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Micronotwave

Published on 30 June 2005 in , , ,

Microwaves aren't particularly hard. You get a temperature setting and a time setting. Doddle. Dead easy. You pick your temperature and you pick your time. Any old muppet could cope with that. Now imagine you are presented with a

We Are Promoting a Dishwasher

Published on 30 June 2005 in , ,

We are Promoting a Dishwasher. An immortal phrase from a spam email I receieved the other day. Didn't say what the job was that the dishwasher had been given, but I'm sure it was the best candidate.

Aim and Shoot

Published on 29 June 2005 in , ,

Brighton was the first big test for the new digital camera, which we'd been merely pottering around with until then.

Sorry I’m Late Home. It Was Coldplay’s Fault

Published on 28 June 2005 in , , , , , ,

Which prat decided Crystal Palace was a good place to host a Coldplay concert on a weekday evening? I ask as one of thousands of commuters whose journey home this evening was made a misery thanks to countless train disruption on the Southern Metro network, caused by hordes of gig-goers filling trains and stations whilst railway staff struggled to cope with the crowds.

Closedown Cult

Published on 28 June 2005 in , , ,

One of the finest BBC websites around. One of the quirkiest, one of the most popular, one of the most imaginative, one of the most distinctive parts of the BBC's online output. In fact one of the best pieces of online non-news editorial content the BBC has produced. And the BBC's Cult website is closing.

Saving Money On The Trains

Published on 26 June 2005 in , , , ,

One thing occurred to me recently – that a lot of people don’t know about some little money saving tricks when travelling on the railways in London and the South East. So I thought I’d mention them to those that don’t. If you know all about Boundary Extensions and Network Gold Cards, you can probably wander off somewhere else. Network Gold Cards First up – Network Gold Cards. If you have an annual travelcard, then you have a Network Gold Card. If you have an annual rail season ticket for the old Network South East area, you also have a Gold Card. The Network Gold Card is a railcard, and as such gives you a third off rail tickets in the old Network South East railway area. There’s a map of the area on the Railcard website. A Gold card is pretty much the same as a Network Railcard but with two important distinctions. You don’t have to pay £20 for it. You get a Gold Card by default when you spend all that cash on your annual travelcard/season ticket. There is no minimum fare – the Network Railcard has a minimum fare of £10 on weekdays. This doesn’t apply... View Article

Mandriva

Published on 23 June 2005 in , , ,

Funny isn't it that you spend more time preparing to upgrade your operating system, then you do actually upgrading your operating system.

Holiday!

Published on 23 June 2005 in ,

A couple of weeks ago I realised that not only was it June, but I'd had a whole of three days off work in the first five months of the year. And one of those was taken so I could do tourist stuff with my mother, so wasn't exactly a carefree day of leisure.

Growing

Published on 19 June 2005 in , ,

There's something quite pleasing about eating something you've grown and you simply can't beat the taste of freshly picked herbs in your food