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
X forward
At a restaurant recently, a waiter was asked about the difference between two pinot noirs available by the glass, and responded by describing one of them as "more fruit forward", while the other was "more reticent". I'm familiar with fruit forward as a bit of winetalk, but this time it …
Dusty's Diary
Winter
Before Christmas, it was terrible. Mammy went out every day very early, which meant I had no-one to …
Sally in Norfolk
Heaven
Tonight for the first time since having my shower fitted I was able to enjoy a nice hot bath. All thanks to a little gadget similar to this one It certainly works and now I have plenty of hot water. You don’t know what a luxury a bath is till you cannot have one ! a a
Private Secret Diary
Weekend news update thing.
It is spring!!! So we have decided to go away for an extended weekend somewhere, to celebrate the fact. The chickens will not be travelling with us, so Short Tony is tasked to look after them. I am hoping that there will be no fowl pox in my absence, but if there is then he is …
phillsacre.me.uk
Ten Year Self Improvement Challenge
On his blog, Mark Watson recently started up an idea called the Ten Year Self Improvement Challenge (TYSIC for short). Readers of his blog were asked to submit things which they wanted to accomplish over the next ten years, and it would form some sort of community of people working on it together. I didn’t post …
Ferg's gaff
Mythmovies in the UK
Mythmovies is a cool plugin to show film times in cinemas around you (geographically speaking that is!). However, up to now it’s been US only. However, this script found on the Ubuntu forums works perfectly in the UK. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1090793 Works great. Now for trailers …..! Technorati Tags: MythTV, uk
The Flat Atom Society
I'm still not sure what a city supervisor actually does
Harvey Milk is described as the first openly gay person elected to major political office in the US. This film is the story of his political life, from his move to San Francisco to his eventual assassination. Based on tapes he recorded, as a means of telling his story in the event of an assassination, as well as an earlier film and the memories of his friends and associates, this film feels very …
Riverview
My bamboo desk
I finally built my desk. I used a 3 metre 720mm x 40mm Bamboo kitchen work surface from these people: First I built a framework from 3 of 2×4″ joists. I wanted a full 2.8 metre span without any legs so I needed a pretty strong frame. It was actually quite hard to keep…
Adventures In Jobseeking
Credit card fraud, of a different kind
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…
DCblog
On a forthcoming exhibition
A correspondent, having noticed February bloglessness, asks if I am still alive. Yes, but a combination of travelling and deadline has kept me out of the blogosphere for a while. The reason for the deadline is interesting, though, and readers of this blog might like an early alert to a forthcoming exciting event. The British Library is presenting its first English language exhibition later this y…