My first time using a laptop on a train (and quite possibly my last). My main observation so far is that it’s jolly uncomfortable, which is partly a result of having a large laptop, as this is a fairly old model. I know that GNER do provide WiFi Internet access on some of their trains, […]

So, away at a conference in Edinburgh. I decided to go the cinema, so went to the Vue cinema here, to see Constantine. Full review of the film in the appropriate place, but it did bring some thoughts to mind. First of all, the cross or crucifix is fairly universal counter-attack against evil, and particularly […]

I find myself in the unusual position of having a laptop computer, as a result of being away at a conference, in Edinburgh. It’s the one that I’m using to run demonstrations, but it means I can blog from bed. This evening was the conference dinner, at a place called the Beluga Bar (which was […]

Found out yesterday, quite by accident, that Indy IV is apparantly scheduled for June 2006! Apparantly Titled Indiana Jones and the Lost Continent, there’s a teaser trailer available at ifilm.com, together with a brief synopsis that has our Indy lured out of retirement to find Atlantis. The trailer itself is pretty closed; it’s got the […]

Very busy at work at the moment – got a big event coming up in Edinburgh next week where we’re demonstrating our stuff. So I’m going lots and lots of testing and tweaking, but the nature of the beast is that actually I spent a lot of time looking at a piece of code running […]

Just got back from a trip down to London to see my Mum, and to pick up some of my Dad’s old furniture. While I was there, I also collected all my old school reports that my Mum had been hoarding all these years, and they make for very interesting reading. My favourites are the […]

Dreams are funny things – you only remember them if you wake up during them, so almost by definition a dream is never complete. I’ve been having some very exciting murder-mystery type dreams lately, but I never find out what happens in the end! The other sad thing is that almost within minutes of waking […]

Mean Girls was actually a much better film than I was expecting – I’d heard all about Lindsay Lohen in the press, but she absolutely nailed her part in that film. Her descent from innocent self-giving all-round lovely person to ‘mean girl’ was played to perfection. A lot of this is of course down to […]

It’s very hard to start an entry when you haven’t written anything for ages (but have thought of lots of things to write in the meantime – none of which you can remember now, of course).. A bit like writing a letter or making a phone call to a friend you haven’t seen for ages. […]

Right, this’ll be my last entry for a while! As you know, Lent starts on Wednesday, and this year I’ve decided to give up the World Wide Web, which I reckon extends to me writing Letters from Leeds. I’ve tried out various things over the years – chocolate, tea and coffee; you know the score […]