Monthly Archives: September 2006

Further to my previous post about Things Found Under Journalists’ Desks, here are today’s finds: * one pot plant (deceased) * a dozen rubber bands (perished) * one mobile phone (working)

Just watched Who Do You Think You Are, in which Doctor Who actor David Tennant traced his family history and was a bit uncomfortable to find that some of his ancestors were Ulster Orangemen. Sadly it wasn’t back-announced with the … Continue reading →

Just got the new Howies catalogue. They’ve thrown in a little book of things to do in Wales, called ‘Go Wales’. Again, half of me wants to hug them, half of me wants to throw up. Take this little footnote: … Continue reading →

As part of my job I often have to go crawling under desks used by journalists, some of them used by journalists 24 hours a day. Here are some of the things I’ve recently found in such places: * 53p … Continue reading →

Walking down the street the other day, I saw an advert on the back of a bus for a new brand of water. “WATER JUST TURNED PROFESSIONAL” ran the slogan. I was grateful for this intelligence, as it had never … Continue reading →

Finally made myself a bootable USB pen drive. I’d been hankering after doing this for a while, more as an end in itself than anything. But having done it, I think I might find this rather useful. Here’s the hardware … Continue reading →

I catch myself saying “well, blog my wiki!” about 23 times a week, whenever I hear or read some particularly excruciating Web2.0 crap. So for that reason, and because I think I was blogging before the word was coined, and … Continue reading →

In our local electrical shop they are selling these amazing contraptions for about 2 or 3 quid. Fat Traps. Don’t clog up your drains with grease and fat – trap oily waste in this cunning plastic tub with a lid! … Continue reading →