I updated my blog to WordPress version 2.5 last night and, as usual, I managed to make a right dog’s mess of the whole thing. I’m not sure how I do it but these things always seem to go wrong. Most of my problems, this time, seemed to be down to my choice for FTP [...]
Lifehacker have a really interesting article on how you can save money on “disposable” carbon filters for your Brita water dispensers: …with a bit of time and the right supplies—a sharp utility knife (and/or drill), a cheap polyethylene plug, and an activated carbon mix from an aquarium store—you can refill an old filter over and [...]
Now that I’m getting back into reading again I’ve been pleased to see that so many publishers are releasing free copies of some of their books. I think this is a great way to get people to read authors’ works that they perhaps wouldn’t have done normally. I’ve managed to find a few books here [...]
You may have noticed that my site looks a little bit different. I just can’t stop myself fart-arsing about with the templates on this site and this isn’t helped by the plethora of interesting designs available for WordPress. In times past I may have made an attempt at designing my own, but those days are [...]
Last weekend Jo and I enjoyed the company of a seven year-old girl – the daughter of a friend of ours. We were looking after her while her parents were busy sanding the wooden floors in their house, and no attempts were made to hide her away in a draw under our bed. Instead, we [...]
As expected, but later than I thought, I seem to have temporarily stuffed up one of my limbs playing football. Even during my younger years I seemed prone to hurting myself during various team games, especially ones that required me to run about and kick stuff. I play football on Wednesdays. We’re just a bunch [...]
I seem to have the habit of buying books when they’re cheap and then storing them, unread, on a shelf gathering dust. One of these books is The Portable Door by Tom Holt. Tom is one of those authors that I’ve been meaning to try out for years. I love Terry Pratchett‘s stuff and I [...]
I succeeded in getting exceptionally wet during my short walk into work this morning. It was raining, which is normal for this country but not something I particularly look forward to at six o’clock in the morning. It seems that we’re currently experiencing “the worst storm of the winter” according to the BBC. This same [...]
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