It's been a while since I blogged here and as the dramatic title may suggest, that's not because I've had a shortage of life events to write about; I was busy dealing with them all. My mother died in April and although her health had been troubled for some time …
Desire Z and G1 - both on Android 2.2 "froyo" I got my G1 phone (also known as an HTC Dream) in early 2009, a few months after it first came out. I recently replaced it with an HTC Desire Z (known as the G2 in the US) which I …
I've found myself travelling around the UK quite a bit this last week, taking in three of my favourite haunts: Glasgow, London and Cambridge. The majority of the travelling was on the sleeper train. The sleeper train departs Glasgow a little before midnight, when central station is huge, hollow, smooth …
I was very pleased to get a subscription to magnatune.com as a Christmas from my wife. Magnatune is a bit like fair trade for musicians in that 50% of its revenue goes to its musicians and their terms and conditions are equitable and open. For example, magnatunes does not …
This morning I was delighted to come across this story about a startling correlation between the number of mobile phone masts in an area and the birth rates. Given the talk about mobile phone signals and health (for which there is no good evidence), even I was tempted into thinking …
My garden in the winter of 2009/2010 Last winter was unusually cold and snowy in Glasgow, UK. Already this winter seems to be even colder. In the last two weeks we had two significant snow falls and temperatures plummeted to -15oC, staying below -10oC for almost two days. Many …
(This post was meant to the be the first on this blog, but I accidentally published the "wondering" one first.) I'm not entirely sure what will appear in this blog, but it will probably be a variety of posts on subjects that have amused or interested me to the extent …
I said to my 5 year old son a few clear nights ago, "Get your coat and shoes on and come and see Jupiter through the telescope." This was met with some enthusiasm. It was a cold, clear night and Jupiter and the Moon were to the south and I …
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