These pages have nothing to do with boules or Machen Pétanque Club. I just happen to have put them here to see if they work. However you found your way here, welcome again.
Many years ago I used to write interactive stuff for my students at what was then the University of Glamorgan. Now I've just done a short course with Futurelearn which has inspired me to re-look at what I did 15, 20 years ago.
These pages are my playroom but you too are welcome to play with my toys - not that there are many.
As a retirement hobby I started learning Spanish.
I wrote a little exercise to teach myself a bit of computing and a bit
of Spanish at the same time.
Click on the flag of Castile & León to try it out.
(Flag image by Rastrojo (D•ES) - own work, CC BY 3.0,
taken from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2910196.)
2019 was the year of the Periodic Table
Every element in that table has a symbol.
Click on the picture to see how many symbols you know.
A recent venture is into learning Welsh.
Choose your vocabulary test by selecting your level with the links
next to the Welsh flag.
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Any comments, errors or praise, please e-mail machenboules at gmail dot com.