Saturday , May 16, 2009 – 17:57
Our illustrious director of music has asked us all to spread the word about the production of A World Upon the Moon that is currently touring the UK and will be here at Bray on 14th June. “Summer Opera at Bray presents ‘A World Upon the Moon’, by Joseph Haydn. A light, comic opera presented [...]
Friday , March 13, 2009 – 18:14
After much to-ing and fro-ing we finally picked up the car on 30th January. Since then I have got used to her quirks and become very fond of her. Also since then, she has nearly killed me. On 3rd March, as we were attempting to take Random Cat to the vet to have his abscess [...]
Thursday , January 29, 2009 – 12:33
Sit comfortably and I’ll tell you how difficult it is to buy a car from Perrys of Aylesbury. Two weeks ago, we contacted them to indicate that we would like to buy a new Fiat Panda from their good selves. A discussion was had about options, and a deposit paid. Having not heard anything back [...]
Thursday , January 29, 2009 – 9:49
I don’t normally do this kind of thing, which is wrong, because we should take time to blurt about fantastic people – they seldom get any other kind of special reward. For most of my 30 years I have been a non-driver. I am not entirely ignorant of roads, being a persistent cyclist, but I [...]
Wednesday , January 28, 2009 – 15:52
I’ve finally got round to setting up a slightly nerdier blog for my main interests – knowledge and communication. I’ve stolen some posts from my purplekitten.co.uk blog and shoved them into knowledgescape.co.uk, hope that’s okay I’ve also just shifted this blog onto the hosting server, so it’s no longer running on our rubbish ADSL. That’s [...]
Wednesday , January 28, 2009 – 15:34
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Tuesday , July 22, 2008 – 11:34
In the last few months I’ve realised that I have an interest in archaeology. Tracing it back, I came to the conclusion that a single book was responsible for my trips to Avebury and Stonehenge, my need to see the Uffington White Horse, my fascination with standing stones, my interest in flint-knapping and earnest desire [...]
Saturday , February 2, 2008 – 15:18
I’d like to think that I’m not particularly motivated by money in order to do my best at work. I’d like to think that working hard brings reward. I’d like to think that being conscientious, dedicated and enthusiastic would mean success. But I’m realising that just isn’t the case. I’ve just had a long conversation [...]
Thursday , January 31, 2008 – 12:44
If my television license fee goes towards the development of content (whether or not I choose to *watch* the content), then why do I have to pay *again* to get this content on a DVD? Surely the price of the DVD should just reflect the cost price of DVD production and distribution, as I have [...]
Friday , January 11, 2008 – 18:52
Mac Mini and TV, originally uploaded by Purplekitten. My Optio T20 went sadly blind (camera functional but all it could see was black) so after an attempt to use my Optio s4 again, I wanted something with a bigger LCD. Spoilt? Moi? So I bought a Panasonic DMC-TZ3. The first picture I took was of [...]