This may well sound like an advert for something that does not need advertising, but since upgrading my phone to the HTC Desire S a couple of weeks ago I've discovered a number of wonderful things.

Quite apart from Shredder Chess, O2's free Cloud wifi service, the ability to create/upload web pages to a remote server and wirelessly move files from ( Read more... )

I just spent nearly an hour waxing my beloved and trusty Barbour jacket. My shoulders ache, but it should be substantially more weatherproof now ( Read more... )

And another Sunday arrives...

So far I've:

• Hoovered
• Taken recycling out
• Found a small bucket for the compost waste
• Put the washing on

To do:

• Tidy up stuff, magazines, books etc

Maurice Ashley is one of my favourite chess players. Here he is talking about chess, boa constrictors and a bunch of other stuff. He also wrote the book "Chess for Success: Using an Old Game to Build New Strengths in Children and Teens."

Edit: Bollocks, it won't embed. Sorry. Here's a link instead.

I was chuffed to find that installing the Expression Studio 4 demo next to my installion of Expression Studio 3 actually gave me the full version of 4!

Considering the fact that I got 3 cheap because it was the old version, that's a bit of a result :)

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Just eaten, and finally got to flip through my copy of the BBC's Sky At Night magazine.

I used to love watching The Sky At Night when I was young. I had an avid interest in anything to do with space, space exploration, the universe, cosmology and planets. I was really annoyed when I started school and asked if I'd be learning about Black Holes to be ( Read more... )

Work - transmutation and transposition

I was invited into a meeting at 9.30 yesterday, and was told that:

• My boss was leaving
• I have a new boss
• I'll be working in a new department
• I'll have a new desk
• All this takes immediiate effect, complete with new desk on Monday

If you admired the surreal, minimalist beauty of ICO, or loved the giant shaggy creatures in Shadow of the Colossus, you may be interested in this new PS3 game:

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Oh, and ICO and Shadow of the Colossus are being remade in HD for the PS3. combined with Little Big Planet, I now have three reasons to purchase a PS3, which almost makes up for losing the ( Read more... )

"All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes." - Winston Churchill

I learned a lesson today, but I'm not entirely sure what it was. Maybe it will come to me tomorrow.

I was playing chess against the computer. Chessmaster, like Fritz, will adjust it's playing strength to round about your level if you ask it nicely, and so I ( Read more... )