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TravelWatch SouthWest This is page http://www.wellho.net/mouth/3221_.html Our email: info@wellho.net • Phone: 01144 1225 708225 |
| For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training. We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk. Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active! I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here)) |
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How long is a speech?  I regularly take part in "Just a minute" at TravelWatch SouthWest, where delegates who wish to raise an issue of give a quick update are allowed to speak for up to 60 seconds ... at which point a timer rings, and they have to stop. Such talks, to an audience of receptive friends and contacts, are usually given from a sheet containing no more that three bullet points, and I'm usually completed in around 45 to 50 seconds.This evening, though, I'll be saying a few words on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce as input prior to the vote of the local Area Board (they're a Wiltshire thing if you haven't come across them elsewhere!) as to their recommendations to the unitary council on the emotive subject of "Melksham Campus" - whether to combine a whole lot of council-run, public-facing services such as swimming pool, youth centre and library onto a single site - currently green fields - on the edge of town. And I have 3 minutes, tops. I've written my speech - this time - word by word, and agreed it by email with three of the Chamber officers who were there at the meeting where our response was discussed. But ... how much can you get into three minutes? What are the conversion factors? I have done a test run and timed my speech ... • 2 minutes and 30 seconds spoken in rehearsal • 1 side of A4 printed • 3500 characters text file size • 630 words according to the Linux wc command It remains to be seen how much I'll be slowed down during presentation by the acoustics of the Assembley Hall, and audience reaction, etc ... or if I'll speed up from a walk to a canter and then a gallop brought on by a nervousness. Complete document (sneak preview for early readers!) is [here]. (written 2011-03-29) Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles Z408 - TravelWatch SouthWest[1560] HST Power Car TravelWatch SouthWest - (2008-03-01) [1966] Background to the TransWilts Train Fiasco - (2008-12-29) [2438] Listening to The Minister - (2009-10-05) [2664] Oliver Cromwell at Bristol Temple Meads - (2010-03-06) [2666] Random thoughts on Melksham Town Planning and development - (2010-03-08) [2748] Monitoring the success and traffic of your web site - (2010-05-01) [2954] Railway meetings, trips and meetups this autumn - (2010-09-12) [3194] Buses - what they cost and their future direction in the SW and in Wiltshire - (2011-03-06) [3677] Some advise for guest speakers at meetings - (2012-03-31) [3882] Community Transport - Pewsey, Taunton, and the whole picture too - (2012-10-06) [3904] Want to help us improve transport in Wiltshire? Here is how! - (2012-10-26) [4040] Report on the last year - Melksham Railway Developement Group for Melksham Without Parish Council - (2013-03-11) [4173] Train and Rail Travel - who runs it and where do I ask questions? - (2013-09-13) [4185] TransWilts Trains - running a successful campaign talk - (2013-10-05) [4186] Melksham to Bath and Zigzag buses - at a turning point? - (2013-10-06) [4188] Extended Weekend - but not a quiet one! - (2013-10-07) [4397] TransWilts / Press and Publicity report for AGM / 30th January 2015 - (2015-01-17) [4424] Looking Forward - TransWilts Community Rail Partnership and TransWilts CIC - (2015-02-12) G901 - Well House Consultants - Talks and lectures [62] Technical Open House - (2004-09-25) [99] Should we call it 'Geekmas'? - (2004-10-25) [128] Technical Weekend / Geekmas - (2004-11-23) [134] Geekmas - a brief review - (2004-11-29) [247] Extreme training - (2005-03-16) [310] Just in time - the talk is writ - (2005-05-13) [924] The LAMP Cookbook - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl - (2006-11-13) [1101] Mushroom Curry and Perl Courses - (2007-03-07) [1242] Speaking at St. Catherine's College, Oxford University - (2007-06-24) [1419] National Speaker - now to get the talk ready - (2007-11-02) [1422] Wiltshire - speaker / after dinner talker offer - (2007-11-05) [1459] Interactive training, and advancing techniques further - (2007-12-05) [3351] Research and development with the help of your tutor or guide - (2011-07-09) [3834] Geekmas 2012 - celebrating open source languages such as Perl, PHP and Python - (2012-08-11) [4284] Talk and walk to promote train service - Melksham Carnival - (2014-07-11)
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Campus - answer to business questionsMelksham Campus - a win / win opportunity, but a severely lacking decision process Answering at my earliest convenience Clickjacking - another way to get you to follow a malicious link - Facebook issue How long is a speech? Panasonic Lumix TZ20 How do I become a Linux System Administrator? Matching a license plate or product code - Regular Expressions Vandalism and riot from the minority - the effect Images of a Spring Walk |
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