We have a vacancy for a Maths teacher if you know of anyone that might be interested! ce0242li.webitrent.com/ce0242li_web...

Tomorrow is the first day of the new academic year in most English counties, and also the first day of both meteorological autumn and #ScrollFreeSeptember. I'm off to polish my shoes and pack my satchel, and I'll see you in October.

I've run out of data on my phone for the first time ever - normally it rolls over. I was thinking that I might need to spend more than £3 per month now, but that seems a bit rash.

The first version of this page started to count down straight away, but I thought that if you're using it as a demonstration you might want to talk about it first, or students mights want to read the explanation first, so I've added a button! #TeamCompSci www.advanced-ict.info/mathematics/...

It should be easy to identify the people who are painting these flags because their homes will look like they were decorated by a toddler.

Computer science isn't about computers, so could we broaden the appeal of the subject by pointing out where computer science concepts are used elsewhere? #TeamCompSci www.advanced-ict.info/blog/not-abo...

The perils of "vibe coding" - probably exactly what you'd expect, especially the point about not saving any time by the time you've checked the output. That's why I never use "AI" for anything other than the odd picture. #TeamCompSci www.ft.com/content/5b3d...

That's the opposite of what I'd expect. I wonder if it's because more experienced developers are better-able to determine which bits of coding donkey-work "AI" would be good at? Do you think the same would be true of teachers' "AI" use? #TeamCompSci www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/o...

AI, eh? #TeamCompSci www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Placenames, eh? We recently went to Devon and I was reminded of Westward Ho!, which I used to use to test the input masks on address fields in my software days. #TeamCompSci www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a member-only story, but if you're interested in the answer then I recommended The Pattern in the Stone. #TeamCompSci levelup.gitconnected.com/how-your-pro...

Does anyone know why Facebook is so unresponsive when I switch to my "page"? My personal profile is fine. www.facebook.com/ComputingNut...

Website visitors are more international in the summer - it's just like going into town (as I live near Stratford-upon-Avon)!

We went to the Museum of Carpet in Kidderminster today - I think you could use it for a computing lesson on control, stored programs and representation of images. It's free in August if you want a last-minute summer outing. #TeamCompSci

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What do you think? ;-) #TeamCompSci zylinski.se/posts/know-w...

He's a headteacher... who doesn't appear to have been in a school or read anything about cognitive science. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/overha...

Another quality "AI Overview": #TeamCompSci

The surface of my desk, which I've had since the 80s, is wearing through underneath the mouse. Don't panic, though - I think I can unbolt it and turn the top around so that it'll last me another 40 years. By then, computers will just levitate, or we'll wear them, or something.

I've finally finished reading "Code Dependent: How AI Is Changing Our Lives" by Madhumita Murgia. Often I summarise the things from books that I think colleagues might find useful, but the author has almost done that for me - there's a list of ten questions about AI at the end. #TeamCompSci

Experts claim that use of facial recognition by the police is biased: #TeamCompSci www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"If you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Have you ever used the "dark web" for legitimate purposes? #TeamCompSci www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Hands up if you've made the list of references in an academic paper! vfast.org/journals/ind...

Yes, zoominfo, the revenue is definitely less than $5 million!

The animation on this page, and that on the HTML animation page, which probably hasn't been working for about ten years, now works in Safari! #TeamCompSci www.advanced-ict.info/mathematics/...

Looking for a new way to start your GCSE course? #TeamCompSci www.advanced-ict.info/theory/GCSE/...

Fake "closing down" ads on Facebook and Instagram are "industrialised social engineering". #TeamCompSci www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...

Sixth forms are a curious thing. In the town where I went to school all of the schools had sixth forms, and then they all closed them, but at exactly the same time the schools in the next town, which didn't previously have sixth forms, all opened them. www.bbc.com/news/article...

What a ridiculous idea - what proportion of the population would use that? #TeamCompSci www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

We went to the theatre earlier (the touring Mary Poppins - it was very good, and I'm not a big fan of musicals), and I couldn't understand why the staff appeared to be holding up signs that suggested not using your head as a wireless access point. It turned out to be "No Singing Along".

Any JavaScript experts in? I've noticed the animation on this page works in Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Opera, but not Safari. I know that .offsetHeight is the problem, but it's still not right if I swap that for something that Safari supports, e.g. .innerText. www.advanced-ict.info/mathematics/...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a decent and sensibly-priced convertible Windows laptop? I have a Surface from work and that's rubbish, so something that's not like that! #TeamCompSci

"AI Psychosis"! #TeamCompSci www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Not OCR - does it use a different "provider"? www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Good - I think that any type of surveillance, including dash-cams and Ring doorbells, erodes people's sense of trust in others. #TeamCompSci www.bbc.com/news/article...

Not all representations of sounds are sampled waveforms. #TeamCompSci

Look at these hard disc prices - and 64k of RAM on one board? That's crazy talk! #TeamCompSci rarehistoricalphotos.com/vintage-comp...

Not just young people - they're "arsenic in the water of democracy" according to Liberty. #TeamCompSci www.bbc.com/news/article...

This question is posed as if girls performing boys is the natural order of things... 1/2 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One of the best things about Bluesky is that Jeremy Clarkson isn't here to ruin A level results day.

I don't think it really matters. Private schools aren't about education, they're about privilege. That's also why I don't think the VAT is an issue - presumably more expensive means more attractive? www.ft.com/content/7ba6...

Why do they add features to devices that are unnecessary and require maintenance? The screen in my car didn't display logos for some of the newer radio stations. You can download a newer logo database from the VW website, but I'd never felt the need for logos in any previous car. #TeamCompSci

My daughter's an August baby, so most of her baby group were in the school year below and are collecting their A level results today. I think this is when the difference has been most apparent; more so than when she started reception and the others were still at nursery! A levels seem so long ago!

The Online Safety Act has been widely criticised, but... #TeamCompSci www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I've been trying to find a quirky and free API - any suggestions? I liked the idea of showing you your nearest West Midlands bus stop and where the next bus goes, but the API only accepts longitudes and latitudes within the service area, so I'll have to put some work in on the maths! #TeamCompSci

Does anyone else think it's wrong that you can be barred from teaching for committing a motoring offence in your own time? www.gov.uk/government/p...

One of the OCR Coding Challenges uses this: #TeamCompSci www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

New page! How to use two's complement to represent negative binary numbers. #TeamCompSci www.advanced-ict.info/mathematics/...

"Tinkering" is a good way to develop your understanding of a concept - that's why my website has a number of interactive pages that students can experiment with, although I also use them myself for demonstrations. #TeamCompSci 1/3