iPod Nano stops playing when display turns off

I am a one for keeping tech that works LONG past its use-by-date, and doing all I can to keep it going. So I was struck with horror when my...

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The New Zealand accent mix

I have written before about using Dragon Naturally Speaking ( here ). This piece of kit helps me to talk in my marking comments, saving me a...

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IPod error - file was not copied

When it comes to technology, if I have a piece of kit which works well and meets my needs, I am very reluctant to change it until it really,...

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Assess our own typing speed

I have written about typing speed a number of times before ( here ), but I don't think I have mentioned the group of people who are ex...

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New Zealand rates of speech

I have talked before about how quickly New Zealanders speak ( here ), and have been quite interested in this phenomenon. Apparently we ...

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Talking it in

I have written before about talking it in ( here ): that instead of keyboarding, I use speech recognition software to get the bulk of my t...

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Listening to audiobooks

Fifteen years ago I was introduced to audiobooks by a friend. I had dog-sat while he went overseas, and my - unexpected - reward was an mp...

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How to read 200 books a year

I read an interesting post by Charles Chu recently on Medium (6 January 2017). Apparently the average American loses 608 hours of their ...

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Spelling

A friend of mine posted the image illustrating this post on Facebook. Interestingly, my first thought was not "That's clever...

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