Ich Muss Besser!

I finally posted a bit on my trip last year to Berlin. Sorry for the delay. It was sitting around in a text file on a memory stick. But that’s no excuse I know. Just click on, and enjoy the rich variety of links provided, and maybe you can forgive me.

Carlton Showcase LXXIX – It Works Better Short

Well that’s that over with for the moment. Thursday and Friday were the performances for the Carlton’s Showcase LXXIX. The LXXIX comes from the fact the the society started in 1927, and it ties in nicely with the 80th Anniversary celebrations next year (which will be LXXX). It was the usual fun mix of short… Continue reading Carlton Showcase LXXIX – It Works Better Short

My Computer Is Dying

I am tempted to rename my PC ‘Zen‘, so I can reenact the Blake’s 7 episode ‘Terminal’. The BIOS ‘forgot’ that I had a hard drive connected, then it freezes after a while. The drive makes some rather nasty clicking sounds. All baaaaad. Luckily, I have a Knoppix boot disk which enabled me to play… Continue reading My Computer Is Dying

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PHP Gantt Chart From CSV Data

As you should know full well by now, I’m a member of an amateur theatre group in Wimbledon, London, and I run the website. As an aid to visualising the events calendar, I’ve written a script in PHP which takes a CSV file of dated events (example), and generates a nice Gantt chart using a… Continue reading PHP Gantt Chart From CSV Data

Homemade Mobile Device Charging Station

Lifehacker pointed out this mobile device recharging station, available in the US. As it happens, I’ve been working on a homemade solution here in the UK since last June, but only now have I got the photos. I have various devices that need recharging regularly, and I got a bit sick of the Kabelsalat that… Continue reading Homemade Mobile Device Charging Station

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A Burning Issue – Another Script From Another Era

This here is a script that emerged from the pupal shell of the sessions we had back in late 2001, and utterly failed to take off and fly. It’s actually OK, in a simplistic ‘cheap-Radio-4-sketch-show’ kind of way. The ending is bad, but what do you want? Comedy Gold? Blood? A Burning Issue

4 Things – Because Ideas Are Thin On The Ground

Here’s another meme. At this point, I’m supposed to say that, “I don’t normally do these things”, but the fact is that I do. Call it a deep desire to expose myself to you, call it being bone bastard idle, call it what you will. I guess it’s not good blogging form, but feck it,… Continue reading 4 Things – Because Ideas Are Thin On The Ground

It Is Time For The Slug Anecdote

Back in the days of Intel 80486’s and Compact Disc Players, when I was at college in High Wycombe (pron. ‘Hig-gy Wik-KOM-by’) in the second, slightly more successful act of the farce that was my Higher Education, I shared a house in Upper Green Street with a couple of fellow students. This house was of… Continue reading It Is Time For The Slug Anecdote