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Yeah I have never had problems with freebies on a Saturday! Alots get loads of bits coz like @elsiegee40 said, they are trying to get rid of things so they don't have to take it back with them!

@TechSupp Will depend on the day that you are going. Wednesday - Friday, you can take the DLR from Greenwich to Custom House (change at Westferry). On Saturday, you will be better off taking the DLR from Greenwish to West Silvertown and change at Westferry. When you get to West Silvertown, you need to walk over the bridge to Excel. This link shows the route N Woolwich Rd/A1020 to Western Gateway - Google Maps

@jdoldridge Use this form on the Bett Show website - https://form.n200.com/?s=2hfw51qqzv2p4&check=1 Just enter Independent or consultant under job title and company name

@jdoldridge Just register them as consultants (as in this post http://www.edugeek.net/forums/general-chat/102901-bett-2013-a-6.html#post913374). There has always been freebies on the Saturdays when I have been before (I am going again on Saturday this year).

@GrumbleDook Luns are joining SchoolsICT on stand F277 this year Kite Learning are on stand F278 with e4education

@elsiegee40 I was just finding the post you made before so I could link to it for @mdench

St Ives School is looking for an ICT technician. Closing Date: 12 Noon, 8 February 2013 Interview date: 15 February 2013 Salary: Grade E, £13,442 - £16,054 (School website says Grade E only - found the salary range on the Cornwall Council Website) Hours: 37 hours per week, term time only ICT Technician - St Ives School St.Ives School - A Technology College

St Peter’s Church of England Aided School in Exeter is looking for an ICT technician. Closing Date: 31 Jan 2013 Interview date: w/c 11 February 2013 Salary: £13,092 - £14,652 Hours: 37 hours per week, 40 weeks per annum (term time only, 1480 hours per annum) ICT Technician - St Peter’s Church of England Aided School Jobs | St Peter's Church of England Aided School

Happy birthday!

I may pop by and say Hi when I am there on the Saturday (even thou I am not in Education IT Support anymore)

I've recnently done a Joomla site and a Wordpress site.. I like both software, have found it slightly easier to edit the templates for wordpress than Joomla. Wordpress is easier to understand the menu system than Joomla.

1 thing with using Joomla 3.0 is that it is a STS (Short Term Supported) release which will mean that you will need to upgrade the version about every 6 months (Release and support cycle - Joomla! Documentation). Joomla 2.5 is a LTS (Long Term Supported) release which is supported for 27 months (until March 2014). Joomla 3.0 is currently only supported until April this year (Joomla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) With the above in mind, I would probably go with Joomla 2.5 because it saves upgrading everything 6 months to a version that is supported still. Yes some upgrades between LTS releases can be a pain but if you are not using many extensions, then it shouldn't be that hard to upgrade.

Its coming down as sleet down here at the moment.. But is also trying to snow as well..

Alot of Hastings schools are closed. A few got late opening..

Main roads here are fine but side roads could be a bit icy in the morning..

Its still snowing down here. Still doesn't look like its gonna let up.. At least it gives me chance to sort out the bedroom for our little girl that is due in March... Edit: Just got the email saying that I am working from home tomorrow!

@glennda Where in Sussex are you? It's been snowing for about 2 hours without any signs of stopping.. Main road is clear outside my place but the side road isn't!

yeah it is small flakes here as well.. Its laying fairly quick thou.. The forecast for us is to expect heavy fall today as well..

Here comes the next set of snow. Has bee snowing here for last half hour ish..

Not just SWGfL that had problems! BBC News - Worcestershire schools web crash: Council apologises

Its rather heavy now in hastings!

sounds about right for SWGfL..

@TechMonkey HMV in Ireland have been put into receivership and from reading this page on the BBC news site (BBC News - Irish HMV staff stage sit-in protest as 16 stores close), the directors of HMV have requested that the Irish operation is closed down the 16 stores that employ about 300 people.

Ours never seems to be that busy really.. If it is, it is coz there is only 1 person on the tills! lol!