Went on a CPD visit to the MOD library in Whitehall on Wednesday. It was pretty cool. We got to see Henry VIII's wine cellar, and the library itself. They do a lot based on online resources, but the library itself would have seemed like the coolest place in the world to my eleven-year old self. All the Jane's series, and tons of books on ( Read more... )

The sequence of Friday night events continued with privatep32's 40th birthday works drinks. Dan came along, which was cool. Good to see him again, and to have someone to stay there till closing time with ( Read more... )

The British Library have announced the shortlist for their digitisation competition. Personally, I'd vote for the Exeter Book every time.

Went over to see WW and Bryony yesterday, and had lunch at the Red Lion. Also had a few pints of Honey DewCame home, logged onto City of Heroes and found myself in the middle of a random alien invasion. ( Read more... )

During my time off work, it seems I have been mostly playing City of Heroes. Well, have been doing other odd bits and pieces, like uploading my CDs to iTunes, playing softball, having a haircut, etc. But I have really been enjoying my first MMORPG. The superhero world is corny, but you know who the bad guys are and they make a very satisfying ( Read more... )