We managed to get one of our teams into the final of the CyberCenturion V competition. This is the same team that won last year’s competition (if you didn’t know already) so it was nice of them to be able to get to the final again. To commemorate last year’s victory, and to continue with […]
Category: Holidays
CyberCenturion IV – Winners Trip – Debrief
Introduction Wow. What a fantastic and amazing opportunity we’d all had. Being able to go to the United States and hear from people who are working at very high levels in their respectable fields was an absolute honour. Everything that we’d done over the last few days had been inspirational to us all, allowing us […]
CyberCenturion IV – Winners Trip – Day 5
Do you remember that I’ve been going on about Hurricane Florence since we’ve been in the United States? Good. Do you remember that I’ve been watching The Weather Channel as it’s the only channel that I’ve really been able to get? Good. Do you remember that there’s been mass evacuations going on? Good. Do you […]
CyberCenturion IV – Winners Trip – Day 4
I tried to watch a different program than the weather today. I gave up after numerous minutes as, although there is a TV channel list in the room, it mostly only gives you the channel names. I instead tried to get by with just flicking through the channels, which was no use at all, mainly […]
CyberCenturion IV – Winners Trip – Day 3
They’re still going on about the hurricane. Well, I suppose that is the only major weather event going on at the moment so there isn’t much else for them to report on. The presenter was showing some images of contacts in local areas and said “… and it’s important that you [gets cut off due […]
CyberCenturion IV – Winners Trip – Day 2
Elmo is on the news! The hurricane that is coming is still the most reported thing in the news. Seriously, I have no idea what on earth has gone on in the rest of the world, just that there’s a number of hurricanes coming to American countries. Anyway, Elmo was on to help explain to […]
CyberCenturion IV – Winners Trip – Day 1
The time was finally here for the CyberCenturion IV Winners Trip, and it was 3:30 in the morning. That’s an awkward time to get up. Do you go to sleep the night before and wake up at a silly time, or do you not go to bed at all and hope that you’ll stay awake? […]
CyberCenturion IV – Winners Trip – Preflight Checklist
Not that I’m trying to reveal any spoilers here, but our team won the fourth CyberCenturion competition. The prize for winning is an all expenses paid trip to Washington. Yes, the one in the United States of America. Although the trip was intended to be in the Summer, due to holidays already booked up by […]
I Drove A LaaaaAAAAAAAaaaamborghini
For a number of years, I’ve been asked if I’d like to have a go at one of these sports car driving days as a gift. I always politely declined as I wasn’t confident that I’d enjoy it. However for one holiday that I went on, and without trying to incriminate myself here, we had […]
CyberCenturion IV – The Final
I’ve got to be honest, I haven’t been involved in the CyberCenturion IV competition as much as I was with the 3rd one. After watching the teams compete during the first competition round, during the second round the school closed early due to snow (I was involved with sending out all of the messages, and […]
Illuminating Illuminations
I haven’t been to any illuminations for a number of years. Therefore it was a change to go on a weekend trip to see some. The ones that we went to see had a twist on the usual lights hanging from lamp posts or on fancy displays – they were on boats.
Alphabet Photography – Scotland
Alphabet photography is a fun thing to do. The aim is simple – take a photo of something that looks like a letter of the English alphabet, but one that isn’t a printed, typed or written letter. I normally do this whenever I go on holiday, as I find it gets me to look around […]