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
Year: 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
ORG 3rd Birthday
The UK Open Rights Group has now been around for 3 years, and they have released their 2008 Review of Activities. It shows how busy the group has been, and also how much more they are needed. It seems that a week doesn’t go by when a CD isn’t lost or a laptop isn’t stolen… Continue reading ORG 3rd Birthday
Recent Links, 20081113
» John Peel Wiki Complete with MP3s of all his shows, and listings of tracks played. Wonderful. (via Phil Gyford) » Open Rights Group » Ordnance Survey cripples Gov Show Us A Better Way winners The Ordnance Survey are getting all whiney with what should be public data. Dicks. » Matthias Rath, the alternative health… Continue reading Recent Links, 20081113
Recent Links, 20081110
» The locals slag you off (Phil Gyford: Writing) Mr Gyford seems to be going through the same thought processes and dilemmas I have about Facebook, Twitter et al. » Blood tastes good » Drink-soaked Trotskyite Popinjays for WAR …and another perspective on the recent US Election. NSFW, rude written words. Refreshing though. » Guy… Continue reading Recent Links, 20081110
November Beach Weekend
I’m now parking in the underground lot beneath my building, which cuts down on the time needed to get to work, and the amount of calories I burn to get from the car to my desk (uh-oh, gym tonight). My building has every convenience, it’s going to make life easy for me. It’s gonna be… Continue reading November Beach Weekend
Status Of Missing
So, how is the great experiment doing? Am I missing the country of my birth? A little. I miss my ex-dog quite a lot. My Google Reader feed of all Flickr photos tagged “westie” is either helping or not helping. I miss my good friends. I didn’t have such a huge circle. My brother and sister are up… Continue reading Status Of Missing
Recent Links, 20081105
» 365 Days Of Trash Experiment to not throw anything away for a year. Worm farm, basement full of stuff etc. Over 300 days through now, and he’s had to reduce his consumption to keep on top of it. That said, the photos look quite liveable. » Language – The New Adventures of Mr Stephen… Continue reading Recent Links, 20081105
Result
I’ve not said much about the US election campaign swirling around me in my first few months living in the US. I’ve not felt confident enough to express my hopes. If you talk to me, I’ll explain who I wanted to win. But here, I don’t know -Â I think there are so many political commenters,… Continue reading Result