Creativity, curiosity, and code
The elders used to speak of it. A strange bright light in the sky. It brought warmth and joy to the people. But the light has not been seen for so long now that it’s existence has been relegated to myth and heresay. It was said that the sky turned blue. That people had to […]
Some will know of my occasional anti-Englishness. Sometimes our over-politeness causes huge complications. My classic example being the “Do you want the last ….?” question, which actually means “I want the last …. ?”. Why don’t we just say what we mean? This has been bugging me a bit lately with people who use phrases […]
Quick note for any regular readers (I think there might be two of you!), I’ve been playing with some technical jiggery-pokery (DNS sub-domain/CNAME entries to be exact) and have managed to make Blogger look like it’s on my own domain. Woo hoo! So, hopefully, regardless of where it’s hosted (this MAY be under review), my […]
Blimey – we’re just about to go on our next hoilday so it’s about time I posted notes on our last! Back at the end of June we went away to Northern Ireland for a week. I took some notes as we went on my electronic organiser but never got round to fleshing them out. […]
Sally has been away this week at a residential camp for young people from all over the country involved in climate change projects. I don’t explain it very well so check out http://www.youmeandtheclimate.org/ for a better explanation. I popped down for the weekend to help out, see what was going on, and, yes, to spend […]
The Ten Commandments of Telephone Conference Calls I am the chairman, who booked the line and invited you to the call. Thou shalt have no other means of conducting spoken business with more than two people in more than one place, for thou workest in a cost-cutting environment. Thou shalt not book other meetings and […]
It’s official…I’m getting old. Here’s the evidence: Exhibit A: Gardening is a major preoccupation. Had you not noticed? Yes, my thoughts are consumed with when I’ll next be able to mow the lawn, how to keep weeds at bay, when to harvest the potatoes, when to feed, what the best way is to kill slugs, […]
You may have gathered that I’m a technical person and I like things compact, clever, functional. I’m therefore willing to pay large amounts of money for small, clever little gadgets, like a decent mobile phone, or an electronic organiser. Yes, I spend hundreds on little devices that fit in the palm of my hand. So […]
A friend of mine is engaged in a little, private “Beta” website that I’m contributing to. It’s kinda Christian-themed news and random stuff. I’ve spent some time tonight on a post which I hope he doesn’t mind me cross-posting here. —– You may, like me, have noticed the latest big thing on the Internet…a new […]
I’ve not written much lately but have some free time so it’s a catchup kinda day. We’ve been on holiday (write-up of holiday thoughts to come) and feel a bit out of things, but we’re slowly returning to normality. Cycling Continuing long rides into work and doing my 8.5 mile route most days now. Having […]