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Archive for the ‘Just for Fun’ Category
So, you’re o.k. then…
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Schmap Internet travel maps
Sunday, November 18th, 2007I’m becoming a bit of an amateur photographer, which just shows you how good digital cameras are, I received an email to say that one of my images, of the Sony Centre in Potsdamer Platz, has been used in the new Berlin Schmap travel map.
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Free Rice
Saturday, November 17th, 2007
Plan the game and help people through the United Nations World Food Program. Hat-tip GeographyJazz.
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What I’ve achieved today…
Friday, November 9th, 2007
Urban tumbleweed
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Nice subversion of ‘place’.
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Fancy visiting Porthemmet beach, (The original site seems to be down at the moment.) looks great and sounds great…
If you are planning a trip to Cornwall then be sure to visit Porthemmet Beach. It is regarded as Cornwall’s best beach by both the Cornish people and frequent visitors to the county.
Situated in north Cornwall, Porthemmet is the largest beach in the county. Due to an influx from the Gulf Stream, Porthemmet has very warm waters and looks more like a tropical paradise than a beach in the UK.
But is it all that it seems? To reveal all, read this article from the Metro and the Independent. There has been a heated debate about whether this is actually funny, given that tourism is a major part of Cornwall’s economy. I wonder if we could do the same for Ilkeston?
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Mission Complete…
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
You may remember a competition asking people to vote for their favourite U.K. cities on a new Monopoly board. Glad to announce that Nottingham came third… even happier to see Derby near free parking. 
You can view an example of the new board on the website. I wonder whether this tells us anytime about the appeal of the cities, or do the results represent the ability of the settlements to mobilise their virtual communities…. one for discussion.
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Rivers and my experience with a tornado…
Monday, September 24th, 2007
Year 11, after a small, but necessary rant from me, on the repetitive theme of ‘important year’, we started our new topic, coping with floods. Remember that this year is worth 50% of the course, thank you for handing your work in on time. (with the exception of those that were away, their due date is Monday 1st of October.) I will be looking over your work at the weekend and I’ll also blog in more detail about our first lessons on our topic. The day was particularly bad, very tired and this morning managed to walk into Nottingham through a tornado…. I just thought it was a bit wet and windy, I was much more worried about my hair! Some more information about this event can be found at the B.B.C. .
Survived another injection at the doctor’s, course complete, and visited home, where I had the usual education debates with my soon to be starting a PhD brother…
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Postcard Display
Thursday, September 20th, 2007The postcard display is now complete and in the main Humanities area, thanks to all staff and students that contributed, Mrs Marston and her gang for putting it together, who ever thought coloured string could be so exciting, and Alan for the original idea.
I have completed a statistical analysis of our travels which I’ll post over the weekend, sorry I left it on my desk tonight! 
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Caption Competition…
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Just to let you all know that Miss Thornhill is safely installed in the American education system and working hard, but she is also finding time for some fun. Anyone willing to add a caption to this image?
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