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Phew. Got back inside just before torrential rain started. Sometimes, my timing is good.

Jul 1st

You know what? I’ve been using the word ‘premise’ wrong all these years.

Jul 1st

Wondering whether to watch ‘Criminal Justice’ for rest of week. Very good, but...

Jun 30th

I’ve got a bad case of Monday Syndrome. Struggling to focus.

Jun 30th

Run, Fatboy, Run: Not as edgy as Pegg’s other films, with few in-jokes, and a very predictable...

Jun 29th

Has got a serious earworm: ‘Monkey Man’ by Toots and the Maytals

Jun 29th

leah buechley - LilyPad Arduino - build -...

Jun 28th

Cat is yawning. Know how she feels, but she gets at least 20 hours sleep per day.

Jun 27th

‘Purple Haze’ played on Medieval instruments as a ringtone:...

Jun 26th

No Country for Old Men: Incredibly gripping. I forgot to breathe in places. Mesmerising performances...

Jun 25th

Dyson Vacuums: A Video History of Dyson...

Jun 24th

Seachd: That very rare beast: a Gaelic language feature film. Brilliant storytelling, stunning...

Jun 22nd

In my head, I’ve always pronounced it very-zon. Good job I’ve never had occasion to say...

Jun 21st

Hmm. You pronounce ‘Verizon’ as ver-eye-zon? I did not know that.

Jun 21st

“Remember, always wrap up warm. Never wrap up cold - it’s pointless.”

Jun 21st

Reading stuff and inwardly digesting. Much highlighting.

Jun 19th

Just had a brief powercut. ‘Beeooow’ sound of computer, hard drive etc. powering down...

Jun 18th

Cat cheek-rubbing my desk. Well, somebody has to - that desk won’t rub itself, y’know.

Jun 17th

American Gods: Blew me away from the first pages. Fascinating exploration of mythology that kept...

Jun 16th

Team America - World Police: Gung ho, foul-mouthed Thunderbirds destroy most of the world’s...

Jun 16th

Just misread a roadname (Downland Close) as Download Close. Am I too much of a geek?

Jun 16th

The Darjeeling Limited: It grew on me. The tender but exasperated relationship between the brothers...

Jun 15th

Full news on GitHub move here: http://tinyurl.com/5pkldw

Jun 15th

Listening to tribute to Humph on R4

Jun 15th

Bee Movie: Irritated me at first (male worker bees, c’mon), but calmed down when I twigged...

Jun 14th

Ratatouille: Good film, but felt it was lacking a little sparkle somehow. The rats were great, but...

Jun 14th

Clematis planted: 2. Bumblebees annoyed accidentally in process: 4.

Jun 14th

About to go out and plant a clematis. Got to fix up a trellis before we do that, so There Will Be...

Jun 14th

Seriously flaking out. It’s before 10pm, still light out, and I’m heading to bed. Like...

Jun 13th

My talk is over. Now I can relax until the next stressful thing comes along!

Jun 13th

Has to go to the zoo tomorrow. Zoo tomorrow. Zoo tomorrow… For work, honestly ;-)

Jun 10th

Wall retaliates against vandal - Boing Boing

Jun 10th

Steve Jobs looks really thin. Hope he’s OK.

Jun 9th

Looking at a cloud the shape of an anteater.

Jun 9th

The Flying Scotsman: Without backing, Obree built his own bike and through huge determination, beat...

Jun 8th

Vurt: I fell in love with Jeff Noon’s writing immediately. Vurt is one of my favourites...

Jun 5th

The Eraser: The subtlety of the multi-layered mixes on this album can take a while to grow on...

Jun 5th

Firefly - The Complete Series: The classiest sci-fi series ever. The concept of a Western in space...

Jun 5th

I HAZ A STIMULI

Jun 4th

Wish my students would learn singular/plurals of terms. A little bit of me dies every time I read...

Jun 4th

Alt Text: Secrets of the 7 Basic Blog Posts

Jun 4th

http://xrl.us/2det: I wonder how many of those Post-Rapture emails would be variants on ‘I...

Jun 4th

I think my git svn dcommit to a tag is crashing and burning. Very slowly. We shall see…

Jun 3rd

Oh, look at that. I think my git svn dcommit worked after all.

Jun 3rd

Mr. B just picked up two paperbacks that the library were selling for 20p each. New stuff, too!

Jun 2nd