Monday, December 31, 2007
So here we are at the end of 2007, and for me and mine, it was a good year.
I started the year unemployed after 4.5 years at my last job. It was time to move on and a subsequently enjoyed a couple of months chilling, finishing Zelda and generally relaxing.
I also started a new blog [...]
Friday, December 28, 2007
A week or so ago, I was talking to an ex-colleague about being a techie. He asked me, on a scale of one to ten, how techie I thought I was now.
I was surprised to admit that Im probably now only a six or seven, whereas a year ago, I was a ten (except on [...]
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Today, I was planning to visit my older brother. He lives in a smallish town in London’s south-west suburbia. My other brother, who lives on the south coast, would also be there, so it would be a good opportunity to catch up with siblings, deliver Christmas presents, and generally be merry.
However, my plans are thwarted [...]
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
But sadly, not in London.
It’s 8.30am on Christmas morning and it’s 9ºC (48º in old money) and a bit damp.
I’m fairly sure it always snowed when I was a kid… or maybe my imagination has been impaired by the constant bombardment from the media of Christmas scenes with snow. I don’t remember the last time [...]
Monday, December 24, 2007
Just wanted to wish everyone a merry Christmas.
I’ve had a couple of days off work last week, today also, and have been catching up with old friends and colleagues and generally drinking too much.
I’ve also been watching lots of Columbo (even found an episode I hadn’t seen before!) and improving my skills at Mario Strikers.
Tomorrow, I shall [...]
I’ve updated the style/theme of this blog to make it easier to read on an iPhone. Specifically, the sidebar is replaced with some basic navigation at the bottom of each page.
Everything should look as normal on other handhelds, printers and decent desktop web browsers.
Internet Explorers 6 and 7 still look poo though, given their inability [...]
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
I’ve decided to buy a car.
I’m 40, and never had one before, so that’ll be 23 years of saving the planet, way before it became trendy to do so.
As a result, I’ll probably get something really bad for the environment, but I’ll still have a lower life-time carbon footprint than all the Prius-driving, tree-hugging hippies [...]
