Blogs

My main blog is Pandammonia, and it is really just my ramblings. I like to think it's evolved since I started in December 2003 from an I-did-this diary to one containing things like my take on events, my ideas, my thoughts and opinions, and, of course, what I did. It's not updated as frequently as it used to be, but it's certainly not a dead blog.

My second blog is My Books. It started off as a way of keeping a record of what books I have read, but now I also have an online catalogue of my books (see my Reading page). I don't update this one very often - mainly because I never seem to get round to it, but I am trying to update it more frequently, along with writing reviews for each book.

Other blogs

I read various blogs - usually as a way to procrastinate. The ones I check most frequently are listed below for my convenience.

Language Log
No description; feed last updated 03.59 GMT, 9 Feb 2010

Isms, gasms, etc. by Geoffrey K. Pullum; 2010-02-08T09:10:38Z

The linguistic point that is so interesting about the Partially Clips cartoon strip that Mark just pointed you to is that the "suffixes" involved are not all suffixes. The endings of the words are -like, -esque, -ward, -proof, -(a)thon, -riffic, -master, -go-round, -ism, -kabob, -(o)phile, -(i)licious, and -gasm. Of these, I think I'd…

Dusty's Diary
Catster diary for the cat Dusty; feed last updated 04.00 GMT, 9 Feb 2010

Winter by anonymous; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:15:21 PST

Before Christmas, it was terrible. Mammy went out every day very early, which meant I had no-one to…

Sally in Norfolk
Twitterings of a Twitterer; feed last updated 03.59 GMT, 9 Feb 2010

A Massage buddy by sally; 2010-02-08T17:22:31Z

Through Geoff I have met a lovely lady called Karen Merritt She is a well established Massage therapist specializing in Shiatsu and Thai massage. Both are quite different to my Swedish massage. Just before Christmas we bumped into each other at a party and got talking, like you do We soon realized that as massage therapists, we [...] a…

Private Secret Diary
Dispatches from the Norfolk Village Frontline; feed last updated 03.59 GMT, 9 Feb 2010

I purchase a child seat for the car. by JonnyB; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:07:56 +0000

There are about 1000000 seats in the shop. I ask for some help. Child car safety seats are the things that most make me want to walk up to the gates of parliament and set myself on fire. (Apart from light bulbs). You are not allowed to put a child in a car without one of…

phillsacre.me.uk
Phill Sacre's online diary. Type thing; feed last updated 04.00 GMT, 9 Feb 2010

Birthday Happenings by Phill; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:43:36 +0000

Last Thursday it was Phil’s birthday. Her parents came up for the day (Phil had the day off), and then in the evening we all had dinner together. It was rather nice! The first of three birthday meals we’ve had over the past few days… but I’ll come onto that in a minute. On Friday night [...] Last Thursday it was Phil’s birthday. Her parents came up for the day (Phil…

Ferg's gaff
Comics, Macs, RAID, Linux, Gentoo, some science and a dash of atheism. No longer a wet lab molecular biologist, I now work for MacVector, Inc; feed last updated 03.59 GMT, 9 Feb 2010

Startup items on OS X by Ferg; 2010-01-09T12:02:51Z

For an unrelated reason I just checked the console on my Mac and found that an executable was being called every few mins, that did not exist. WTF! I used to have a 3G modem made by Huawei (T-Mobile). The software dialler was pretty rubbish, and it appears that the naffness continued after I removed…

The Flat Atom Society
The Flat Atom Society - LiveJournal.com; feed last updated 03.59 GMT, 9 Feb 2010

Untitled by anonymous; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:50:09 GMT

I tried to twatch Chitty-chitty bang-bang today. Sadly, something went wrong and I missed the ending. I have, therefore, still never seen Chitty-chitty bang-bang all the way through…

Riverview
A renovation of a cottage; feed last updated 03.59 GMT, 9 Feb 2010

Kirkpatrick ironmongery by ferg; 2009-12-30T18:06:44Z

We bought two new engineered oak doors for the house, plus a softwood stable door for my shed (ironically the last was the most expensive due to the non-standard size). We wanted antique black ironmongery as we dislike most brass ones. I had meant to look around and find some decent ones, however, whilst…

Adventures In Jobseeking
News about what I'm up to at the moment; feed last updated 04.00 GMT, 9 Feb 2010

Credit card fraud, of a different kind by Helen Theaker; 2009-12-09T11:57:00.006Z

This is nothing to do with my career shenanigans, but I'm cross and I need a rant. I've just booked a ticket, single from Burton on Trent to Basingstoke, 18th Dec. It's 3 bleeding changes and costs £21.45, and that's with a railcard. I don't think that's too expensive, and I like getting trains so I'm not too fussed about the journey. However what I DO object to is all the random fees that the tr…

DCblog
No description; feed last updated 03.59 GMT, 9 Feb 2010

On linguistic dreams by DC; 2010-01-24T15:44:00.002Z

A correspondent writes to tell me of a linguistic dream he just had. As follows: 'I had a dream the other night with Significant Linguistic Content. It started out as the standard nightmare (mercifully infrequent these days) that I was teaching in a secondary school, as was the case long ago. But things improved and softened: the kiddies (11-year-olds, I’d say) were nice, and their…