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  • Forced to Wear Mask Outdoors

    Forced to Wear Mask Outdoors

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesSwitzerland is currently toying with the idea of forcing people to wear masks outdoors but it’s not clear whether this would be for cities or whether it would be for villages and even rural walks. If the obligation to wear a mask at all times is enacted then I have two reactions.…

  • Timetrap – A Command Line Time Tracking App

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I played with Timetrap, a command line time tracking app. It allows you to track the time you spend doing specific tasks with ease. To install the app you can run the command. To create a timesheet you type: and it will create/switch to that timesheet. Type this to start the…

  • How To Block Twitter and Facebook Using The Hosts File On A Mac.

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIf we’re not learning every day then we’re wasting our time. If we’re not up to mischief every day then we’re likely to become unhappy. In light of both of these things let me give you a quick tip for blocking Twitter and Facebook. My motivation for doing this is the following.…

  • The Roman Civilisation On Twitter

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Roman Civilisation is being tweeted about on Twitter. There are accounts that tweet about ongoing archeological digs, museum opening times and more. They also share images and videos, providing people with a visual way of learning about the Romans. One of these twitter accounts is Roman Britain. They tweet original content…

  • Thoughts on The Google IT Support Course

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI am currently studying the Google IT Support Course. I am familiar with many of the topics and I have used many of the tools discussed. What the course offers, and the reason for which it has so much value, is that fills my knowledge gaps. One example of this is the…

  • Playing with Fire(fox Developer Edition)

    Playing with Fire(fox Developer Edition)

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteGoogle Chrome was misbehaving recently so I started to explore other browsers. By explore I mean try browsers that I had used plenty of times in the past. As I did this I came across Firefox Developer Edition. Firefox Developer Edition is fun because it allows you to see everything that’s…

  • Looking Out From The Other Side of the Internet Tunnel

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I started reading “What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains, The Shallows” and I feel that I am on the other side of the experience. I have been through the passion for new content, the passion to constantly write the new things that people write, and the need to be…

  • Web Dev Studies During The Pandemic.

    Web Dev Studies During The Pandemic.

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring this Pandemic, I have decided to study Web Development and I am slowly making my way through one or two Linkedin Learning Pathways. In the process, I have learned about CSS, PHP, JavaScript ECMAScript2016, Frameworks and more. The course I have studied are: Angular Essential Training / React.js Essential Training /…

  • Bullying Disguised as Satire

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re in the middle of a pandemic. Some of us go without conversing with people in the real world for days or even weeks at a time. Is now the time to be offensive about people’s social media habits? For plenty of TikTok users, their only window into the social world…

  • Learning To Code By Building CMSs

    Learning To Code By Building CMSs

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s easy to use Facebook or other CMS every day without thinking about how the code works. This summer I have coded two CMS using Linkedin Learning. One of these CMS was running with PHP and MySQL and the other was running with Ruby On Rails and MySQL. The PHP CMS In…