The ever-unfolding Ashley Madison story is very interesting. For a number of reasons. First of all, I need to say that I have no moral
Category: Stuff
Demolition, Saturday unsleeping, and other oddities
This morning the builders started knocking down a wall in the house. Not this house. The other one. The one we’ll be moving in to
An example
People who make YouTube videos – for whatever reason – tend to make a trailer for their channel. The trailer is supposed to be a
Leaving gaps in the lives of others
I don’t know about you, or even whether you have these thoughts, but it’s the everyday stuff that filters through my mind. I think about
Equality for dogs! And snakes! (on a plane?)
Long-term readers will know that I’m not a cat person. Oh, I know they have their uses, and that these include such worthwhile behaviours as:
Maybe time to change the commuter?
In one and a half weeks I will have had the ZX9R for a year. In that time the mileage has somehow crept up from 18,230
Flux (no capacitor)
It is a time of significant change. I have moved from Rugby. It wasn’t that much of a wrench to leave. Although that little house was
Not voting Green (by a member of the Green Party)
In which a fully paid-up, card-carrying member of the Green Party sets out why he will not be voting Green in the 2015 General Election.
Caption competition
Rules: The best caption suggestion for this photograph will win, postage free, three CDs and a This Reality Podcast t-shirt The second best caption suggestion
And now, the news
2m 43s of editing gold
Bollocks to this (HTC One M8)
Dear Mr & Mrs HTC, Thank you so much for letting me play with your offspring, the HTC One M8 (do we say ’em-eight’? Or
Blogathon 28/15 – winding things up
Tomorrow is Dewi Sant. Saint David’s Day. March 1st. And that means that this year’s Blogathon is at an end. Highs and lows, from my
Blogathon 27/15 – no, it’s the lack of speed that kills
Like a number of cities around the UK, large parts of Bristol now have a 20mph speed limit. I’m neither pro, nor anti, these reduced
Blogathon 26/15 – what the papers say
I have had a massive, and frustration-laden, work-related rant just looking for a way to leak out of my head. But I won’t let it.
Blogathon 25/15 – loose ends
I re-met someone I used to know, today. It was about 8.15am. I was sitting on my desk, putting together a network diagram for a
Blogathon 24/15 – loaded
It has been, to use the phrase, ‘one of those days’. I’ve got a lot on my plate at work, right now. I’m coming to
Blogathon 23/15 – communicating?
The first communications device I ever owned was home-made. I got the idea after reading about a bit of jolly japery in a Jennings book. I
Blogathon 22/15 – Sic transit gloria mundi
A wag more waggish than I once said that the unofficial motto of the London Ambulance Service was Sic transit gloria mundi. This declaration was made
Blogathon 21/15 – humping
I have spent a large proportion of this morning humping. My friend, the venerable Mr Rudder, has been helping me rack up servers. We had
Blogathon 20/15 – not (Open)reaching out
*28/02/15 – extra content added* The elephant in the room of the UKs communications infrastructure is BT Openreach. Openreach brands itself as an independent organisation. But Openreach is (and I quote) “…
Blogathon 19/15 – lights out?
Bangernomics is the name attributed to buying an old wreck of a car for not much money, and running it in to the ground, and
Blogathon 18/15 – guilty secret
One winter, some years ago, I was walking down Broad Street, Blaenavon. I can’t remember how young I was, but as the family hadn’t yet
Blogathon 17/15 – ensuring insurance
The insurance on the Daytona is up for renewal in early March. I know this because I had a letter from my current insurer (MCE), giving
Blogathon 16/15 – The remains of my day
It is 04.30. Yeah. In the morning. Obv. I’m half watching an episode of The Walking Dead that I fell asleep during, last night. I’ve had
Blogathon 15/15 – 50 shades of Townsends customer service
Thinking very dark thoughts about how awful my Europcar experience had been, I fished out my phone, as I walked away from Europcar’s ‘reception’, and
Blogathon 14/15 – 50 shades of Europcar customer service
Hours away from having to begin transporting things from A to B, and thence to C, and having an incomplete towing assembly to not do
Blogathon 13/15 – 50 shades of Bosal customer service
Some time ago I arranged for someone to come and fit a towbar to my car. The towbar fitter duly arrived at the appointed hour
Blogathon 12/15 – Ukelele!
I seem to have bought a uke. This is obviously a musical land-grab. I’m going to extend my awesomely poor rhythm and acoustic guitar-playing in
Blogathon 11/15 – commuting fantasy
I don’t know why it should, but yesterday evening’s discovery that one can’t cross the border from Algeria in to Morocco has been troubling me.
Blogathon 10/15 – warm (but not wet) dreams
*edited* I was talking to SWMBI SWMBO the other day. It’s a thing. We do it often. Anyway. The subject of holidays came up. Now
Blogathon 9/15 – bike comparisons
This time last year I compared the first ‘proper’ motorcycle I ever owned (the hair-raisingly bonkers 1,000cc Laverda Jota) with three of my most recent bikes;
Blogathon 8/15 – a tune (or two)
Driving from Bristol to Nottingham this evening, my iPod served up a couple of things. On shuffle. The first thing it served up was the
Blogathon 7/15 – Two wheels good
As the temperature cruised all the way up to 5c in the early afternoon, I had a little two-wheeled action. First I got the bikes
Blogathon 6/15 – earworm!
Someone – don’t know who – was walking through the office a couple of hours ago, when their phone rang. Like most mobile phones, it had
Blogathon 5/15 – beyond tired
By and large – and a lot like many people – I absolutely love my life. I wake up every morning (which I reckon is
intermission
FFS, some motorcyclists. She hasn’t got gloves on. She hasn’t got boots on. Click here to see it.
Blogathon 4/15 – rhetorical thinking
I love rhetorical questions, don’t you? One can pose the question, disconnect ones logical self, and let the mind flow, free-form, through the almost endless field of
Blogathon 3/15 – geeking all the way up to 11
If a little of what you fancy does you good, what does a lot of what you fancy do you? I’m talking about industrial-sized quantities
Blogathon 2/15 – it’s called security for a reason
Even though I’m a bit of a professional nomad, the environments I work in tend to have layers of physical security. Sometimes there will be
Blogathon 1/15 – new beginnings
Trains of thought. They are a little like buses. One has several running at the same time, and then there’ll be a big gap before
Another motorbike theft…
[copied from someone I know on FB, and edited] Guys and girls I had my bike stolen last night. It was taken from my locked
Considering a venture (not adventure)
I have been thinking about, and planning this venture for the last six months. I am considering setting up a datacentre. Well, two actually, but