Looking back at last years visit by Jeff and Phil I can see the June weather was also a little changeable – I’m hoping it will improve for the weekend. Fliss’ dad is currently visiting from the land down under so yesterday afternoon we wondered down to the local riverside drinking establishment to watch the [...]
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Travelling while moving
Last week I went to Fulda in Germany to attend the OpenNMS European User Conference. OpenNMS is an open source network management system which we make fairly heavy use of at work. The conference was an opportunity to catch up on developments in the project and get a sense of how it was being used. [...]
Primary Data
It’s hard to explain the impact of seeing a few grainy pixels waving at you on a medical monitor stand. While it’s a sign of our modern magical times that I can provide people with a picture of my yet-to-be borne child it loses some impact due to it’s static nature. While we watched this [...]
Dodging Rainclouds
We had a nice trip up to Manchester (or more correctly Knutsford) over the weekend. We knew we were approaching Manchester after the sunny afternoon drive was obscured by the large cloud burst darkening the sky. The pattern of rain continued until Sunday but luckily lifted itself for the duration of the May Day Parade. [...]
Self-indulgence
I was thinking of twining about how hard my life was especially as I haven’t been able to get my CoD on for the last two weeks due to the extended PSN outage. However I was reminded this morning that it’s voting day tomorrow and given the current polling is rather disheartening for the Yes [...]
Wingnut Special
I suspect yesterday morning will be one of those “remember where you were when…” moments. Our Monday morning alarm was set (having not disabled it for the bank holiday) so we woke to the headlines announcing the killing of US enemy number one in a daring raid into Pakistan. I notice it hasn’t taken long [...]
Bread and Circuses
I’m not exactly a staunch royalist but in the great scheme of things having a constitutional monarchy ain’t so bad. While it’s unlikely I’ll be glued to the TV watching the high pomp and circumstance of our eventual King and Queen getting married I don’t begrudge anyone who wants to. It’s certainly been nice to [...]
Desperation and Mud slinging
It’s unfortunate as we roll towards the referendum in May that the debate has become one framed around mud slinging and pandering to fears without actually discussing the system itself. Item one for the prosecution was the “No to AV” campaigns leaflet that arrived on my doorstep claiming that they believed in “One Person, One [...]
Knights who say frak, a lot
We watched the first episode of HBO’s adaptation of George R. R. Martins Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series. Or as Fliss likes to describe it Knights who Say F**k, a lot. First impressions are good, HBO don’t skimp when it comes to production quality which explains why we have so many of their [...]
That would be a psephological matter
One of the most annoying aspects of our current electoral system is the issue of tactical voting. This is where voters feel compelled to vote for someone over their preferred candidate as otherwise someone they really don’t want might sneak in thanks to the split vote. It’s something that’s sadly very common with the current [...]
