Failure is the Key to Success

During a visit to the school today, I converted the computer suite across to using the new network account. This account is set with a mandatory profile, so that the machines will remain as they have been configured. This should save a lot of work maintaining the desktop configuration. There were a couple of initial problems with applications not running under the new account, but these were resolved with permission changes.

The school is on a major recruitment drive for the PSA. At last night’s poorly attended Annual General Meeting, the existing PSA officers all stood down. There was only one person who expressed a desire to become a PSA officer. There will be an Extraordinary Annual General Meeting of the PSA on Tuesday 10th October for prospective new officers.

I finished reading Raymond E. Feist’s latest book Flight of the Nighthawks late last night. This is the first book of the Darkwar Saga, but continues directly from the end of the Conclaves of Shadows trilogy. I found the first couple of chapter slow starting, but then it was difficulty to put down. Definitely in my opinion Feist at his best.

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I spent time yesterday working through my family tree, looking for everyone in the 1861 census. I have found a lot of the older generations and even identified some of their parents and siblings. Some are a bit elusive, but I’ll come back to them another time.

The school have subscribed to a shopping portal. They get a percentage of all transactions through it. It is at www.itallhelps.com/watling. Hopefully it will raise some useful funds.

While checking some information that I was putting in an email to New Zealand, I happened to look on the Ancestry website. They now have the 1861 Census on line. I have already spent several hours looking and finding my ancestors. Must stop and go to bed now, or I will spend half the night looking.