Monthly Archives: June 2006

* It is illegal to have more than one working brake light at any given time. * Using indicators creates great drain on your car’s battery, so don’t bother with them. * Speeds indicated on road signs are minimum suggested … Continue reading →

Went on a course on Thursday. It was just down the corridor from the Crimewatch office. How tempting it was to nick the pile of newspapers left on the floor outside. When we came back from lunch the newspapers had … Continue reading →

1) See The Smiths playing live (at the time of writing, as far as I know, none of the band is actually dead, but a reunion seems very, very unlikely). 2) Stand on the observation deck of the World Trade … Continue reading →

I went to a Novell event in London today. We were interested in their shift to Linux and possibly in using their Suse Linux Enterprise Server. What I wasn’t expecting was for them to say that they were after the … Continue reading →

Okay, I’m going to regret this, but it’s been a weird week at work, I’ve drunk too much white wine and spent a slightly surreal evening with my kids and some veh veh nice posh people in a beautiful garden … Continue reading →

Whilst we’re blogging about bad cyclists, I feel I need to mention that on the way home from work this evening I nearly got mown down by a cyclist cycling round the Aldwych at high speed – on the pavement. … Continue reading →

It’s hard to like football even if you make the effort. The BBC (and others) had made efforts to screen matches in public venues all over Britain. But following trouble in London and Liverpool, they’re scaling back and have scrapped … Continue reading →

I was really sad when Boots recently closed their in-store photo lab on the Strand in London. Their prints were always great and the service was excellent. But I guess not so many people are using film, and most of … Continue reading →