http:\/\/stephensorablog.blogspot.com\/2005\/12\/almost-all-users-are-idiots.html<\/a><\/p>\nI tend to have a terrible memory for course students (I met a lot in quick succession) but I remember Stephen and I’m chuffed that he enjoyed the course. What a nice birthday present that is and quite timely after my recent blog in praise of trainers.<\/p>\n
Cheers, Stephen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, it’s officially my birthday now. I’ve had more birthday wishes than I’m used to, then I came across this. (I’m mentioned some way in to an interesting blog) http:\/\/stephensorablog.blogspot.com\/2005\/12\/almost-all-users-are-idiots.html I tend to have a terrible memory for course students (I met a lot in quick succession) but I remember Stephen and I’m chuffed that… Continue reading My lucky day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":849,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/03\/happy-birthday-blog\/","url_meta":{"origin":886,"position":0},"title":"Happy Birthday Blog","date":"March 3, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Including the time spent on Tripod's blogging tool (the one that didn't record comments properly), I started this a year ago today.I could do a review, but my head is still full of matters parallel and I've just had to stick a flowery shirt in the washing machine when I\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 3 comments","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1373,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/30\/2007\/","url_meta":{"origin":886,"position":1},"title":"2007","date":"December 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"It's that time of year again. 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