Scottish lass seeks...

Scottish net feminist seeking digital enlightenment, geek fulfilment, promotion of Scottish women on the world map and, oh aye, global harmony. The quest to re-engineer Quine Online. (www.quine.org.uk)

Updated: 19/10/2002; 00:52:40.

17 January 2002

"Lecturer says students 'know less'. Scottish undergraduates lag behind their peers elsewhere in Europe because schools expect too little of them, a professor claims. "[BBC Education9:35:53 PM    

"Is Jabber's Chatbot the Command Line of the Future?. --Here's an introduction to bots--with particular attention paid to ChatBot, a favorite in the Jabber community--by DJ Adams, the author of O'Reilly's recently released *Programming Jabber*. "[www.oreilly.com -- Welcome to O'Reilly & Associates -- computer books, software conferences, online publishing2:22:36 AM    

Do wah diddy. "Dido out of Brits newcomer award. Top selling singer Dido has been dropped from the best newcomer shortlist in the Brit Awards after chart bosses admitted they had wrongly included her. " [ITN Online2:18:06 AM    

Marks & Spencer recovers. Marks & Spencer has reported a strong rise in sales in the run-up to Christmas and believes its recovery is now on track. [ITN Online]

Good news, maybe M&S aren't pants after all.

 2:16:00 AM    

"Learning Wireless Java: MIDP GUI Programming, Part 2. This article discusses how the various classes in the high-level MIDP API can be used to create GUI components. "[Meerkat: An Open Wire Service2:13:01 AM    

Now this is really funny. I've just had a Scottish Exec person ask Quine to send them a list of events for International Women's Day. It's funny only because normally a few weeks before March 8th I do the rounds of asking *them* and all Scottish Local Authorities what, if anything, they are doing or supporting for IWD. We have a chicken and egg situation here. [Scottish lass seeks...2:06:12 AM    

Now this is really funny. I've just had a Scottish Exec person ask Quine to send them a list of events for International Women's Day. It's funny only because normally a few weeks before March 8th I do the the rounds of asking *them* and all other Scottish Local Authorities what, if anything, they are doing or supporting for IWD. We have a chicken and egg situation here. 1:03:20 AM    

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