Brighton Pier and DIY
Brighton Pier partially collapsed this week. I’ve posted a picture, taken by a couple of friends. Also, painting the sitting room, so back to it.
The goose is getting fat
Christmas is coming, and Jemima is getting fat. Not been to the gym in weeks due to a flurry of present purchasing, drinking and fretting. The family Christmas looms and it appears we may be doing it without a bath. My mother is having a new bathroom put in, but the person who was to [...]
Spitfire is a lovely beer
So, the diary is a day late because I was out drinking! Naughty me. I went out with some old friends who I worked with at ZDNet a couple of years ago. It was incredibly nice to see them, but I drank a little too much to be sensible. Doh! Christmas is looming, and I’ve [...]
Tuition fees, gay marriage and learning nasty languages
Paying for education This week in the news we had the issue of tuition fees, and the proposal to let universities charge students extra fees if they’re really good universities and think they’ll get away with it. Not surprisingly, quite a few people pointed out that this would be likely to lead to the rich [...]
Broken Windows
Yesterday, in a fit of enthusiasm and housekeeping, I uninstalled some software I don’t use from my Windows 2000 machine. Today, I am writing to you from another computer, as access to the Win2k machine is denied. Oh, the joys of Microsoft technology. I am currently trying to ‘repair’ my login functions with the use [...]