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
A YouTube channel trailer
I made this!
Driven to the edge
This morning’s 125-mile motorway journey (M6, M42, M5, M4, M32) brought home to me just how poor the standard of driving is in this country.
Blind justice?
So a blind person – on a pedestrian crossing – is mown down and, as a result of his injuries, dies. But because the person
How to learn any language in six months
Every now and then, when I have the time – and when I remember – I dip in to TEDx lectures. I stumbled on this
The numbers do not lie
On 1st December 2014, between the dark hours of 6.30pm and 9pm, Thames Valley Police checked 110 cyclists in Oxford’s High Street. How many £50
Routine sleep-states
Blatantly stolen this off of FB, but I’m pretty relaxed about that.
Changing words
Dear Midge, In 1984, when the world was a much more naive place, you and Bob launched ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ (DTKIC) on to
What are speed limits for, Daddy?
During one of the lovely Vicola’s (remember her?) epic rants on FB, recently, a commenter offered a link to a blog that examined what speed
Over there, not over here
I sit, handwriting this, with my trusty paper-and-pen combo, in a very unfamiliar Spanish territory. I have probably been to the Canary Islands in the long, distant,
Nothing on
In the days when Mars bars cost 4d each, and for a penny one could get four strawberry chews, and an Amazin’ bar cost 3d,
Locking up wheels
I realise that social media is a magnifier, that it is the Daily Mail of the internet. Everything bad is going to happen. Everything you
The Apprentice: Modernising Christians v Lions
Rome’s Colosseum has been through some major changes in its history. It was originally intended as a theatre. Mock sea battles, and mythological dramas were
Stolen: Honda CBR Blade
Posting this on behalf of a friend; it’s not my bike My motorcycle was stolen on 17th October 2014 from Chipping Norton Oxfordshire. It was
Not a good indication
The offside front indicator on the ZX9R packed up. The corresponding rear indicator worked fine, but the front one steadfastly refused to join in. Both
Mapping a fix
I forgot to note that I have fixed the Daytona’s intermittent starting problem. After carefully researching the symptoms (poking about on the internet, speaking to other
It’s so bracing
Yesterday I went to Skegness. For a cup of tea. And chips. And gravy. As you do. In contradiction to this Skegness marketing poster… It
Polite filtering in Cov
This happened this evening:
Tucker’s Law(s)
I fucking love Malcolm Tucker. Not in a boy way. I just fucking love how fucking articulate he is. Yes I know he’s fucking not
End of contract break
My current work contract concludes at the end of this month. The thought occurs that this could be the ideal time for a break. Perhaps
Not getting the whole picture
I have bought a new TV. For someone who watches as little television as I do, this new acquisition is a really big deal. It’s
Reluctant to go. Again.
I had the same starting problem, yesterday morning, with the Daytona. The engine turned over, full of beans and with the normal enthusiasm, but it
An open letter to…
Humanity. Dear humanity, you have such potential for awesomeness which you ruin with a failure of thinking. Here’s what I mean. Territorial ownership is bogus.
Just taking the bike out for a quick spin
Post by Enrique Fernández.
I’m safe, it’s the other morons on the road…
I’m still recording video, but by and large nothing much seems to happen – or nothing out of the ordinary happens with any kind of