You can help the victims of this terrible natural disaster by pledging the proceeds of any advertising or affiliate schemes you have on your site for the month of January to a relief agency of your choice. However, don’t let this stop you from also making a direct donation now to one of the many [...]
An interesting conversation in the pub last night was the inspiration for this posting. We all know from where certain A-list celebrities hail from but what about your celebrities from Ashby De-La-Zouch, Cromer, Great Yarmouth and Donegal? OK so any Adrian Mole fans will be aware of Sue Townsend. That’s the sort of people we’re [...]
The RAC have really hit on something with the new RAC Route Planner. Seriously, give it a while. This tidy Java app actually enables you to follow the complete route of your journey as it you were actually driving it! No more up, down, left and right movements through grids. This is seriously intelligent stuff.
Nuts is better than Zoo Weekly. Discuss.
You’d be quite right in suggesting that all’s been quiet here lately. Why? Well, in a nutshell, I’ve been burning stuff.
My trusty Clio has served me well but my daily long journey to work leaves me longing for a slightly more comfortable ride with less cabin noise so I can appreciate my music at reasonable levels with one airbag (at the least) for my own protection. Not that I’m a bad driver you see, I’m [...]
Normally when it comes to wiring and electrical things I don’t have too much much of a problem. But when it comes to my late-1970s house and the peculiar wiring within, a few things get me stumped. One of these issues being
Last night’s freezing weather totally killed my poor Renault Clio’s battery. I’ve had this problem once before just a couple of weeks ago but luckily my car was facing downhill and I was able to roll-start the thing. This time I wasn’t so lucky. Last night I parked my car up-hill. Not to be deterred, [...]
Tantek writes some notes on a talk given by some guy who states something that I’ve been thinking for some time: Windows has become much easier to use over the last few years and Mac OS has become much harder to use. Microsoft effectively killed off DOS with Win 2K whilst Apple introduced the Unix [...]
I dunno, you wait all summer for a little rain to stop your grass completely dying and then it all falls out of the sky at once. UK Weather Outlook for this morning: Rain, heavy at times with a risk of thunder. Windy, especially near the South Coast. Fantastic conditions for all those people in [...]