Cafecortado’s Weblog

January 10, 2010

Long time no see?

Filed under: British life,Jobs — cafecortado @ 4:19 pm
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Well, it seems I’ve been away a long time. Except I’ve not been away, just trying to concentrate on getting work, without much success. I had the chance of an interview last month, but was unable to get to the place. Firstly the car rental company re-allocated the car I’d already paid for (nice one Alamo, I still feel you’ve stolen from me). I tried to go by train to the interview and got to Euston station only to find that all trains were cancelled at that point (it was the Friday before the holidays when we were surprised by snow). The interview was re-arranged for Wednesday this week but guess what the snow came again and my chance of the interview went out the window.

Apart from that I’ve been working on my new website. It may be of use for Spanish speakers – enter in an English word eg “deep”, “useful”, or “bear” and various expressions will be displayed, next to their Spanish translation. Early days yet, so the database isn’t anywhere near comprehensive, but there are still quite a few words to look at.

http://www.lenguahelp.co.uk/

Anything else? Ah yes – Happy new Year!

May 29, 2008

Another week, another website.

Filed under: Computing,Lingo stuff — cafecortado @ 12:46 pm
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A couple of weeks ago I set up a forum for a group that didn’t want any publicity. This week however I’ve created a site (well, a form of blog) that I hope will be of use to at least some people. It’s all about Mysql, and I hope it will be of value to beginners and more advanced programmers alike. You can find it at:

www.mysql.oxford123.co.uk/blogs

One of the things I’ve noticed in learning about Mysql is that there’s plenty of info on the subject on the internet, but it’s very hard to get the info in one place. I’m hoping my new site will help new learners in that aspect. Another task I’ve set myself is to translate my entries into Spanish (on the same site). This will help me to practise my practical Spanish (especially technical jargon).

Well, this latest venture will keep me quite busy enough through my period of enforced joblessness. It is a bit frustrating to be as diligent and capable as I ever was, yet no employer seems interested. Still, I have plenty I can crack on with, and now the summer’s here I can enjoy the fresh air as and when I want.

Have a nice week all!

September 22, 2007

Useful Language Sites

Filed under: Lingo stuff — cafecortado @ 2:12 pm
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Here are some language sites I’ve found useful. Firstly, the German ones..
Young German
Schlaflos in Munich

A couple of spanish links now..
Notes From Spain
spanish-english

More general help:
Lingo links
WordReference
Minority Languages (recommended)

Lastly, is there anyone out there?

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