My brother has a very similar sense of humour to me, which is why the following made me laugh so much. It happened years ago, but I’ve been reminiscing. He was emailing me staff mugshot photos from his company intranet, and commenting on them. This was becuase his own was so awful, he was curious… Continue reading Brother Fun
Month: December 2008
The Advent Calendar Follies
Actually “folly” – singular. With the beginning for real of the Xmas season, I thought I’d write down for posterity a little anecdote from my childhood. If you know me you’ve probably heard this many times before, if not, prepare to be non-plussed! In our house we would have an Advent Calendar hung up, to… Continue reading The Advent Calendar Follies
Recent Links, 20081201
» Gay marriage: the database engineering perspective @ Things Of Interest Interesting article describing human relationships in terms of databases. Old inflexible database structures would talk about “husbands” and “wives”, and one husband could be married to one wife. But in reality (whether you like it or not, Prop 8 bigots) we are all “humans”,… Continue reading Recent Links, 20081201