I have seen Phil McMinn perform as the frontman of (the late) The Winchell Riots a few times. I was in the front row, with
Category: Stuff
Beating up the civvies
Cotswold Airport (the former RAF Kemble) getting beaten up by a couple of C130s Post by Cotswold Airport.
If you’re not overtaking, get in the left-hand lane!
From the Highway Code on motorway lane discipline: 241 – Do not overtake unless you are sure it is safe to do so. Overtake only
The true cost of gas
There has been, in the last week, a great deal of words said – and written – about the price rise that British Gas has
Two things…
This evening two things have occurred. The first is that my iPod seems to have stopped working – because it got so wet on my
Weekend list
Saturday: Get up Notice that it is pouring down Shower Shave Teeth Dress Put motorbike stuff on Ride the VFR to Shipston on Stour Get
Drivers guide to bikers
I actually had, today, a motorist who tried to block me – a motorist who deliberately changed the direction of his car – to stop
Busy doing everything
You know how sometimes you think you’re really really busy? Here’s a guy who makes people being really really busy look as if they are
Any port (forwarding) in a storm
Here’s a frustrating little niggle. I’m having to use a downgraded router (due to not having FTC, as previously moaned about). To allow internet traffic
And I’m back (online)
Heyyyyyy! How you doin’? Crikey, I sound like a cross between Joey (off of Friends) and The Fonz (off of Happy Days). So. I have
Moving the second (part VI)
This is odd. I have pointed a domain name registered with 123-reg to my NAS. I have done the usual stuff (created a MySQL database,
Moving the second (part V)
It’s taken 24 hours, but I have finally learned how to migrate a self-hosted website from 123-Reg to my NAS. It was more fiddly than
Moving the second (intermission)
I had successfully proved that the concept (that migrating a php front-ended, MySQL back-ended website hosted with a commercial webhost, based in Arizona, to my
Moving the second (part IV)
How to migrate a website called fredbloggs.com from a commercial host to your Synology Diskstation with no loss of uptime: Before you start, you need:
Moving the second (part III)
Well. In the best traditions of technical geekery, the next part in the exercise to self-host on a Synology Diskstation NAS was not as straightforward
Moving the second (part II)
I had some free time* this evening, so I thought I’d investigate the NAS’s capabilities. I downloaded, installed and configured an instance of the phpMyAdmin
Moving the second
I currently host twenty-three domains in my partner hosting account, based in Arizona. In the last six months there have been a couple of periodic
Moving the first
I’m moving house at the end of this month. The removal people are booked, but that’s the easy bit. I have to organise, pack
It’s a sign!
You know those LED signs at bus stops that tell you the next 36B will be along in
If music be the food of love…
It’s difficult to know which of the elements in this story are the most disturbing. We have: Robert Foulds, the clerk of Bramley Parish Council
Motorbike pain (via Twitter)
Nineteen seconds of smug git, two seconds of Noooooooooo! http://t.co/WnVKUmR2Il — brennig (@brennig) September 1, 2013
Twitter wisdom, unbelievably wise
If I had to explain the Beatles to aliens, I’d play While My Guitar Gently Weeps and say ‘This was written by their third-best songwriter.’
Getting filming again
Had a delicious little trundle on the VFR today. The return route brought me through Bampton and then turned right across the brow of the
Spam masquerading as a job offer
Does anyone fall for these any more? ps. What self-respecting HR department would use a gmail address anyway? pps. Headers trimmed for obvious reasons ppps.
That’s how it is supposed to work
Democracy, huh? Yes, I know we knock our politicians when they don’t listen to us, but last night in the House of Commons the majority
So wrong it’s right
Two weekends ago I was standing in a Yorkshire field shouting myself hoarse, in the pouring rain, as not Morrisey (and the rest of the
A little jolly
Bank Holiday Monday (plus) a promising weather forecast (equals) ? Well? Come on, Aston Minor, I’m waiting? No of course it’s not forty two, you
Morrissey Snoopy and Charlie (The Smiths) Brown
As someone who, last weekend, was standing in a field, in the pouring rain, shouting The Smiths lyrics at the top of my voice, and
Stick a fork in it, it’s done
So far today, walking around the centre of Oxford, I’ve seen: Keep calm and press delete Keep calm and listen to music Keep calm and
As a matter of fact it’s all dark
In deeply distressing news, I learn that Dark Side of the Moon was released 40 years ago. FORTY YEARS AGO! Jesus. *sits* *thinks* *time passes*
The cloak of vulnerability
I had a visit, earlier this evening, from a removal man. He’s going to give me a quote for moving the contents of this house
My weekend…
This is why I am knackered, but it was pure enjoyment. And thanks to Michelle for allowing me to be her guest.
All life is here
I have just finished watching the BBC docuseries ‘Routemasters’. Although there was one episode that heavily featured the eponymous London bus, the docuseries was, essentially,
Bikerrrrrrr!!!!!
I’ve had the VFR for a week and two days. We’ve notched up 800 miles in that time. Erm.
Kinda makes you want to fly Ryanair. Not
Is this taking the old aviation maxim “Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing” just a little too far? You decide.
Visitor from a bygone age
For whatever reason (the detail is unimportant) HSBC has written to all of the diplomatic institutions it currently serves saying, within its right, they they
Why cyclists should pay (road) tax
Whenever I say something that tries to highlight the horrendous inequalities between cyclists and other road users, money – inevitably – raises its head. “Cyclists
Cyclists: the case for changing the law
I am currently working in the centre of Oxford. Because it is the middle of summer, Oxford is full of tourists. And, naturally enough, many
But can you take the geek out of the boy?
I’m gearing up to rolling out a significant upgrade of the cookery website that I built for a friend, to version 2. The upgrade won’t be
Moving? A funny thing might be happening?
Here’s a thing. And this is, of course, purely hypothetical. If my landlord changes the letting agent that he chooses to work through, at the
Film review: The World’s End
Have you ever played darts? You know when you’re perfectly lined up with the board? And you feel confident? You take the first dart in
Film Review: Pacific Rim
Such was the standard of Guillermo del Toro’s latest ‘humans v aliens’ film, that it has taken me over a week to find the right words
The moving thing
The more I have thought about it, the more the idea of moving home becomes attractive. And more attractive. There are two lists. The short
Window shopping
I was walking from A to C, today, and as a result I had – inevitably – to go past B. ‘B’ was a certain