Downturn

Posted on Mon 17 November 2008 in general

There was definitely more of a chill to the weather this morning as I wheeled the bike over the frosted ground. My head felt very cold for the first mile or so until my internal body heat started trying to radiated through my aerated head.

The weekend was mainly full …


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Early Riser

Posted on Wed 12 November 2008 in general

As part of the Faustian deal that puts our house within a few miles of my place of work I have to occasionally share the pain of Fliss' commute. As she had to be in London pretty early we woke at 5.30 so I could drive her to the …


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About last night

Posted on Tue 11 November 2008 in general

Wow, the cycle in this morning was hard. A full headwind all the way down the river left me spluttering like wizened old man at the end. Anyway, about last night:

We started the evening with having dinner at the forth floor restaurant at the theatre. Despite the pressures of …


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Visitations

Posted on Mon 10 November 2008 in general

We had Lee visiting our rural idyll over the weekend. It was a fairly relaxed affair with the planned cycling curtailed on Saturday by the prospect of the weather "throwing it down". Instead we adjourned to local pub to generally set the world to rights as is the want of …


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Friday Link Dump

Posted on Fri 07 November 2008 in general

Firstly Mephistopheles encounters the EULA, thanks to xkcd.

Public data mash-ups are on the way. The people at Show Us a Better Way have announced their competition winners and funding. I look forward to the data mashing potential. While we are on the subject of politics as it applies to …


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