Last week I whittled a linstock, and this weekend took into a field in Northamptonshire for English Heritage's enourmous Festival of History ( Read more... )

...I gave a guided tour of the sword [no, really; I did a little demo showing people how you can use all the different parts of a sword].

And this is the pommel....

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Is it just me that thinks it's more than just wrong to celebrate the death of a terrorist leader ( Read more... )

Yesterday was no particular occasion of significance; and it turns out I've been a good enough boy that Santa, or perhaps the Easter Bunny, has brought me two new outfits.


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Beware: for I have Swype and unlimited texts.

I just bought a Galaxy Tab to use as my phone.

Since it's the size of a Kindle I know officially have the largest phone in the office.

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Today's lesson:
Never offer to lend your flying monkey to a Tudor.
They will not treat it with respect.

Thanks to steel_bonnet for finding this.

The basic and undisputable facts of this case are that on Monday last, at 10:42pm, Lord James of Black Heath stood up in the House Lords and said some very strange stuff indeed.

Blogger Charlie Stross picked up on it and wrote about it He really did say that stuff, it is recorded in Hansard, and if you like to judge ( Read more... )

Today, the Kindle, which I have purchased from Amazon, has arrived.

I'll let you know how it goes.