Five Minutes Respite From The Madness
My work computer, running a shiny new copy of Windows 8, decided to follow the instructions of Chief Crazy Horse today, and agreed that “today would be a goo...
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Adventures In Minecraft
Over the course of the last couple of years I have seen several friends post about an odd video game called “Minecraft” - an open ended sandbox where you cou...
Returning To Instagram
I re-joined Instagram earlier in the week. I’m not really sure why I did it, and I’m not really sure if it’s a good idea or not. I don’t seem to be sure abou...
Mayhem And Chaos Abound
At a little after 6am this morning our eldest daughter arrived in the bedroom doorway like a glum silhouette, murmuring about being unwell. Under normal circ...
Seduced By Moleskine
I was in the local bookstore several days ago with our youngest daughtershadowing her while she expertly re-arranged a low table filled with children’s books...
Perhaps Brain Dumps Are Therapeutic
I used to occasionally take part in a damn fool crusade on the internet called “750 Words”. The idea behind the site is that you empty your head into the key...
Wasps Versus Tigers And The Under Eights
On Sunday afternoon we wrapped up warm and made our way to Adams Park on the outskirts of High Wycombe to watch the rugby - London Wasps versus Leicester Tig...
From There To Here A Personal Blogging Journey
For me it all began in the late 1980s, with the explosion of Compuserve and AOL, and the lowering of the bar to a point where everybody could understand how ...
The Digital Photo Mountain
Over the last 12 years I have amassed something in the region of 45000 digital photos (and that number grows by several hundred every time we leave the house...
An Admission Of Horror And Resignation
One of the main reasons I chose to go with Blogger as an enduring solution for the writing I share online was the existence of my old posts - stretching back...