Monthly Archives: September 2006

last night, I decided to upgrade thunderbird. I read the instructions, followed them to the letter, and got an installation that wouldn’t launch. Not good. When I went searching for answers I discovered it was a known problem, thankfully with … Continue reading →

webcameron – first blog. Sounds an awful lot like the background noise when I’m working from home though

As you can imagine, this is the sort of thing that would get me all worked up 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990-2000. I was trying to work out how many I’ve read. I think it’s only 20, but … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I made the trip to the kids school in just under an hour. (It’s around 40 something miles, to give you some context). I then travelled 4/5 of the next journey (about 4 miles) in under ten minutes, and … Continue reading →

Your Blogging Type is Artistic and Passionate You see your blog as the ultimate personal expression – and work hard to make it great. One moment you may be working on a new dramatic design for your blog… And the … Continue reading →

I don’t hold with these mamby-pamby, new-fangled mobile phone ringtones. Young people these days don’t even know what a proper phone should sound like. Here’s one I made earlier… mp3 | wav You know, I can remember when people didn’t … Continue reading →

BBC NEWS | Technology | Internet’s future in 2020 debated Many of the surveyed experts predicted isolated and small-scale violent attacks to try and thwart technology’s march. “Today’s eco-terrorists are the harbingers of this likely trend,” wrote Ed Lyell, an … Continue reading →

yet again. I’ve created a new page that I’ll list stuff on as I get to it to get rid. It’ll be some stuff for sale, some stuff for postage, some stuff for pickup…at the moment the only thing on … Continue reading →

on crochet of course Think I’m building a wish list for birthday/ christmas cover on New Ideas for Today’s Crochet interested me, though I can’t imagine wearing any of it. Modern day classic, Stitch ‘n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker … Continue reading →

I wouldn’t have got to see the most glorious skies on the way home, with an oddly deep coloured fragment of rainbow appearing to rocket straight up. I wouldn’t have got to enjoy running and jumping over the puddles between … Continue reading →

That looks like a good deal. I will have a punt, bet I get outbid though. …(Puts in low bid to make sure won’t win)….. ****, I won! Just bought a desktop computer, by accident.

I have just taken delivery (for Jax) of what I believe may be the smallest Borg cube in the quadrant. They have clearly assimilated a race of very, very tiny people as it is only about 150mm square. You can … Continue reading →

Continuing our summer visits to heritage sites, having despatched Jax off to work, Monday saw us off to that great British institution IKEA. Our mission, to pick up some bits and pieces Lily needs for uni. IKEA was, well, pretty … Continue reading →

when you get home, make yourself a nice cup of tea, sit down to enjoy it…and discover you forgot to boil the kettle before making it. Bleargh. Think I might try that again. Let’s see, I did promise to update … Continue reading →

I want one of these. I think it would make a great toy. Fantastic project: A group of students from the University of Cambridge who plan on launching a rocket into space for less than £1,000 have taken the first … Continue reading →

on weboggle. Children are (relatively) quiet in bed, Numb3rs is just starting, and Tim’s making me a cuppa. All is well with the world. It has not been so all day. From the journey in to work with the woman … Continue reading →

Reading about the next feminist carnival Lingual Tremors: Carnival of Feminists is Coming to Lingual Tremors!, I was struck by the following quote. # That a pathology/disease approach to normal life events (birthing, menopause, aging, death) is not an effective … Continue reading →

Long hours, lots of driving, evening work, but hey, it’s Friday, I’ve had beer, and I’m about to go to bed and not set an alarm Let’s see. Kids had another great week at school – including the very long … Continue reading →