December 2008
28 posts
Staying at a friend’s I slept in my old bed from 10+ years ago. Slept remarkably well for me!
Dec 30th
I’m shocked that Channel 4 had to prefix “The Nativity Decoded” with a warning that “The following programme contains challenging ideas”
Dec 25th
Interesting little Twitter mash-up: http://ping.fm/AcSFx - #1 is “work” - am I really so boring?
Dec 24th
Still getting used to not being at work…
Dec 24th
So the nights are now getting shorter… roll on midsummer!
Dec 22nd
It seems that there are more sundogs around these days http://ping.fm/iIS2Q
Dec 20th
Aware that it’s a bit odd calling it a Flickr “easter egg”, maybe “christmas egg”? http://ping.fm/ckPiU
Dec 18th
My digital camera is Kodak. Work’s digital camera is Kodak. Different models, similar vintage. Are USB cables compatible? Of course not!
Dec 17th
Been up for two hours but still somehow not quite able to leave for work…
Dec 17th
Strangely compelling: http://ping.fm/9Efhj
Dec 16th
Surely one of the more pointless Twitter mashups: http://ping.fm/m0tZv
Dec 15th
Last day of Pownce today… must remember to export my stuff…
Dec 15th
Shame “Vampires Rock” in Worthing was cancelled on Saturday - was quite looking forward to it http://ping.fm/bUI53
Dec 15th
As part of my clearout I’m going to have to throw away a load of old CD-Rs… can they be recycled?
Dec 15th
This kind of weather should be made illegal!
Dec 13th
Jesus, how difficult can using a cashpoint be? Queueing behind morons in Brighton city centre…
Dec 12th
Can’t get the Stephen Fry song out of my head: http://ping.fm/piqdC - better lyrics than the Gary Numan original (Jo the Waiter)!
Dec 11th
Suffering from a very tenacious headache today :(
Dec 11th
…quite apart from anything else, I want to find out what happens!
Dec 10th
Final writing course of the term tonight. Let’s hope I can keep up the writing momentum over the christmas vacation…
Dec 10th
Whenever I managed to get up and leave the house early there’s always a longer than usual wait for a bus…
Dec 9th
Just bought Neal Stephenson’s “Anathem” novel http://ping.fm/hmqvd . 937 page - with diagrams in it!
Dec 8th
Chickened out of cycling in today at the last minute. Worried about the journey home in the dark - need to get some new lights
Dec 8th
Just narrowly avoided tripping over a rabbit at work…
Dec 4th
Half the bands for Saturday’s gig http://ping.fm/8Lz1B have dropped out… :(
Dec 4th
Have booked the next two Fridays off in a bid to get a whole new chunk of writing done…
Dec 3rd
IS this the beginning of the end for Web 2.0 services? RIP Pownce :(
Dec 2nd
Less than an hour before the occultation of Venus by the Moon. However I just looked outside an couldn’t see the moon, sky clear though.
Dec 1st