Archive for 'personal' Category
Spring is here! :(
Podcasts
At the Basingstoke Tweetup this month we got onto talking about podcasts and I promised to share my OPML feed (right click, save as…). It’s predominantly techy/geeky with a lean towards security, and a little snowboarding, TV, money and GTD. You can see how my listening habits have changed and grown over the years as [...]
Visit to Thorpe Park
Went to Thorpe Park today and it was great. I tweeted and twitpic‘ed throughout the day, posted here for prosperity. We planned our trip ahead of time: – “Off to Thorpe Park for the day. Have advanced booking, hope to be one of the first in the park, going straight to Saw!” When we got [...]
My First 24 Hours As An iPhone Owner
I’ve had my Nokia 6230 phone since the beginning of time (or at least that’s how it feels) and vowed to replace it this year. I spent several months last year coming up with my needs and wants, investigating alternatives, waiting for the G1 to come out and generally being in a state of analysis [...]
Telecommuting makes work worse for non-telecommuters
Ars Technica has a short study on how telecommuting makes work worse for non-telecommuters. It argues that, while telecommuting has liberated the chosen few, those left behind are disappointed with having fewer, weaker relationships and are frustrated with the perceived increased workload and difficulties of working with teleworkers. From a personal perspective, I have been [...]
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you, and thanks for reading my website. I don’t make resolutions but here are my plans for 2008 (in no particular order): Buy a house Get a cat (or two) Change my car Buy a new TV (or two) Buy a new sofa (or two) Start a family Last year’s goals [...]
Facebook is down
Facebook is down Facebook is down. What am I going to do now? *shakes*
PC Woes
Late in the afternoon last Wednesday (4th April) my PC started acting strangely. The monitor kept going into power-saving mode while I was using it, and when it woke up again some of the icons were missing in the System Tray and Quick Launch bar. I decided a reboot was in order, but it took [...]
Thoughts on Twitter
I mentioned Twitter before and didn’t really give a specific preference for or against it, but now I’ve played with it for a couple of weeks I’m in agreement with Liz Lawley, who has shared her thoughts on twitter. Have a read, sign up for Twitter, add me as a friend and let me know [...]
A funny thing happened on the way to the cockpit
I’m currently reading Air Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones and highly recommend it. The missus picked it up after watching Hotel Babylon on DVD (though you can also read the book). Rather than have me waffle on, read this excellent review from The Guardian and see if it’s something you’d like too.