Category: Personal
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Polonius’ advice on going to university
Yet here, Laertes! aboard, aboard, for shame! The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail, And you are stay’d for. There, — my blessing with thee! And these few precepts in thy memory Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion’d thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means…
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A new theme for this WordPress blog
I am learning WordPress development and configuration. As part of this I have updated the theme on this blog to the very elegant Chateaux theme which has larger fonts and more white space than the TwentyTen theme I was using before. Another improvement is I have added all my posts to the correct category so…
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Underwater Hockey Free Have-a-go
It is January and I am taking this opportunity to invite any reader to a free have-a-go session at my underwater hockey club. 7.15 Friday 10th January 2014 Forest Hill Pools (http://goo.gl/maps/jKTAS) Underwater Hockey is a non-contact sport that gets you fit and unlike swimming is actually fun! It is played with a lead puck…
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Hertz Tenerife bad, MBNA good
Last summer I went to Tenerife for a family holiday. This was a great decision; Tenerife is a fascinating and beautiful place to visit but I also hired a car from Hertz Tenerife. Never hire a car from Hertz Tenerife. I had ordered a Ford Galaxy class vehicle expecting some degree of comfort. I was…
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 9,300 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 16 years to get…
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Trafford Housing Trust wriggle out of Facebook compensation
There are big injustices and little injustices. This one may seem little but it is worthy of publication because sunlight is the best disinfectant. Trafford Housing Trust wrongly demonted a man for expressing his private views privately on Facebook. The accessible Register article is here and it contains a link to the damning court judgement.…
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The living wage, even Mrs Thatcher would approve.
As one of “Thatcher’s children” I am always viscerally suspicious of socialism however it is clear to me that in future society is going to need dramatically more redistribution of income not less. Here is an organisation in the best traditions of Cadbury and Rowntree that we should all support. It could be and should…
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The Power of Making at the V&A
Yesterday I went to the Power of Making exhibition at the V&A. It is an exhibition of crafted objects that range from Swarovski crystal bicycles to replacement human noses. My older (12, 16) children enjoyed it and my youngest (8) tolerated it. Favourite objects: Me: 3D printer for making small objects from plastic Elaine (my…
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Stop screen glare and work outside
I blog on what makes development easier, usually it’s software but today it is a remarkable film that you put on your laptop screen. The problem is that my new laptop has a glossy screen; that’s fine for movies but useless for development work. In bright light all I can see is my reflection and…
Dr James Bayley 