If I was to stay with Sony Ericsson, then I think the z520 is the clear winner. It’s so small and neat – the smallest footprint of any phone that satisfies my requirements – and I like the idea of those flashing side-lights.. The K750 is like twice the price, and I think my current […]

Wait a few months, any my theoretical toy priorities change completely. Am probably not going to bother upgrading my GPS, or indeed purchase the Akai footpedal. I’m even leaning away from a PSP! Why the changes? Well, toy budget is a finite resource, and the spending thereof must be carefully weighed up. Also, my k700i […]

1 packet ratafia 500g Marscapone 1 tablespoon milk 85g caster sugar 1 punnet strawberries Rum Slice the Strawberries and sprinkle over the rum. Put some ratafia in the bottom of a trfle dish, and cover with a layer of Strawbs Loosen the marscapone with the milk. Reserve some strawberries for a top layer, and mix […]

Inevitably lots of things broke in the upgrade. The only two I’ve noticed so far were MySQL, which broke because it didn’t replace the config file, and PHP which broke because it did! Actually not really fair to say PHP broke; rather parts of my website broke because of the default memory limit on PHP […]

Went to the doctor and got antibiotics, which have actually cleared up my chest really quickly; I’m hardly coughing at all now! Just don’t ask about my stomach… Speaking of stomachs, I find myself at home this fine autumnal morning, as young man threw up last night! Nursery had warned off a stomach bug going […]

Came down with the the lurgy over the weekend; some form of chest infection, most likely a virus. Although I don’t feel too bad in myself (even made it into work today), I’ve got a nasty cough and am completely bunged up, and generally feel spaced out. 🙁 It’s actually the nights that are the […]

I’ve just realised that I never wrote about Ben’s latest tricks! He’s into animal noises at the moment, and is really good at matching animals names and pictures to the noises they make. Ok, he doesn’t always get them right, and you do sometimes need a little bit of imagination to distinguish between them, but […]

I’m starting to feel like an old hand at this travelling game; or is that just old? 🙂 Anywhere, here we in Oxford for our annual project workshop, sort of a bit like a mini-version of the jolly in Nottingham last week. My talk is a bit more involved here, as I’ve got a 30 […]

Found an excellent but under-advertised tool called Synergy, which lets you control multiple machines from a single keyboard and mouse… Ah, you say – isn’t that just a KVM (keyboard video monitor) switch. Mais non, because with this handy bit of software you have a monitor per computer, and seemlessly change which one you’re controlling […]

My new passport arrived this afternoon, and I have to say it looks much the same as the old one. One thing that’s quite amusing is that I spent ages agonising over whether to put “Dr” as my title. On the one hand it would be cool, but on the other hand it might attract […]