But I managed it. As it would be churlish not to mention the most powerful earthquake to hit England in 25 years, I feel honour-bound to post a comment, but my involvement in this national event is ha…
I've been using Eclipse PDT as my PHP editor of choice for some time now and it's pretty neat. I even started extolling it's virtues to other developers...which is when it suddenly stopped working on…
This week's book was 'The Threepenny Novel' by Bertholt Brecht. I have to admit that I didn't even realise we'd got it in the house until I was browsing the shelves and I came across it. I knew it wa…
The Alan Parsons Project is one of those bands / musical collaborations / call it what you will that I keep promising to listen to and never get around to it. Having just heard the song 'Old and Wise…
This week's 'bus book' has been a collection of Graham Greene's short stories. For anyone who's not encountered the concept of a 'Bus Book' I refer you here... I like Graham Greene. I particularly lik…
I use public transport a great deal, and some years ago I started carrying a book with me wherever I went when I could expect a delay or a longish trip. This book became known around the house as my …
For the last couple of years I've used BT's Openzone system to give me Internet connectivity when I'm away from home. This uses WiFi hotspots, but by one of those unfortunate twists of fate, most plac…