Llifogydd: Canslo gwyl rasus
Mae’r gwaith clirio wedi dechrau ar ôl llifogydd sydyn ddydd Mercher. Cafodd Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub y Canolbarth a’r Gorllewin eu galw i helpu pobl
Gig review; Earth Calling Alice, Atticus, Birmingham, Sunday 17th August 2008
On Sunday evening we drove up to Birmingham to see Earth Calling Alice perform at Atticus in Bearwood. The gig was organised by an outfit
Ignorance is not bliss, it’s just ignorant
If you heard that an aircraft had crashed you wouldn’t say ‘must have been a pretty awful steward’, would you? If you heard that a
Gig review; The Razorbax, Bar Academy, Birmingham, Friday 15th August 2008
There were three bands on. Unfortunately we missed the first act – Regus – but arrived while the second band, Barkerhound, were setting up. Let’s
Homesearching for 2×2 legs and 1×4 legs
We spent all day yesterday covering mileage in Oxfordshire. Not good, because my programme was a little too ambitious. We viewed three houses and four
Depression bites
I wondered if it would, had dared to think I might have got away with it. But today, from the moment I woke up, I
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man…
… is wearing just one contact lense. Bugger. My right lense rolled up underneath my eyelid and it’s broken now. The lense, not my eyelid.
Would you like some cheese with your fromage?
I am sitting in the kitchen in London thoroughly enjoying myself. I’m previewing tracks for the next podcast. I never thought I’d say this, but
A mouthful of warm salty gunk
I’m afraid so, he said with a malicious glint in his eye. You’re going to open your mouth and take it like a man. He
Known unknowns
As that nice Mr Rumsfeld* said. We spent yesterday in Oxfordshire on a mission, shopping for a new home. We made lots of notes about
Going anywhere on your holidays?
I had my hair cut on Saturday. I go to a place in Worcester out of habit. Soph and I used to live in a
Google stats
I love the internet! This is what you (or perhaps people like you. Or perhaps people unlike you) have been googling over the last two
This is weird and irrational but…
**edited** Move along, move along, there’s nothing to see here. Come on folks. Move along. Haven’t you got homes to go to? And thanks HF.
Jordan can’t ride
Look people, can we just get one thing straight? All of the stories in the media about ‘celebrity’ Jordan (aka Katie Price) aiming for a
I love reading but
No, not the town in Berkshire where Colin lives; I mean the activity that involves the printed word. So yeah… I love reading but, is
I’m fine. Really.
I only look like this when I’ve had my fill of mankind but it doesn’t actually mean anything. Other than just looking like this. I
Berrington Hall – not eventing (2)
Yeah, withdrawing was so the right thing to do! A text arrived this afternoon from the yard: Good news!* Emma found quite a lot wrong
Who do I complain to about the quality of porn?
We all get spam, sooner or later – varying degrees of it. Some email accounts (and/or ISPs) have clever filtering software that discards the stuff,
Berrington Hall – not eventing
A day of mixed fortunes and there’s good and bad to be taken home. We were given, as you’re probably aware, some lovely times; a
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Ah, the joys of having one’s own hosted site and multiple database products. On that last point. SQL-Server’s operating overhead has really come down in
What would Churchill say?
Winston Spencer, the wartime British leader. Not the monosyllabic puppet dog off of the insurance adverts from the actual television* Churchill famously said, on the
BT’s Broadband. Now with less broadband!
I’ve written a complex SELECT statement for database A which sits on server 1. I’ll take the results and merge them in to database B
Eventing? That would be nice!
Provided I don’t screw it up (as I did at Stafford by starting the show jumping before the bloody bell went!) I have our times
Horsebox for sale
Note to regulars: sorry about the advert! Horsebox for sale. I’m never going to own more than one competing horse again so my lovely, large
Laughing out loud
Gargoyle’s thoughts on condoms and marketing slogans… B.
Podcast: feeding the hand that bites and related news
Don’t ask me why but iTunes subscribers have had a glitch or two this week. Ep21 has downloaded two or three times and Ep22 didn’t
So many things, so little time
Mowing the lawn is going to be difficult. I can’t get in to the garden shed to get the mower out. The lock has rusted
More on shit-licking snot-turds
Or hackers as they like to be known. I have spent part of today wondering if I caught the little bastards before they installed a
Message in a bottle
To the total ringpiece that tried (and failed) to hack the podcast website. Tough shit. It took me a massive 14 minutes to repair the
Weekending
Saturday evening already. Tsk. I’m off to bed – that doesn’t make me a lightweight at 21.30, it means I have to be up at
We’re all going on on a…
WTF? I fell in to a vacant seat on the tube, fiddled with my laptop case and then looked about me. Wished I hadn’t. Sitting
I’ve just been soooooo….
Hi. Yeah. It’s me. Again. I’m sorry. It’s been a while hasn’t it? So how’ve you been doing? Trying not to sound like Joey off
Chiltern Ramblings: 02
This week I’d like to introduce you to David *yr*. Dave, for short. Unfortunately I encountered Dave on Friday’s train from London Marylebone to Warwick
This Reality – Podcast No 20
This Reality Podcast No 20 is up at the podcast’s new home. Despite the address change all subscribers should get it automatically. If it doesn’t
Saturday night in the house of big fun (again)
This evening it’s just me, the laptop, that last, lonely, slice of pizza and Love Actually. It’s been a busy day: * Drop Soph off
Number 5 alive!
með suð à eyrum við spilum endalaust is the fifth album from Iceland’s sigur rós. Their previous album takk… took off so unexpectedly successfully it
Sometimes being in London is *brilliant!*
And today is not one of those times Look, if just one more person says that my expression resembles that of Eyore I’m going to
This Reality Podcast – a new home
The success of This Reality Podcast (who would have thought, when that project was first started, that I’d ever use those words?) has outgrown the little
Ghost in the machine
It’s a little like a Stephen King storyline. There’s something stirring in the house in south London. Something dark. Something mysterious. Something unnamed and malevolent.
Chiltern Ramblings: 01
An occasional series of blog posts from the weekly journey to/from London Marylebone Damn. The cleaner – no, not cleaner – the conductor just came
101 Things to do with a pair of needle-nose pliers
I got these little beauties out for a spot of repairing DIY in the bathroom. Shaving mirror – needed the grommity things tightening on the
16 hands between my legs
Gather yourselves closer, my little droogies, and I shall tell you a tale of progress and goodness and speed and balance and such excitement that
BB9 – the zoo expands
Just when, with the eviction of the odious Jennifer (Jen) Clark (who received a decimal point under 90% of the vote, so perhaps ‘odious’ is
This Reality – Podcast No 19
Episode 19 – 41 minutes running time It’s Saturday morning in Studio K in rural Worcestershire and today’s music is provided by: 1. Broadcast Radio
And now I’m
Cross. Angry. Hurt. Grumpy. Confused. And in bed, feeling most unhappy. So just keep out of my line of sight for a while. The phone