My mother told me at the end of December that she would transfer some Chanukah gelt into my bank account in mid-January as my holiday gift from herself and my father. Knowing that she hadn't done it yet, and the results of my three-week light experiment in London and Glasgow (stayed at two people's homes that had them and it does make a huge ( Read more... )

At night the city smells strongly of jasmine.

It has been a very humid 82F (28C) in Glasgow today; sunny without a cloud in the sky. Glasgow's been feeling rather tropical since early June with the hot sunny days well outnumbering the standard Scottish summer days of overcast skies and chilly rain. Mind you, I'm not complaining. The only downsides to this weather for me is being stuck in a ( Read more... )

I glanced at the tv server; that was a big mistake, as the case fan immediately died. I was really not kidding about being the kiss of death in my last post. Luckily the CPU fan is still working so it's still operational and taping television programes, but the case fan needs to be replaced this morning or else that might not be true tomorrow. ( Read more... )