I assume that, somewhere - perhaps nestled in the Square Mile, the serious British City Gent still wears his bowler hat and black umbrella and is well adapted for this weather ( Read more... )

Since one of the early heavy rains, which entered the house via the window near my desk and assaulted my Kensington ExpertMousePro the top-left and scroll-wheel-depress buttons have both been producing the button-code of both of them - mostly a minor annoyance because wheel-depress wasn't bound to anything ( Read more... )

It looks like I'm already too late for this to be anything but "…in other news, Princess of Wales still dead…" but since I'm predictable I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas or other seasonal festival of their choice.

Today I got blown off my bike.

I was just approaching this junction at the tail of a queue of traffic (roadworks previously had ensured this), slowing down to stop in the right-turn lane when, as I got past the end of the Taylor Vinters building, a strong gust of cross-wind hit me and all of a sudden I'm doing that whole flying in the air thing ( Read more... )

The Innovation Centre and some of the surrounds have lost power due to a cable being cut on Milton Road. Due back c.3pm.

Some months ago, at Relativity, I was (barely) introduced to a packet of some items which looked like chilli-shaped jelly sweets but tasted like chillies. (i.e. hot). Does anyone have any idea what they might have been, or where one could purchase such things?

I have a policy which says, approximately, that if two people independantly and in good faith recommend a book or author to me then I will make a reasonable effort to try and read it.

This state has recently occured with respect of Charlie Stross' The Atrocity Archives. Diziet has offered to lend me a copy once this is more structurally

Following my camera woes I went to Jessops and ordered a new battery which I picked up on Saturday along with the usual "it looks a bit bigger than the old one, can I bring it back if it doesn't fit" discussion ( Read more... )

A combination of too much unused holiday time and cheap sleeper tickets mean that I'll be in Edinburgh for a whole (week)day (well 8am to 11pm approximately) at the end of the month. Bearing in mind that I'll be essentially limited to public transport what should I see, and what recommendations do people have about eateries (particularly breakfast

Irritatingly, though, the battery on my camera appears to be wearing out -- it's popping up as "battery low" straight after charging. I guess I'd better take the whole thing into a camera shop and see what they think...