Creativity, curiosity, and code
Today we attended the Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show 2008 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. We mostly went because Sally was working on the National Trust stand and she got me a free “VIP” ticket. It was an interesting day with many contrasts. I got lots of free stuff. And I bought some expensive […]
In a vague nod to my newest reader (I think I have two regulars now!), and fellow, though far superior blogger, here’s something that I’m cheekily going to title: “Things Dave probably misses about England #541: Random food vans”. Or possibly Beyond Random Food Vans! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery so I hope […]
I’m a big rugby (UNION!!!) fan. I don’ t know why. Football is a great game; incredibly skillful, beautiful to watch, exciting, entertaining. But I just think that football players are rude and obnoxious in comparison, there’s the minority of violent fans, and these external factors often ruin my enjoyment of the game. Rugby is […]
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 […]
I’m on my own this weekend as Sally’s off on a working holiday. So I’m doing some catching up and messing around. Here’s a little video I like. It’s a time-lapse of people looking at the “Shibboleth” exhibit at the Tate Modern, in December 2007. I’m usually more interested with people’s reactions to the Turbine […]
One of my purposes of this blog is to write down things that I learn so that: 1) I can remember them.2) I can share them with others. Now, the following may be obvious to some. It is to me, now that I’ve messed up! It’s a little fact about washing clothes. IF you have […]
Who knows when and by whom this is being read, but as I write there is a new little box in the top-right-hand corner of my blog showing something called “Twitter” updates. This is a little something I’ve been playing with and I want to explain why. A Brief History of Social Networking in the […]