Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04
Happy July 4th to all my US friends - have a great day! #fb # Delighted to see #ger take apart #arg .... at least #eng managed one goal! # Debugging code and contemplating whether Russia needs any spi…
Tagged: personal-stuff
The Movie Star and the Secret Weapon…..
This blog post was originally an article I had published in an amateur radio magazine some years ago...enjoy! Another example of how it's often the 'amateurs' who deliver the goods. How about this fo…
Chasing Cars
'Chasing Cars' is the name of a song by the band 'Snow Patrol'. I quite like it - I'm a sucker for sad songs and this is a fine example of the genre. However, it has a little bit of 'back story'. A…
The world's messy - get used to it
One of the great things about Twitter is that it brings articles to my attention that I wouldn't otherwise have read. This blog post originated in one of those articles. It's here- in it, the writer n…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27
Gradually shaking off the after effects of that more disturbing dream from last night... # Just received worse phishing spam ever. Claimed to be from BoS, referenced RBS web site, signed off as from L…
I now debug washing machines....
Ask most people in IT what the most irritating piece of kit in most PC installations is, and they'll usually say 'printers' or 'scanners' - basically anything mechanical. I think the item in the hous…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20
Can I ask our senior politicians to leave the past behind them and get on with teh future? Just a thought? # Off to church! # Social media is simply 'there' for people to use however they want - STOP …
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-13
I'm lurgied - sniffly cold and the sore throat from Hell - last night's dreams were good, though! # RT @JimSymonds: Bad news for gardeners. Having Green fingers about to become a term of abuse. #comeo…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-06
RT @Iconic88: When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix # Hollyoaks jumps the shark, then does a double somersault over it! RT @RadShef: Er? http://bit…
When 'ethics' is a county in the south of England
There's an old joke about politics - politicians are people who think that: Ethics is a county in the south of England Morals are paintings on plaster Scruples is the Russian currency Unfortunately it…