Category Archives: internet

Rescue mission.

Posted on August 22, 2013 by RosieL

The laptop heaves silently and gives up. I turn it on, and it treats me as if we’ve just been introduced. Would I like to create an email account? Do I prefer to use Firefox? How do you do? It’s … Continue reading →

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Everything passes, everything changes.

Posted on May 27, 2013 by RosieL

I needed some information. I thought I knew something, but I wanted to be sure. Double-check, if you like. So I was doing a web search but coming up with nothing helpful. And then, as is often the way, in … Continue reading →

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Anger management.

Posted on May 18, 2013 by RosieL

I posted a link to an article about racism on my Facebook page. I’d found the article through Twitter and I liked the approach that the author took. And so, almost without out thinking, I did what I sometimes do … Continue reading →

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www. @ 20.

Posted on May 7, 2013 by RosieL

I saw it the other day. The World Wide Web – the consumer internet – is 20 years old already. On April 30, 1993, the Web went public for everyone to use and for free too. If you don’t count … Continue reading →

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