Category: General

  • Moving home

    2008-12-15

    Dear very small readership The long and short of this (well, the short of it) is that I’m going to move by blog away from Google’s Blogger to WordPress in the near future. This will mean that: The URL will remain the same. EXCEPT…if you read a feed this will probably be at a new […]

  • Social Web – the good and the bad

    2008-12-03

    Control Alt Delete FIRST: A blatant plug for our favourite, not-very-well-known band (yes, we know someone in it) Iko. We don’t like them because we know them – we like them because we think they do really good music! They are on the verge of releasing their second album and have just released a freely […]

  • A Busy Time

    2008-11-19

    It’s been a busy time for the Wintles! We’ve had numerous busy weekends, in Devon with my in-laws, on a Tour of the North (Leeds, Durham, and then back home via Cambridge and London), and we’ll be in London this coming weekend too. So we’ve not been at home much. Weekday evenings have been busy […]

  • The Wii

    2008-11-02

    I’m sure a million people have reviewed the Nintendo Wii, so my comments on the latest addition to our household will be late and fairly insignificant. Still, having had the Wii for a while, I want to note what I think. Gaming History and Philosophy in the Wintle Household Sally and I aren’t big gamers. […]

  • Campaigning Success!

    2008-10-28

    There are a number of situations in the world that I take very much to heart and try to do something about. Changing the world isn’t easy, but organisations like Tearfund, Christian Aid, and Oxfam provide plenty of good resources to help us badger big businesses, and make our views known to our MPs. Sometimes […]

  • Magic Roundabout!!!

    2008-10-20

    Sorry. I can’t help it. This is simply a gratuitous link to a piece of 1972 news footage that I’ve discovered about my beloved Magic Roundabout. Great stuff!

  • New Game….New Dangers

    2008-10-16

    I need to write about this incredibly important subject to warn you of the dangers of a sport that I’ve recently taken up. This sport requires: excellent balance; pin point precision; dedication and repeated practice of repetitive actions; a good head for numbers. Yes, I’m not kidding. I’ve taken up darts!!! We have a cultural […]

  • Clapped Out

    2008-10-12

    I’m a cyclist – you can probably tell that – and I love all sports of different kinds. But there’s one that I’ve never got on with…running! It knackers my kness and every time I try to take it up I have to give up quite quickly because I’m in pain. So instead, I tend […]