Entries from October 2007

Roadworks and Boilers

Posted on 30 October 2007 in House. (0 comments)

It’s bad enough that thanks to Thames Water’s “infrastructure renewal” programme, that our driveway has been blocked off for nearly two hours - the only driveway on the street to be blocked off incidentally - but thanks to roadworks I’ve been sat working from home all day waiting for a British Gas engineer to come and fix the heating (again!), only for no one to turn up.

BBC iPlayer - why DRM?

Posted on 29 October 2007 in BBC, Internet. (8 comments)

Ever since the BBC’s iPlayer’s TV programme download service launched in beta format a few months ago, its use of digital rights management has been a hot topic across various parts of the internet for all sorts of reasons.

On the Pennine Way

Posted on 17 October 2007 in Travel and Holidays, Walking. (0 comments)

It was our second stint on the Pennine Way, having done a day and a half on it back at the end of March, doing Gargrave to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, whilst also doing some walking around Malham on day one, and a circular walk around Horton on day three.