I don’t know why I’ve never bothered to find out before, especially because it is something I have had need of on numerous occasions, but I’ve finally found out how to mark off a list using HTML. Now I can do this:
The dots look ugly, but they serve a purpose, and will suffice until some other method comes along to replace it.
Years 7, 8 and 9 had a theme day at school today. They were split into four groups, and spent the day taking turns to visit the four “themed” rooms. This year the theme was countries: France, Japan, England and Zimbabwe.
I was, of course, involved in the organisation of England. This involved preparing tea, toast and marmalade, and showing an episode of Fawlty Towers.
Had we have had more than 60 minutes per group, there were more humourous itmes planned (English humour being the theme within a theme), but even with the shortened schedule, we seemed to have succeeded in sending away the children happy.
In the corridor there was talk of the day’s event, and I overheard a couple of times how the English offering was best. I gladly take credit for the idea, though the actual ingredients (sugar and brilliant comedy) are always a recipe for success among young adults.
The war is already lost. The film and music industry will demand sacrifices, nonetheless, though their attempts are pitiful. As if trying to make a point that ANY amount of illegal filesharing is worth the fight, several “pirates” were convicted and fined this week for sharing one film and four songs between them.
Coming to their aid is delaut.se, who insure filesharers against such fines for a minimal monthly fee. A one-month packet costs £1.50, while a year’s insurance is £9.
This type of organisation isn’t the first in Sweden. Planka.nu is a similar idea for those willing to shirk payment on public transport. For 6 months of protection one pays about £35, less than the cost of one month’s legal travel. Tagen.se is another such site for drivers who get caught for speeding
It surprises me that these type of ideas do not become illegal. Planka.nu has been in operation since 2001; however, with the newly elected Moderates taking power from the Social Democrats, this may be a short-lived
Interstingly, planka has about 600 paying “members” per month, whilst the nascent delaut about 2000.
We have been remiss in following Formula 1 the last few years, but Michael Schumacher‘s decision today to retire is the end of an era.
Despite the critisim that he is arrogant, we see past this superficial view to see the absolute brilliance that he encapsulates. Regardless which team he drives for, and which start position he takes, he always impresses, and he shall be remembered as (in my limited knowledge of the sport) the best ever driver in the history of F1.
Goodbye, Michael (may I call you Michael?), and thank you.
We checked our credit card status the other week and were most surprised to see the total for the month somewhat higher than expected. It turned out that someone had gained access to our Paypal account and “bought” two items for the total of $1200.
I feel like I have joined an exclusive club, and my kudos has risen in the “Internet Club”. I know of no-one else that has been subject to such fraud, and feel a bit special because of it. I say this, of course, because we have been recently credited the monies by Paypal, and suffer no lose, except that of the inconvenience of communicating with them. Even if Paypal had considered our case to be our own fault, the credit card company that we use for Paypal transactions would cover the bill with their 100% protecton against Internet fraud.
I now need to fax Paypal a utility bill with my name on it, which is impossible since all such bills are in Jo’s name. This shouldn’t be a problem, though, if their hitherto efficieny and professionalism is anything to go by.
The only part of their process that has caused raised eyebrows is the word “fax”. Do people still fax nowadays?