The Captain of Piratefest. Continue reading →

The Hacker’s Diet gives us two tools for bringing wayward eating under control. The first one is the little red dot that says your weight is trending upwards. As you can see, i’ve been ignoring the red dots for too … Continue reading →

Every English schoolboy knows that history began in 1066. Continue reading →

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love … Continue reading →

The opening chords – Dun dun daaaaa – still give me chills 30 years later. Continue reading →

Rhapsody’s service has been spotty recently so I thought I’d try Spotify to see if it is all it is cracked up to be. And the verdict is… …it’s OK. But like every other music app I have ever tried … Continue reading →

Bought the wifey a new camera a couple of months ago. She has been snapping away in the garden and entered her first contest a couple of weeks ago with this: From hundreds of entries, she made the top ten and, if … Continue reading →

Of all the trends in modern political discourse, the most ridiculous is the tendency in certain circles to go searching for things to be offended by. The latest group, The American Atheists, claim that including a pile of rubble – … Continue reading →

I’ve been following John Walker’s Hacker’s Diet for about nine months now. I love the simplicity of it. “Anyone can control their weight. It’s a simple matter of balancing calories.” – John Walker Mr Walker’s book is a fun, simple … Continue reading →

I’ve always thought of automats as lonely, melancholy places. Continue reading →