20 November 2025
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RT is an acronym with many meanings but, for those who have worked in IT support, it may well bring to mind Request Tracker. This is a well established tool that is widely used for handling support requests. I hadn’t … Continue reading
24 September 2025
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Although I didn’t get it for a few months after I started, I’ve had a staff ID card at the university for a while now… only used it as something I wear sitting in the Windows 11 deployment office. Today, … Continue reading
30 January 2025
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I did my first session supporting the University’s Student PC Support Clinic this afternoon. It was a bit daunting to approach but turned out to be pretty low key. I’m not yet familiar with the breadth of systems available to … Continue reading
9 December 2024
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Tomorrow is my first shift doing casual work Loughborough University’s IT team. It is supporting their Windows 11 migration project, so probably mainly sitting in a room full of computers keeping an eye on them as they get upgraded. However, … Continue reading
14 October 2024
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Week 3 with the Loughborough University Choir tonight. There is still plenty of work to be done but we’ve covered a good proportion of the repertoire for the Christmas concert and some sections are beginning to firm up. This is … Continue reading
5 September 2024
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This morning I was down to the allotment bright and early. In this case, it wasn’t to get the best of the weather (it was already overcast with a very fine drizzle) but because I’d arranged for a delivery of … Continue reading
15 May 2024
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Jane and I went to see the Loughborough University Choir perform their regular late-spring concert this evening at the Cope Auditorium. The title for the concert was “Reflect and Rejoice” because the first half was more reflective material and the … Continue reading
5 March 2024
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I’ve been along for the first section of the ankle muscle study I am participating in (full title: Central nervous system predictors of balance and age-related changes in the ankle muscles). The first thing was to get measured up for … Continue reading
27 February 2024
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I recently got contacted by a researcher at Loughborough University who is doing some work on ‘central nervous system predictors of balance and age related changes in ankle muscles’. Or, based on the understanding I took away with meeting with … Continue reading
6 December 2023
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The University choir does a couple of concerts a year — one in the summer and one near Christmas. Tonight I popped over to the Cope Auditorium for their Christmas offering. Part one was a selection from Handel’s Messiah, including … Continue reading