Today, we slipped into ‘gardening mode’ and headed off to our good friends Nicki and Richard who have just bought their first house together, in Banstead. We’re here until lunch-time on Sunday with a list as long as your arm of garden-stuff that need ‘sorting’. The specific target? Their back garden – a jungle of …
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A Sunday of Two Halves
A day socialising today – and just like the World Cup, made up of two halves! First half: 12.30 – Paul and Sue came round for Lunch… It was a gorgeous day weather-wise and Ann ‘pulled out all the stops’ in the kitchen for a mouth-watering three-courser… Smoked Mackerel on a bed of Watercress Horseradish …
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Tablet Coaching: BBC iPlayer TV
Today we looked at the features and capabilities of the popular ‘BBC iPlayer TV’ App. from WordPress https://stevethetechguru.wordpress.com/2018/06/26/tablet-coaching-bbc-iplayer-tv/
Laptop Coaching: “Into the Clouds”
Today, we discussed what ‘Cloud Computing’ means and how this can be used within Windows 10. from WordPress https://stevethetechguru.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/laptop-coaching-into-the-clouds-2/
Film Night: Black Panther
If you like your super-hero movies – and also cats – this then was the perfect combo! Tonight was movie-night at ours with the recent release of Black Panther (on 4K UHD* of course!) Joining us: Jo and Janet with a few nibbles and some drinkies too!! – another perfect combo! Janet brought up a …
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Tablet Coaching: OoBE!
Today, with one of the Class now owning a brand new Tablet, we discussed the Android OoBE (Out of Box Experience) and helped her set up her new possession ‘from scratch’. from WordPress https://stevethetechguru.wordpress.com/2018/06/19/tablet-coaching-oobe/
Laptop Coaching: eMail (Part 2)
Today, in the second of our ‘communicating using technology’ lessons, we continued looking at eMail ‘Best Practice’ with Windows 10. from WordPress https://stevethetechguru.wordpress.com/2018/06/18/laptop-coaching-email-part-2-4/
From Dubrovnik via Kettering to Paris!
Well not quite… read on loyal Reader… What a treat! Our good friends Mick & Jane who we’d last bumped into in Dubrovnik – as you do – invited us to join them today for lunch at the rather swanky Paris House Restaurant for lunch. The restaurant is located on the Woburn Estate amongst 22 …
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Dubrovnik (Croatia): Day 6 – Reflections…
Day 6: FRIDAY Morning Reader! It’s our last full day at Hotel Lapad in Dubrovnik, so thanks for stopping by and reading the final Blog! If you want to view just the Photos from our holiday without any of my chat/commentaries, click HERE – and if you missed any of my daily Blogs, use the …
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Dubrovnik (Croatia): Day 5 – A Walk around the Headland
Day 5: THURSDAY Back again Reader? It’s good to see you! Today is the ‘big one’. Well, it is for me! In a break from our daily No. 6 Bus journey routine, instead, how about an invigorating walk in a complete oval around the Headland? It’ll take in the area where we discovered all the …
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Dubrovnik (Croatia): Day 4 – Island Tour of Lokrum
Day 4: WEDNESDAY Welcome back Reader! Today’s destination? the island of Lokrum – just a No 6. Bus and a 15-minute Boat ride away!! As has become our regular routine, it was the short walk/get on the No.6/get off at the City Walls… and then find the Boat that’s going to Lokrum! One of the …
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Dubrovnik (Croatia): Day 3 – M&M&M&M!
Day 3: TUESDAY Morning loyal follower! Today’s Blog is sponsored by the letter ‘M’! It’s a day of Mooching, Museum, Mates and a Meal, here in a slightly overcast Dubrovnik. We’re mooching around the City, seeking-out the best of the local Museums to understand more of the history and culture here. The Museums vary a …
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Dubrovnik (Croatia): Day 2 – The Cable-Car and a Hidden Gem
Our Croatian story so far… Arrival(Saturday) The Old City Walls(Sunday) MONDAY Morning Reader! We slept well. The temporary problem of the AC Unit leaking on the carpet is solved! It was another superb breakfast in the Hotel’s Restaurant that’s ‘punching well above its weight’ for variety and service. On our travels today, it’s back to …
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Dubrovnik (Croatia): Day 1 – The City Walls
We slept well, but if we were going to get ahead of the hoards for a visit to the Old City Walls there would be no lying-in this morning! But, there’s always time for Breakfast, so on (a Sunday-unfriendly) 7.40am, we made our way to the Restaurant for the first time, to see what the …
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Dubrovnik (Croatia): Day 0 – Arrival
Crikey! Even by my standards, leaving at 3am is early! We’re heading for Birmingham Airport and Dubrovnik for a week of sunshine and culture. The last time Ann was in Dubrovnik was when she was 12 and we both saw a bit of Croatia back in 2006 as part of a Cruise for my 50th. …
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Tablet Coaching: The Power of Search!
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, we discussed the power of Google Search – including some shortcuts for ‘power-users’ that speed-up search results.
Laptop Coaching: Music Management & Photo Storage
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: In this, our penultimate lesson for this Group, we recapped ‘sampling music’ (legally, of course) and ‘storing photographs’.
Bank Holiday in Matlock
Saturday It was a very pleasant drive up to our good friends Ralph and Karen (Best Man and Maid of Honour back in the day). This time though, with a small difference – they’ve moved house, literally just down the road! It was good to be catching-up again, as the last time we were at …
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Tablet Coaching: The Browser (Part 1)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, we discussed the key features & benefits of the various Browsers that are available for an Android Tablet.
Laptop Coaching: One Drive (Recap)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, we recapped the key features and benefits of Microsoft’s ‘OneDrive’ App.
Laptop Coaching: Open Session
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today’s lesson was a very flexible one! We spent time 1-to-1 with each Pupil addressing their individual needs
Return to The Ashmolean
We’re great fans of The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, having been there in November 2011, March 2012, September 2013 and March 2014! As usual, we drove to Pear Tree Park & Ride, parked up and took the Bus into the town… …so much less stressful than attempting to park in the centre of town – …
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Tablet Coaching: The Camera App
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, we lookeed at the capabilities of the built-in Camera pre-installed in modern Android tablets.
Laptop Coaching: Windows 10 – April 2018 Update (Tuesday Class)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Tuesday Class : With the new update rolling-out to all PCs in the past week, today, we looked at the new features and improvements of this latest version of Windows
Laptop Coaching: Windows 10 – April 2018 Update (Monday Class)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Monday Class : With the new update rolling-out to all PCs in the past week, today, we looked at the new features and improvements of this latest version of Windows.
London Calling (again!)
It was off to London as ‘tourists-for-the-day’ and to meet up with our good friends Roy and Susan. We had a full day planned, beginning with the Tower Bridge Exhibition and ending with a Soho Restaurant! Perfect!!! Well, almost perfect, in that the weather was forecast to deteriorate from lunchtime onwards, turning to showers! It …
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Shelf Awareness and Dented Pride!
Oh bugger! Prior to… I went out to the garage today to discover that overnight, there had been an ‘incident’! The very large shelf that I use to store all my old training materials had ‘made a bid …
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Tablet Coaching: Setting up eMail (Part 2)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: After last week’s Lesson covering setting-up eMail, today, we discussed:-
Laptop Coaching: File Management (Part 2)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: After Part 1 last week, today we continued to look at managing files using a ‘USB Stick’.
A Belter at Belton!
Wow! That’s two days in a row where the weather has been glorious! Luckily, we’d already planned a while ago to meet up with Dennis and Sandra for a day-out (plus a picnic!) at Belton House – and the great weather was now an extra bonus! Last time we were here, back in July last …
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