CCS-PK-Beeb-10

Now that I have finished teaching I am closing the CCS-PK website and this weblog must close too. It will be updated normally while the site remains operational for one year in the event that anyone finds it useful. Then it will be archived and published elsewhere for my own use.
 

Posting date fixed in the future to keep this item at the top of the page.

The first September since 1974 that I've not had a new term to start.

Never mind I can calm myself down with the '10 Things' for 2010-09-03.

 
"10 acorns"

by Vic Barton-Walderstadt

Items include apples, Ray Winstone, silly laws, new submarine, washing up, nervousness, Usain Bolt, Guinness, crisps, and alcohol.

Bank holiday weekend, music festivals - so no surprise that it's wet - here's '10 Things' for 2010-08-27.

 
"10 road markings"

by Vic Barton-Walderstadt

Items include the Tube, booking a flight, the Stig, watered down milk, watching a lot of films, sumo wrestlers fingers, socks and sandals, tornados, binning the cat, and long traffic jams.

It is indeed an august day today so on with '10 Things' for 2010-08-20.

 
"10 bollards"

by Vic Barton-Walderstadt

Items include trees, uniforms, msgng, grades, adults, dogs, mammoths, awake, squints, and urine.

I was unable to post this yesterday because it might have been unlucky ..... although some wicked people might suggest it was due to me playing 'Red Dead Redemption' online for double XP this weekend. Either way, apologies for the lateness and here's the link to the actual '10 Things' for 2010-08-13.

 
"10 seed pods"

by Vic Barton-Walderstadt

Items include pea plants in lungs, big fines for speeding, postcard censorship committees, the name of the penguin at Penguin books, being banned from supermarkets nationwide, how much some famous Victorian people were able to leave in their will, a very dangerous job, why the 'qwerty' keyboard is laid out as it is, being able to stand the heat in a sauna, and when honybees are the cleverest.

There's been some lovely aurora this week following the massive CME last Sunday (August 1st). If you didn't get to see any then I hope the '10 Things' for 2010-08-06 will provide an antidote to your disappointment.

"5 grandchildren and their portraits"

by Jimmy Martin

 
(No picture today - have used one from 2004-08-06)

Items include Rotterdam, beach huts, buttocks, Iceland, Middlesex, Winston Churchill, drugged-up drivers, hormones while shopping, Norman names, and swimming in the Thames.

Today is the 211^th day of the year.

211 is a prime number, it is the sum of 67, 71 and 73 which are all prime numbers too and .....

..... here's the '10 Things' for 2010-07-30.

 
"10 advertising boards"

by Vic Barton-Walderstadt
 
 
 
 
Items include things that have been chosen, shipped, towelled, released, deceased, mimiced, fattened, over-extended, faked, and identified.

The last weekend in July brings many wonderful things including the German Grand Prix, the finish of the Tour de France in Paris, Guide camp, the end of term and, of course, '10 Things' for 2010-07-23.

 
"10 Tower Bridge tools"

by Vic Barton-Walderstadt

Items include babies called Adolph, the grumpiest day of the week, Brazil's Orkut, strong beer, copyrighted jokes, blood for paper-making, buying a lot of cocoa, parties in prison, the colour of children, and Tour de France etiquette.

The correct night for posting this week and the day after a rather wet and windy St. Swithin's Day. It looks like we'll get to spend lots of days in over the next month so let's enjoy the '10 Things' for 2010-07-16.

 
"10 signposts"

by Vic Barton-Walderstadt

Items include David Beckham, plants, big heads, gorillas, dress wearing, Everest ice, Tessa Jowell, ordaining women, high heels, and intensive exercise may be bad.

What a great weekend this has been. You may ask why?

Here are just a few reasons :

• some lovely warm weather down here
  .. although it's been a bit too warm for me to be honest
• the brilliant Penn & Teller on Jonathon Ross
  .. and the new series of 'BS!' hits the mark
• three exciting stages in the Tour de France
  .. a couple or so climbs and the sprint finish back on Friday
• F1 and the British Grand Prix remaining at a re-modelled Silverstone track
  .. and karma indeed for "2nd driver" Webber
• a fancy new D-Link wireless AP with ..... count 'em up ..... 3 aerials
  .. the signal strength of the Edimax I got a couple of weeks ago was too variable
  ... and the DAP-1353 has four nice LEDs ..... gotta have those flashing lights
• Spain winning the World Cup
  .. Paul the Octopus got it right yet again ..... well done Paul
• there was a total solar eclipse on Sunday
  .. sadly it was only visible in the southern-most parts of the Pacific
• and in just 10 days it will be 'Pi Approximation Day', ie. 22/7 ...
  .. for people in the USA ... that's the way round that dates are intended to be read
  ... although the other way that I use in this blog is quite reasonable too
  .... but putting the month first is just illogical

Never mind, back to more mundane matters, here's the '10 Things' for 2010-07-09.

 
"10 colouring pencils"

by Vic Barton-Walderstadt

Items include inflatable TV screens, meerkats, woodwork lessons, an acceptable standard of living, the tallest tent, Gaga on Twitter, hamburger-related injuries, the common octopus, stopping bullets, and the male squid's penis.