This is my first post in a long time and it’s just a way for me to remember something sorry. In case you’re interested it’s how you keep a static background with a scrolling text over the top. body { background-image : url(images/blog_back.png); background-color : #000000; background-repeat : no-repeat; background-position : center; background-attachment : fixed; margin-top:0px; }
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After chatting to a few pupils who weren’t altogether happy with their careers advice. I thought I’d share this we tip that I actually had never thought of. I’ve mostly been  quite successful at interviews but often was stumped by what to ask at the end, having moved on from my early interviews when...
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My winning tweet: “@artwiculate refreshing page to see if you can cheat at artwiculate really is a boondoggle“ So I’ve finally won the Twitter word game of the moment. The winning tweet is on the right, it had to include the word of the Boondoggle: (n) : a waste of time and/or money; a pointless activity (v)...
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After setting and completing a few fitness goals (100k cycle & two triathlons) over the summer and losing about 33pounds along the way, I’ve been taking it easy over the months of September. Very easy in fact, since the last Triathlon and up to today I’ve only done 1 swim,  no runs and a...
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A few years back I tried to switch my blog over to Wordpress but I got complaints that it ran too slowly. Lately I’ve been testing it again for work as I feel it would work great as a newsletter style interface. Nicely there are also people out the doing great work to make...
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Yesterday saw mine & Mark’s second Triathlon and Dave’s first as we took on the Quarryman Triathlon in Co Meath. 750m swim in a quarry, 25Km on hilly roads and three laps that formed a 5Km run with a heart busting hill. It was far harder than the last Triathlon I...
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