Oh dear, someone has written a song about old computers.

Har har. 🙂

Ah, the days when the languages I used had line numbers.

Went to see The Odd Couple yesterday, mainly because Bill Bailey and Alan Davies were in it, and I’m off work on my holidays at the moment.

And it was good, a production based on the original Broadway script, and being shown at the Scottish Assembly Hall on the mound. Bill Bailey’s american accent was better than Davies, but I think Alan Davies has that kind of voice. And it was a laugh, Oscar (Bill Bailey) has all the good oneliners, that are as funny and fresh as they were originally.

And I spotted Dylan Moran buying tickets and going to the show too, I’d forgotten than fun part of the Edinburgh scene at that time of year, spotting the various people in crowds and queues.

Bill Bailey is also doing a punk tribute band thing called Beergut 100, somewhere in Bristo square.

Being in a house with teenagers resident, we have the joys of exam results winging their way from the Scottish Qualifications Authority.

I found their recently technological advancement quite ironic. A few weeks back, they quantified the number of students likely to fail as a result of being caught with their mobiles during exams.Mobile phones should not be in the exam room, fair point.

Then later we have press coverage on their technology pilot to text exam results to pupils.

Young people being what they are these days have their mobiles with them all the time, which means they are a great way of receiving information quickly. Which I guess is why the SQA, with their open government initiatives and accessible efforts will want to pursue this at a greater scope than a pilot.

Take the two stories together and I draw a little amusement from the apparent contradiction. I applaud the idea, I just hope they haven’t failed any of the volunteers on the pilot for having their mobiles with them.