First Residential Trip For Our Youngest
Our youngest daughter arrived in our bedroom doorway fully dressed, teeth brushed, and hair combed at 7am sharp this morning. She had obviously been standing...
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Womens Tour Of Britain
There have been advance road closure signs around town for several weeksthe event they advertised finally happened this morning. My home townMarlow, in Bucki...
Remembering Jabber Irc And Usenet
I really miss the days before mobile phones and social networks took overfor three reasons :Instant Messaging applications, Chat Rooms, and Newsgroups. Yes, ...
Pain Lots Of Pain
While standing between the lounge and the kitchen drying up a mug, having a conversation with my other halflast night, I twisted to say something, and someth...
We Choose To Go To The Moon
Whenever I play Kerbal Space Program at lunchtime, I can’t help but think of the John F Kennedy speech in the early 1960sexcept I change the words somewhat.”...
One Developer Many Hats
While working on a project this week, it occurred to me how many different skills you need these days as a commercial software developer. I guess if you work...
Running
My eldest daughter has asked if I will go running with her. To be honest, it’s the perfect excuse to force me back into running again. Before we had children...
The Unclematter Engine
While trawling the internet a few weeks ago I came across the beginning ofa story I wrote in January of 2003 for a writing website called “ThoughtCafe”. I th...
Scriveners Second Chance
I woke this morning to the relentless pitter-patter of rain on the bedroom window, and squinted across at my better half, peeking from a gap in the duvet tow...
A Party With Friends
We escaped the house for a few hours last night to attend the birthday party of a friend. Part of the hard-wiring of my brain (lets call it “up-bringing” dem...