At work today I wrote a conversion tool to translate 10 digit ISBNs into 13 digit ISBNs. Jessica Kingsley Publishers have given me permission to share it with the world here. I first wrote about ISBN-13 back in January 2003 and now I’m in a company that needs to contend with it. The idea is [...]
Sarah and I went for a walk around London the weekend before last and took some pics. They’re up in the pictures now.
Last weekend, Sarah and I went surfing in Wales. That sounds quite cool, doesn’t it? Well, it was! We got up at about 6 on Saturday morning and got an eight o’clock train to Swansea. From Swansea, we went via a coffee experience to Llangennith in a taxi. This taxi part of the journey was [...]
I’m not someone who often runs towards a Starbucks, but after a weekend of Swansea coffee, I felt I was justified. Those who know me, or have seen the close-on pornographic pictures of my coffee machine, will know that I like good coffee. And, further, I really, really hate bad coffee. I rate bad coffee [...]
What is this all about? A surfboard with a wireless laptop built into it? Are they utterly mad? Or is it (I hope) just a big joke? What possible use could you have for an internet connection while your surfing? Now, wireless access on a beach would be cool (and happens on lots of beaches [...]
This weekend, Sarah and I plan to go surfing in Wales. We’ve been told of a fantastic beach called Llangennith, 15 or so miles from Swansea, where the surf is great for beginners. And beginners we surely are. We have booked a lesson for Saturday afternoon and, to really make the trip worth while, another [...]
I’ve just added a new gallery to the pictures. It’s small at the moment, but I hope it’ll grow. It’s pictures of buildings I like and I reckon it will pull together some bits and pieces that would have been forced into other galleries in the past. London is such a great place to live [...]
It’s my birthday today and I am SO excited. Sarah, friends and family all clubbed together and bought me the most amazing surfboard. It’s gorgeous. OK, I’ve only had about three surf lessons ever, and I’m rubbish, but what a way to learn! I can hardly wait to get to the beach. Thank you to [...]
Perhaps I am unfeasably shallow, but I was really hoping that World Parrot Day would involve lots of people dressed up as parrots. Or at least people with parrots on their shoulders. Not a bit of it. I really wondered why I bothered to head down to Trafalgar Square on Bank Holiday Monday, when all [...]