Posted on Wed 21 October 2009 in general • Tagged with fitness, walking
On my way into work I popped into the local primary school (via the non-CRB cleared entrance naturally) to drop of the measuring trundle thing Fliss borrowed. My suggestion that I could have used the MyTracks GPS trace and walked around the allotment had been met with a raised eyebrow …
Posted on Mon 19 October 2009 in geek • Tagged with social media, twitter
Last week there were two Twitter Storms that kicked off around the Trafigura toxic waste dumping and Daily Hate's predictable sewer journalism. I'm still to be convinced about the long term future of micro-blogging and prefer the more wordy proper blog as a vehicle for discussion and debate. With that …
Posted on Mon 19 October 2009 in general • Tagged with ale, beer, drinking
Had a good but slightly tiring weekend exploring some more of the pubs of Cambridge. I've made a few more discoveries that will be useful to remember for later although I missed out on the Kingston Arms which I shall have to visit next time I'm in town.
There was …
Posted on Fri 16 October 2009 in general • Tagged with ale, beer
The drinking posse will be in town this weekend for Matt U's birthday celebrations. As the geek quotient is high I'm taking the opportunity to immerse myself in the magic Google juice that my new phone makes available. I've pondered the danger of getting too tied to Google before but …
Posted on Mon 12 October 2009 in geek, general • Tagged with ds9
In between household tasks and playing with my new toy we indulged a mini DS9 viewing extravaganza. Every now and again Fliss suggests watching DS9 with our meal. Yesterday was the first time I recall Fliss excitedly requesting another episode to follow the one we had just seen. We ended …