Re: Wordpress

I started developing a web site using Wordpress.  I found it all a bit confusing at first, after a while I found it to be much the same as this.  I used some of my own photos and some stock photos from this web site http://www.123rf.com/ the toughest part was paying for it all with my credit card.  Sometimes a bit of resizing was needed, however if I can manage it I sure that most people will be able to manage it.  The acid test will be if I get some work as a result of the work I did over Chinese New Year to develop the site.

If the blog was not part of the course requirement I think I would have found it much more difficult to get a handle on Wordpress.  So maybe the good Doctor was right !

Re: Backups

The unfortunate computer users in Australia have found to their cost that storing their backup hard disks next to their computers was not such a good idea.

The flood waters destroyed their computers and their backup copies as well.  There is much to be said for storing backup material in a remote location. Likewise using SkyDrive is also a very good idea. 

Shock horror !

I had a serious shock when I fired up my computer and found that my precious files were not where they should have been.  A brief hunt found them in the circular filing cabinet (The trash can).
I restored them and then did some backups of the vital files.  Now I have them on 2 separate hard disks and 2 flash RAMs all kept separately and for good measure I have it on SkyDrive as well.

This may seem a bit excessive but the thought of losing all of my invoices, and my precious Excel files (yes, I can use Excel now) quite daunting.

Play Dough

I am sure that most teachers prefer to avoid teaching young children like the plague.
I for one, quite like teaching the little guys.  There are some very talented students out there.  I had a troublesome class, with kids who were meant to speak but were not.  I resorted to using some Play Dough sushi.  I am not quite sure why but the silent souls in the classroom were suddenly speaking in English.  If anybody has an explanation for such behaviour please leave a comment.

I usually have a stock of colouring pages as backup material, I think I will include some Play Dough as well.

Stickers are always useful for the younger students.

History in Tai Po Market

Here is a rare sight in Hong Kong.  A well !  The well is a in a circular structure designed to keep run off water away from the well.  Piped water was introduced to Hong Kong in about 1920 so I have assumed that this well pre dates this.  It appears to be still in use.

It is a bit confusing !

It is all a bit confusing for me. I now have my own domain name. I also have a new gmail account. So e mails are forwarded to my gmail account. I reply from my gmail account and it looks like it is coming from my domain name. I have a link in my signature to my Google calendar so schools can see when I am busy. I have signed up for Google/analytics so that when I (OK the web site developer) get the web site up and running I am able to tell how much interest each page is generating. I am sure that it will all make sense one day.

Computer repairs

I had to replace a DVD player in my Acer notebook. I went to Sham Shui Po, the Golden Shopping Centre. There is a very big computer type shopping centre there where the prices seem to be cheaper than Wan Chai Computer Market. I got a used DVD at Shop 46, T & L Technology Co. I have had work done by them before, they seem to be good at repairing computers, this is always useful to know.