Texas Hold em Poker

September 20, 2006

Texas Hold em poker has become something that I cannot live without. I have to play at least twice a week and no I am not an outta control gambler, I just love playing, it is such an exciting and intelligent game to play, and to all of those that agree that is more to do with luck hahahahahahahaha, beginners luck you mean. It is more about playing the players than playing the cards, I have seen some players with amazing hands fold because they have been out played mentally.

I was very happy to find out that my University was to create a ‘Poker Society’ and I cannot wait to register and participate. Read more


XML for Web Developers – Parity Training Course

September 20, 2006

Last week I attended an ‘XML for Web Developers’course in Holborn. After being booked on this course by my line manager, I decided to brush up on my HTML skills and prepare fully to ensure that I got the most out of the course. After tasks such as completely re-coding parts of the University of Hertfordshire HR website including the additions of CSS I then felt confident.

XML was an area that I had a slight understanding of. What is it for? Why is it used? These are some of the questions that I tried to have answered before attending the course, but unfortunately I did not feel I was able to answer these questions with confidence, so I was hopeful that all would become clearer during the course.

Once I took my seat the course instructors first words were, ‘I shall start by explaining exactly what XML is and why it is used’, :-)
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