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Here's the Doorbell, just don't use it...
Friday, June 15, 2007 Culture

This makes me smile every time I return home... Next to the doorbell is this notice, which I assume my landlord put there. <image src="[ContentFolder]/Doorbell.jpg" /> Very nice of hi... More

Bargain of the Year
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Culture

I never complain about a bargain, and there were definitely some lovely cheap chocolate eggs going after Easter this year. But as price reductions go, was this one really worth it? Tesco had re... More

ukrc Meet, Shrewsbury
Sunday, April 23, 2006 Culture

Here's the photos of the ukrc meet in Shrewsbury, 22 April 2006 (For anyone not familiar with ukrc, it's the uk.religion.christian public newsgroup.) ukrc is a pretty active newsgroup, with typ... More

Hey - It's Another Yah-Boo Budget Speech!
Friday, March 24, 2006 Politics

I have to say I enjoyed this year's budget more than normal, but God, do some of those MPs have the faintest idea how silly they are make themselves look? The Speeches First, back to the yah-bo... More

Why I'm Leaving Labour
Wednesday, March 01, 2006 Politics

OK, this is it. After what must be around 20 years in the Labour Party, I'm out. Why? Well at a national level I've seen an increasingly illiberal, autocratic, Government that appears no longer t... More

Trader Joes' Gone Bananas
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 Culture

I've written before about how much I like Trader Joes. On my last visit to El Cerrito Trader Joes I discovered their 'Gone Bananas' - chocolate covered bananas - presumably their 'healt... More

It was Tony wot Bombed, not Ming
Thursday, January 12, 2006 Politics

All the political commentators seem to be saying that Ming Campbell, acting LibDem leader, totally bombed during Prime Minister's question time, when he asked Tony Blair a question about schools.... More

Trader Joes
Thursday, November 10, 2005 Culture

One question after spending some time in the US...? Why can't we have Trader Joe's back in the UK? 'nuff said. OK, for anyone who's not been to the US, a word of explanatio... More

Cashpoints Run Windows
Sunday, July 10, 2005 Culture, Technology

Here's the proof that at least some cashpoints run with C++ code in Windows. And sometimes even on cashpoints, the programs can crash: <image src="[ContentFolder]/Cashpoint.jpg" /> I t... More

Here's the Doorbell, just don't use it... Friday, June 15, 2007	Culture
This makes me smile every time I return home... Next to the doorbell is this notice, which I assume my landlord put there. <image src="[ContentFolder]/Doorbell.jpg" /> Very nice of hi... More
Bargain of the Year Tuesday, April 10, 2007	Culture
I never complain about a bargain, and there were definitely some lovely cheap chocolate eggs going after Easter this year. But as price reductions go, was this one really worth it? Tesco had re... More
ukrc Meet, Shrewsbury Sunday, April 23, 2006	Culture
Here's the photos of the ukrc meet in Shrewsbury, 22 April 2006 (For anyone not familiar with ukrc, it's the uk.religion.christian public newsgroup.) ukrc is a pretty active newsgroup, with typ... More
Hey - It's Another Yah-Boo Budget Speech! Friday, March 24, 2006	Politics
I have to say I enjoyed this year's budget more than normal, but God, do some of those MPs have the faintest idea how silly they are make themselves look? The Speeches First, back to the yah-bo... More
Why I'm Leaving Labour Wednesday, March 01, 2006	Politics
OK, this is it. After what must be around 20 years in the Labour Party, I'm out. Why? Well at a national level I've seen an increasingly illiberal, autocratic, Government that appears no longer t... More
Trader Joes' Gone Bananas Wednesday, January 25, 2006	Culture
I've written before about how much I like Trader Joes. On my last visit to El Cerrito Trader Joes I discovered their 'Gone Bananas' - chocolate covered bananas - presumably their 'healt... More
It was Tony wot Bombed, not Ming Thursday, January 12, 2006	Politics
All the political commentators seem to be saying that Ming Campbell, acting LibDem leader, totally bombed during Prime Minister's question time, when he asked Tony Blair a question about schools.... More
Trader Joes Thursday, November 10, 2005	Culture
One question after spending some time in the US...? Why can't we have Trader Joe's back in the UK? 'nuff said. OK, for anyone who's not been to the US, a word of explanatio... More
Cashpoints Run Windows Sunday, July 10, 2005	Culture, Technology
Here's the proof that at least some cashpoints run with C++ code in Windows. And sometimes even on cashpoints, the programs can crash: <image src="[ContentFolder]/Cashpoint.jpg" /> I t... More