• Do you know about TED.com? If not, then you are in for a treat. TED is packed with videos of lectures given by some of the greatest thinkers, academics, designers and people who are generally doing stuff in this world.

    If you are of the old school, that thinks that you can only learn from books or worksheets and that computers can never take the place of teachers, watch the video below Sugata Mitra: Child Driven Education.

    Sugata Mitra has been giving children computers in the most unlikely places and watching the most unlikely way that children use them.

    I love Sugata’s idea of – Teach like a grandmother – stand back and make encouraging noises!

    And the comment by Arthur C. Clarke’s , who also appears in the film – Where there is interest, there is education.” I think I shall make this my motto!

  • Last year we had such a time stuck in the snow, we determined to get some snow socks. Living at the top of the hill, it’s bind when it starts snowing while you are at the bottom.

    Well, I remembered to get them early and stuck them in the boot. My wife was coming back from a late shift in A&E last night and the snow had really come down fast. On wen the snow shocks and off she went. They are amazing – no slipping or sliding, just travelling over the snow.

    You’ll need the sizes off the sidewall of your tyre to get the right size and off you go. Brilliant! Highly recommended.

  • If you want to draw holly on your Christmas cards and decorations, watch this video and i’ll show you the simple way to make it look right.