking that the voters would be swayed by the fear of fire, famine, and pestilence that was put out by the Remain campaign. But why isn't the EU pleased with our decision? I and others like me who voted Leave have just removed the most major obstacle the EU had, the UK. We

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For those that wish to remain in the EU, I would ask the question, are we being fair to our European partners? Since the time we joined, the UK more than any other EU member, has historically whinged and moaned about the terms and conditions of membership. Think about it. If you were a member of a local club and one member went to the committee and said, “I'm not sure I will be attending

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As much as I would like to think it's possible we could leave the EU, I very much doubt this will ever happen. There are far too many UK MPs and civil servants looking to secure their future should their current one disappear down the toilet. Jobs aboard the EU gravy train abound for failed MPs, Lords, Ladies et al. There's even three Presidents positions, European Commission President

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Placing the responsibility on the publisher regarding Adsense et al advertising will be deemed as non compliant with the EU Data Protection Policy as whatever the publisher does the cookie will have already been set on the users device by Google before user consent has been obtained. This is particularly relevant to Apps containing Adsense/Admob advertising as the law clearly states that the

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I Brake For Wildlife car bumper stickers #stoptailgating I got one of these and it really does work

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I have a wireless BT Home Hub router to connect to the internet and signal strength has always been a problem showing between 2 and 3 bars out of a possible 5. The reason for this is quite simply the distance from the hub. The only practical place we can have the hub is on one side of the house whereas we use our laptops on the other. To bring the hub any closer would mean rewiring through the

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or How To Have An XP Emulator OnWindows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit Some of my older programs didn't want to run on Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and believe me I tried all the compatibility running options in the properties section of the exe files. Then I noticed in searches that Windows 7 comes with an XP emulator to run those programs that don't like the new interface. So I tried to

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I guess like many parents of grown up children, my own started to use satellite navigation devices to get around. My initial reaction was, why pay so much when the old fashioned maps give all the information you need. Plus, I thought, and still do, that young adults will not learn the skills of map reading and in consequence have little idea geographically of where they are going or where

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Wasps nest in our hedge

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Green Woodpecker Green Woodpecker Spotted Flycatcher A Spotted Flycatcher above, taken today in my Mum's garden. Apparently not too common a sight in an English garden. And above that the Green Woodpecker that's been making a real meal of my Mum's lawn digging great big holes in it but Mum loves birds so much she doesn't mind a bit! Not sure I would be let off so lightly if I'd made the

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While there are all kinds of benefits that are associated with learning and furthering your educational goals there are even more benefits to those who wish to pursue online learning in order to achieve those goals. I hope you will find that many of these benefits are quite enlightening and carefully consider whether or not online learning for your secondary education needs will be in your best

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If you are planning to attend college or the parent of a child you hope will attend college, I'm sure you are concerned over how you are going to be able to afford the process. A college education in many cases is a significant investment. The good news is that there are many options for the average family when it comes to paying the high costs involved in higher education. Types of Financial

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We live in the information age. We have grown so accustomed to information at the speed of light that the prospect of not having immediate access to countless numbers of facts and figures with the mere click of a few buttons for many of us is simply disconcerting. For this reason, it only makes sense that there are many people across the nation and around the world that are embracing the idea of

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I've just added a new science game to my website. It's a fun fair style arcade game to help in learning the chemical periodic table.Details and download at:www.greyolltwit.com/periodic-table.htmlGrey Olltwitwww.greyolltwit.comwww.go-education.comwww.go-games.com

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Madonna stopped her concert half way through in Bucharest last night to launch into one of her 'human rights' speeches. Many of the musicians and dancers she had employed were gypsies and the crowd politely applauded the fact but when she started on about how sad she was that the gypsies, or roma as they are officially known, were badly discriminated against in this part of Europe, the boos and

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The Google algorithm is shrouded in mystery when in fact it is very simple. It doesn't matter what content you have on your page. It is only about who links to you, their relevance and their importance. You can have the best website in the world and have thousands of inbound links and still appear much lower down than a crap site that has a handful of links. How? Well the secret is that the site

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Just updated and uploaded Dinosaur HuntDetails and free download at:www.greyolltwit.com/dinohunt_2.htmlTake care,Simon Hensby aka Grey Olltwitwww.greyolltwit.comor www.go-education.com

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Hi and Happy New Year. I have just uploaded a new much improved version of my MP3 Player which now also plays Windows media compressed audio files (wma).Details and free download at:www.greyolltwit.com/mp3player2.htmlTake care,Simon Hensby aka Grey Olltwitwww.greyolltwit.comor www.go-education.com

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My 'Advent Calendar' and 'Spare A Thought For Santa' screen savers have been updated and are now totally free again. Download at: Advent Calendar Spare A Thought For Santa Happy holidays to you all

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Learning is a fantastic process that is carried out by all of us every day, whether you are 5 or 105. Then why when it comes to educational software, do the majority of programs have these silly pre school graphics? Granted they can be useful for very early learners but those looking to improve their number skills or sentence building can be any age and in my experience of teaching, are put off

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I have just returned my popular ten pin bowling game to freeware. You can get a copy at:free bowling game Happy Bowling. More free games coming soon.

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