Pedal Power
Not many people know that I cycle to and from work every day - a six mile round trip that takes me through suburban streets, a busy town, and into the countr...
Recent Posts
Halloween Approaches
After walking in the door from work last night, I was asked “did you see them?”. “See what?”… an audience of puzzled and dismayed faces looked hopefully back.
Reaching Out To The Community
Following an influx of new visitors to my personal blog over the last 24 hours, I have been taking on Darren Rowse’s advice (he of ProBlogger fame), and reac...
November Nablopomo Nanowrimo
It just occurred to me that the title of this post might make you wonder about my spelling skills. I obviously can’t spell November at all. I can’t even lay ...
When Inspiration Strikes
Why is writing sometimes easy, and sometimes hard? Why do the words come so easily sometimes, and not without great effort at others?
The One Where My Blog Got Featured On The Front Page Of Wordpresscom
While making drinks for my colleagues at lunchtime today, I was gazing out of the window (waiting for the kettle to boil) when a rather marvellous and totall...
The Greatest Aptitude Test Ever Invented
While making a drink for my colleagues this morning, a thought popped into my head - an idea for the best aptitude test ever invented for interviews - a text...
Could Nanowrimo Be Attempted On Twitter
Just did some mental arithmetic
Backup And Version Control For Nanowrimo
If you’re going to take part in NaNoWriMo this year, how would you feel if your computer died half way through the competition and took your writing with it?
The One Where I Bought A Colour Laser Printer
For the past couple of years at home we have been using two printers (actually, I have seldom used either of them - most printing happens for knitting patter...