Flying Dutchmen

Posted on Tue 29 July 2008 in general

As previously mentioned I went flying last night thanks to the company social fund. It's left me wondering if I should join the club and take up the hobby again (once the house is sold and finances are more capable). My main concern is the time budget but I do …


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Got my logbook, ready to fly

Posted on Mon 28 July 2008 in general

Well I have a spare hat and my old log book packed in my bag in preparation for this evenings trip to Gransden Lodge for a company social trip. According to the log the last time I flew was in 1992 so it's been awhile. I actually had two flights …


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Bit of kink

Posted on Sat 26 July 2008 in misc • Tagged with politics

I'm not sure what to think about the implications of the Max Mosley story. It's not like I hold the head of the FIA as any sort of role-model for how to live my life. And apart from a little prurient curiosity as to what he was getting up to …


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Beds, Coffee, epic win

Posted on Fri 25 July 2008 in general

I don't know if the SNP candidate plays Warcraft, but if he does he gets the thumbs up for his delivery of Epic Win.

Although sleep last night was slightly patchy this was mainly due to the heat and the small feasting colony of mosquitoes that seem infest these southerly …


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screenrc

Posted on Wed 23 July 2008 in misc • Tagged with development

I've been using screen more and more out of habit recently. I used to use a lot of tabs in Gnome Terminal on each project I'm working on. Now I run one terminal per project with a screen session for all the sub-sections. It seemed a good time to revisit …


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