Walking round the country side, I see a number of these signs on the side of foot paths, they are not very subtile. I am going to stick my neck out, and assume the idiot who did this understands what the above sign means, and though that bagging their dog’s […]
I managed it, After last nights aborted attempt to walk from Culham, to Clifton Hampden, I completed the first documented part of my Task 8. Culham is an example of a shrunken village. The manor house and church are meagre remains of a medieval settlement. The medieval village lay to […]
Chris Fehily’s “Cancel Cable: How Internet Pirates Get Free Stuff” is an interesting getting started guide to bit-torrent, while I knew most of the content the book covered, it did hold a few bits I didn’t previously know, while I don’t know if i would recommend this book to […]
A while ago I bought my self a Sprocket Rocket camera, the Sprocket Rocket is a 35 mm film camera that packages an ultra wide angle lens, that allows you to capture the image on the whole width of the film (Including on the Sprockets). Three things really stand out […]
Last night I attempted to walk the above course, its about 6.6 miles all in with about 3.5 of that being Thames Path, however with the weather closing in I stopped the walk just before the Appleford Railway Bridge, however tonight I hope to have another go, and post some […]
I ordered some parts for my Motor Cycle from an online company called wemoto, so hopefully soon I will be the proud custodian of some break pads, a battery, spark plugs, and an oil filter. Also at the same time I purchased a copy of the Haynes Manual for my […]
Dear Michael Francis Middleton, and Carole Elizabeth Middleton (née Goldsmith); Please find attached an invoice to compensate myself for the loss of earnings for Friday 29 April 2011; I like other people in this country am a contractor, this means that as someone who is unsalaried I get paid by […]
While in Plymouth Last weekend I bought my self a new Macbook Pro Laptop; this will replace both my Desktop (a Mac Mini) and my old Laptop; an Advent 4211 netbook. I am currently in the process of moving all files and settings from my two old computers; as well […]
For Valentine’s Day, and her birthday I bought Loupie an Amazon Kindle 3G. after playing with it for a while; my misgivings about the e-book format changed; yes the screen sucks; yes it feels like a cheap toy, but it is a good tool for reading books; would i want […]
I am now the owner of a Motor cycle 😀 now with the help of Random Zero the challenge of making her road worthy commences 😀 According to this website: “With its megaphone style silencer and deeply valanced mudguards the GZ 125 looks like it can’t make its mind up […]
The Week without Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, and Alcohol is over; Loupie expected me to crack over the lack of tea (she is convinced that I am addicted to Caffeine) I know Guy Martin and I have the same size tea cup, but that doesn’t mean that my 5 or 6 […]
Dear O2, It may have escaped your attention, but I did not ask you to protect me from the internet, and I also hate to point it out to you but “Think of the Children” is not an excuse for you to try and be a parent your customers, and […]
Catherine Millet’s “The Sexual Life of Catherine M” is tag lined as ‘One of the most explicit books about sex ever written by a woman’ – Edmund White. and it certainly lives up to that in my experience of books that I have read. Liz sent me this book to […]
I managed to survive the first day 😀 Walking into the office I did grab my tea cup just after turning my Desktop on, same as I do every day; but managed not to get as far as the coffee pot. so have been drinking water all day.
I have made a choice about my new Laptop; the new Apple Macbook Pro 15 inch model * 2.0GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 * 4GB 1333MHz * 500GB HDD * Intel HD Graphics 3000 * AMD Radeon HD 6490M with 256MB GDDR5 It should be powerful enough to last me […]
As Part of my Day Zero Challenge; there are three week long tasks to go without things that are not all that good for me: 18 – Go one week without Coffee or Tea34 – Go without Chocolate for a week37 – Go without Alcohol for a week I think […]
After Talking to Random Zero last night; he is going to source me a Suzuki Marauder for my first motor cycle. At the moment it needs a bit of work; so As he and I bring it to a road worthy condition there should be a number of blog posts […]
I have completed number 40; and I now I owe my savings account £100. On Monday I passed my Compulsory Basic Training; and can now driver a motor cycle. given the cost of fuel; this should allow me to get from A to B cheaper than in my Car.
“The Canal” by Lee Rourke is a book about Boredom, a guy who one day decides to stand by the canal and do nothing; I picked this book up on a whim, and despite it being in no way about the subject I thought it would be, its a good […]
“Time-Flight” is a Doctor Who book by Peter Grimwade, it charts the disappearance of two Concords, this short book was lent to me by a young lady I know from the London Geek Munch called Abigail; after we were at her flat for a Buffy watching session. I have not […]
“Lioness Rampant” is the fourth, and final instalment of Tamora Pierce’s “Song of the Lioness” series; the four books go together to chart Alanna of Trebond’s quest to serve her Prince on his way to being King; I would have to recommend these four books to anyone who is looking […]
One of the things I love about Weather Spoons Pubs other than the cheap real ale; is that they have a large collection of rather geeky books that most people overlook; however a few of us; tend to scan the titles of the books to see what there is that […]
Today Loupie and I went to see a friend that we met at Vagabond’s; a nice London Goth lass by the name of Anki. Anki lives on a lovely 65ft boat on a permanent mooring 5 minutes from Kings Cross in Battlebridge Basin. She has recently written a post for […]
After the kind person stole my camera equipment; the police said that they have closed the case due to lack of evidence; I am not sure if I should come to the conclusion that I could steal something in East London and be safe in the knowledge that I would […]
For Task 15, I also asked some of the people I work with for suggestions; and this is what they came up with: Alex Muir: “For Whom The Bell Tolls” – Ernest Hemingway Chris Jones: “Glittering Images” – Susan Howatch David Hancock: “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” – […]
“The Woman Who Rides Like a man” is the third of Tamora Pierce’s “Song of the Lioness” series; this book builds on the previous two and shows us Alanna of Trebond continuing on her adventures; gaining acceptance as both a knight; and a woman. she comes out of this book […]
As I have about 4100 items marked with a play count of 0 on my iTunes Library; I thought it would be an idea to listen to all the music I have; while most of these have been listened to on my iPod; or before the play count was reset […]
“In the Hand of the Goddess” is the second of Tamora Pierce’s “Song of the Lioness” series of books. Alanna has completed her time the Palace; and in the process of the book grows up; and gains the friendship and respect of her peers. I am now starting on the […]