I like computers because they can help satisfy my need to know stuff... when i wonder about something i can know go on google and usually find out the answer with relative ease. indeed i can't imagine life without the internet anymore. something i also particularly like is that i can now podcast or download radio programs. I love being able to do this because when i have a busy day and don't have much time to listen to the radio i can download programs such as 'from our own correspodent' or 'today in paraliament' (from the bbc radio 4 website) and listen to them while i'm travelling or at the gym. I think it's great that this can be done so easily now as it has really changed the way in which i listen to the radio and the use i can make of it. i don't have to stay in anymore if i want to listen to a particular program as even if it is not one that can be downloaded i can 'listen again' on the BBC's website.
Furthermore, when i'm researching things i can search for radio programs and this can often prove very useful indeed as i can expand the variety of sources i'm drawing on. this was very helpful when i was researching for my dissertation for which i was writing about the partition of india as i found a number of radio references i could use; most notebly an interview with Lord Mountbatten's daughter.
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Which webpages do you visit to download your favourite programmes?
Thanks for the info Sarah! I see you have followed my profile to my blogs. One is in Slovene (I did introduce myself in a commnet to your "A Laptop for Every Child..." post), and the one you used to post your comment, is in English intended for my students.
I expect some "teasing" now. That should be interesting...
By the way, this "fox" person takes you to a very "unpleasant place"...
No problem Sarah! But can I suggest we continue our "conversation" here?
As for learning languages, in Slovenia the situation seems according to your post)to be quite different from Britain. English is the choice of first foreign language at most of our primary and secondary schools, followed by German and, at some schools, especially at secondary level, Italian and Spanish. Actually, English is compulsory from the 4th to the 9th grade of primary school (we have nine years of primary education), the other languages are optional. At "my" school kids also learn German for example, at my sister-in-law's school they have Spanish.
Most people will(at least the post -wwar generations) understand you if you ask them something in English and German is also, due to historical reasons, not a bad choice of communication.
Have a nice week!
Interesting.
Have you looked at LastFM? It analyses the music you listed to on your computer and then makes recommendations on these, pointing you at similar artists / genres. It also sets up a community of neighbours - people who have similar tastes.
Essentially, a social networking site based on musical tastes.
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