_Egretta garzetta_ - the species name that’s fun to say!
Apr 30th
Doing background reading. Sometimes feel like the breadth of material I have to assimilate is...
Apr 30th
Mark Lawson just pronounced ‘Ms’ (i.e. the female title) as ‘Muzz’. Wha?
Apr 28th
Just got back from the allotment: potatoes finally planted, and the monsoon season seems to have...
Apr 27th
“She moves through the fair” must be the most haunting folk song ever. Even as an...
Apr 26th
RIP Humph. Don’t forget to get Death to play Mornington Crescent. It will make a nice change...
Apr 26th
Soaking ride in. My jeans obviously didn’t rinse properly in the wash: consequence? I was...
Apr 24th
Vibram Five Fingers: Discover the Barefooting...
Apr 23rd
RSVP - Please Reply : iPod & iTunes:...
Apr 21st
Now my swivel chair has a squeak. It’s obviously Annoying Noises Day.
Apr 21st
“anaphora: the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to...
Apr 21st
A reset alarm is going off somewhere at work and driving me crackers.
Apr 21st
Yay! I haz ebay amplifier! Let the music commence (after I receive it, of course)
Apr 19th
Is researching exciting bits of kit for work.
Apr 18th
Can now see again after a long-overdue haircut.
Apr 17th
Is ogling second-hand amplifiers.
Apr 15th
Cat playing a theremin: http://tinyurl.com/5sodj7 Also, best WTF?! expression on a cat ever at the...
Apr 14th
Man, it’s too late - now I’m @ replying to myself. Time for bed.
Apr 14th
Amplifier has died. Serious amounts of black soot inside, which I’m thinking isn’t a...
Apr 13th
macosxhints.com - 10.5: Sleep all displays...
Apr 11th
DryIcons | Free Icon Sets
Apr 11th
Trailer for a program on R4 about the Gutenberg press has a wonderful snippet of an orchestral...
Apr 10th
Watch
Kronos Quartet plays Foxy Lady by Jimi Hendrix.
Apr 10th
The New Cult Canon: Primer | The A.V. Club
Apr 10th
Each day I cycle past ‘Hilda Simister House’ (note ‘m’), and misread it as...
Apr 8th
Snowing again.
Apr 6th
‘The Reunion’ on R4 with people who worked at Bletchley Park as code-breakers. V....
Apr 6th
Startled by a dunnock landing on the windowsill and singing angrily at us. Think it saw its own...
Apr 6th
Is itching to plant potatoes: enough chitting already, go forth my little spudly beauties and grow!
Apr 5th
Excellent Torchwood finale.
Apr 4th
Is feeling exhausted and groggy.
Apr 3rd
Can’t believe that I was alerted to the smart new UK coin design by people in the US. I...
Apr 2nd
Drop stack is incredibly useful in Path Finder: collect random files from all over home folder,...
Apr 2nd