Creativity, curiosity, and code
Some of this DIY stuff is so much more complicated than it looks. After a hint from a friend of ours who came for dinner a while back, we decided to finally put proper locks on our bathroom doors. Well, not locks, but little sliding latches. “Easy”, I thought. Jusy buy ’em, from B&Q, fix […]
I have a bit of a thing about songs with complicated words. I enjoy the challenge of learning them, and I’m a bit of a show off at heart (have you noticed?) so I’d rather learn something that makes people go “You know ALL the words to that?”. There’s a couple of these on my […]
If I was embarrassed about song 5 because it’s such a bog-standard anthemic piece of indie pop. Song 6 (last week’s song) fills me with even more dread! I can’t even remember why Deep Blue Something’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” became popular. It has very little going for it. It contains no more than three guitar […]
Mud Glorious mud. That’s what’s at the end of our fairly large garden! Oh, and weeds. Creeping buttercup apparently. The queen of weeds in the Wintle garden. Our Garden One big reason for buying the house that we bought was the c. 100ft garden. For a nearly-town house this is HUGE! And it’s nicely split […]
This made me chuckle. Looked up the weather for the days ahead yesterday and came across this view of Monday’s forecast, which pretty much sums up the English weather, by having pretty much every possible weather symbol in the space of 24 hours.
It’s fair trade fortnight! I hadn’t actually realised – communication on it has been quiet this year. However, as part of the week, a film called Black Gold was on the telly. We’re all into sustainability and fair trade anyway, we understand that the trade that we do greatly affects the lives of people in […]
This is a story about something that I did and I don’t like that it’s a story about what I did because it makes me appear big. I don’t record it to make me appear big, I record it to express my sheer exasperation with other people’s dishonesty, and the fact that the world EXPECTS […]
There’s a big new shop in Swindon called the range. It reminds me of Trago Mills, in Devon. It, like Trago’s, sells everything. EVERYTHING. I saw paintings, frames, mirrors, DIY goods, car maintenance kit, bike gear, craft supplies, office stationary, food, lighting, furniture, gardening items, fabric and sewing stuff, outdoor and camping equipment, leisure and […]
A Ride Out on the bike today for a proper (i.e. non-commute) ride. Did my little run to Cricklade and back in under an hour, which is OK. It was one of those annoying days where the wind seemed to come from all directions. I did an out-and-back ride, which should mean I only feel […]
I’m not really sure what to make of the fact that I’ve put Wonderwall on the list. It’s the quintessential, moany, groany Oasis track that all sing-along guitarists should know how to play. Yet, at the same time, I’m a bit embarrassed about it. It provokes a reaction in me that’s more “Oh yeah…Wonderwall….how predictable” […]