A relatively early start for us today as we were bound for Leeds. That meant we were in the car and heading for Peterborough Station just after 7.30 this morning aiming for an 8.50 Virgin East Coast train direct to Leeds. Even though the weather looked challenging (overnight frost accompanied by a wafer-thin layer of …
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Tablet Coaching: Google Maps
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Continuing our theme of ‘core-apps’ on an Android Tablet, today, we looked at the all-powerful ‘Google Maps’ program. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Laptop Coaching: 1-to-1s
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we took a break from the Programme and concentrated on individual PC-related issues. Filed under: 1-to-1 coaching, Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Laptop Coaching: eMail – Consolidation
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: With just a few weeks left on the Programme for the family, today we consolidated what has been covered so far. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Weekend Ware
We drove down to Roger, Jane and Oliver’s on Friday night for a weekend of all sorts of things! These days, I’m never far away form a technology projects – and happily, this weekend was no different! First job was to reset Oliver’s Tablet and re-install everything because it had become slower and slower over …
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Meal with Ian and Mags
I drove over to Stratford tonight to catch-up with Ian and Mags for our three-monthly catch-up. Generally speaking, we’ve always been very successful in choosing the eatery – and tonight was no exception! Mags had booked the recently(ish) opened Sabai Sabai in town and it didn’t disappoint! What was disappointing was the journey over towards …
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Tablet Coaching: More about eMail
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today we continued to look at gMail – and its more advanced features. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Laptop Coaching: Core Windows Apps – ‘Photos’
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we continued our discovery of Windows 10 ‘Core Apps’ – today, we looked at ‘Photos’. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Laptop Coaching: eMail (Part 3)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today we continued with building the family’s confidence with sending and receiving emails. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
It’s Saturday, it’s Stamford!
(Oliver turned 13 today!!!) We set off for Stamford early to do some shopping for the various ornaments and other bits & pieces in readiness for the Lounge makeover in March. Someone was smiling on us, as we had a very productive time and picked up something in virtually every shop we visited! Then it …
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Tablet Coaching: eMail (Part 2)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we continued to explorer eMail and how to use it more effectively. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Laptop Coaching: Core Windows 10 Apps
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today we began to look at the ‘core’ Windows 10 Apps. Starting with ‘Calendar’ and ‘People’. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Laptop Coaching: eMail Coaching
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: This is our third session with my small group of three. All family too! Today, we looked at sending emails to more than one person and the importance of the address book/contacts app. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Boxing Day in January
Boxing Day in January? Well Boxing evening actually! We did Trish a favour tonight and helped her with the Refreshments at one of Kettering School of Boxing’s big events. Well, they say there’s a first time for everything – and it certainly was for us, as neither of us had ever been to a Boxing …
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The George with Jane and Mick
The Lunch Menu (click to enlarge)A superb extended lunch with our good friends Jane and Mick today. There’s something about The George in Stamford when it comes to munchies in their Oak Room restaurant – they just get it RIGHT …every time! OK, you do pay a little over the odds for the experience, but …
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3-2=42
A bit of a technological milestone today! – even though the Maths in the title looks a bit dodgy, all will be revealed! I moved my mobile phone from the always reliable ‘O2’ to 3. I’ve been with O2 for as long as I can remember (1985 actually) when it was called Cellnet, and they …
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Tablet Coaching: eMail
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we introduced the group to setting-up email on their Tablet. The topic will continue to be discussed in more detail over the next few weeks. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Laptop Coaching: Windows 10 App Store
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we ran an introduction to the Windows 10 App Store. We’ll be returning to this subject later on in the curriculum, but for now, the group had an opportunity to download their first FREE App. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
TV Obsession
Yes, it’s that time of year, where we start to think about replacing the TV. But first, a short history lesson… Technology waits for no one – even for tech-heads like me! So this is our first 4K TV. In English, this means it has four-times the picture detail of an HD Telly. OK, nothing from …
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Laptop Coaching: Using eMail
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: My special 1-to-2 (now 1-to-3) coaching lessons continued today, where we began to look at using eMail. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Late Lunch
Having picked up Lee yesterday, We drove up to Denis’s today, to meet Bev and then onto the unusually titled ‘Shrub and Grub’ Eatery just down the road from Heckington at Thorpe Latimer Farm in err, Thorpe Latimer. It was an excuse to get together for a (very) late ‘news year’s lunch’, as we hadn’t …
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Steve gets Smart!
Today, at last, I got smart. More accurately, our house did – courtesy of a very nice man from British Gas called Tim. I must admit, I’ve known about the existence of ‘smart meters’ for some time now, but like many other things in (my) life, I’ve never got around to looking at it in …
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Tablet Coaching: Recap
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: With the extended break over Christmas & new year, we used today’s lesson to recap the significant learning points covered to date. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Volunteer
Laptop Coaching: Recap
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: With the extended break over Christmas & new year, we used today’s lesson to recap the major learning points covered to date. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Laptop Coaching: 1-to-2
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: With the ‘Monday Class’ ending earlier than expected just before Christmas (due a drop in numbers), I’m going to be carrying-out some individual coaching for two C of E staff during ‘the gap’. This will fill the diary nicely until the new Monday Class starts in March/April. Filed under: …
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New Year’s Eve 2016
This year, we drove up to Matlock to share New Year’s Eve with Ralph and Karen. We set off from ours just after 1pm and arrived just before 3 – a straightforward, hassle-free journey (and the longest so far in Ann’s new car). The venue tonight is the Peak Edge Hotel where we’re going to …
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London: New Year Fireworks 2016
We weren’t there, but thanks to YouTube, here is the next best thing! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Curry with the Costellos
A bit of a milestone this one: we invited the whole Costello family around tonight for a mega-curry night. I picked up John and Trish for 7pm and Sean and Conor arrived around 8.30. For the main event, Ann prepared Chicken Tikka, whilst I prepared a Pork and Apple Madras and also Bombay Potato. To …
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Palmers Reunited
Our second foray into travelling down to my brother’s by train meant that we didn’t need to leave at the crack of dawn to get there. Unusually though, the ticket prices weren’t so advantageous and we weren’t able to get our pair of tickets for around £40 (as usual) – it was closer to £80! …
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Christmas 2016
I picked up Lee on the 23rd as she’ll be staying with us over the holiday period. The weather forecast for today was atrocious (the tail end of ‘Hurricane Barbara’) meaning ferocious winds and rain after 3pm, so I did the deed earlier. As things turned-out, the forecast was spot on, so smugness prevailed once …
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