Failure is the Key to Success

It’s coming up to the end of the school term and there are concerts all over.

This afternoon, my son and about 90 other children from local schools who were learning string instruments, went to a Fiddle Fiesta at a local middle school where they spent the afternoon practicing 6 pieces together. At 6:30 this evening they put on a concert for the parents.

On this Saturday morning and the following Saturday morning, Dunstable Music Centre are having their end of term concert. At various times we will all be taking part, my daughter and I only on the first Saturday.

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Tags:Dunstable Music School,Hayley Westenra,Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

I have been using Firefox as my browser of choice for about 2.5 years now, starting with Firefox 1.5. I liked the tabbed feature of Firefox, which wasn’t available in Internet Explorer at the time. Then I discovered the add-ons for Firefox and it just kept getting better.

A couple of the add-ons I have been using are NoScript and IE Tab. NoScript is great as it prevent scripts running on a site unless you choose to allow them, this means that in cases of an advert laden webpage, most of them will not work unless you want them to. IE Tab is ideal for those sites that just will not work properly unless you are using Internet Explorer.

Continue reading » Firefox 3 Download Day

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Since we’ve had our bikes, we have been out on them most weekends and have been up to Marston Vale several times. We have also been back to the RSPB at Sandy on a cooler day as well. What we have noticed at Marston Vale is the changes week on week of the plants in flower. This week it was the dog roses, a couple of weeks ago the hawthorn was in flower. I have uploaded photos into 2 more galleries RSPB Sandy 31st May 2008 and Marston Vale 8th June 2008. This year I have seen much so far including dragonflies, damselflies, blue tits, great tits, black capped warbler and a yellowhammer.

I find it amazing how the same place can be so different each visit.

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