Month August 2004

Reading time: < 1 min Happy Birthday to Eddie. And no we hadn’t forgotten and no it didn’t take a reminder from Outlook (and my phone) to alert me to the fact, sending me scurring to the nearest shop to get your card. Honest. What?

Reading time: 2 mins It’s muggy, close and horrible in Glasgow today. One of those days were just setting foot outside the door causes your skin to start leaking. It rained for a while last night and the change in temperature was instantly noticeable, it needs to the do the same again today. Yeuch. The weather is stopping me…

Reading time: < 1 min When I bought my digital camera, a couple of years ago now, I went into a frenzied ‘clicking’ of everything. I took some time to try and get the basics of good photography down and took part in things like the wonderful 26 Things project. This year I’ve hardly had the camera out at all.…

Reading time: < 1 min So I cut the front grass last night. I loathe our front garden. I mean real hatred. Not the nice new bit we did at the front but all that grass. All that undulating, uneven, moss-ridden, weed-bearing excuse for a lawn that, no matter which way I try, ends up causing the flymo to spew…

Reading time: < 1 min OK, I’m looking for a stand to put my webcam on. I have an LCD screen and my cam doesn’t come with clips for that kind of screen. Then I spotted the FlexStand. Ideal! Not sure I want to pay £35 for something like that though… anyone else got any suggestions? In other news: Congratulations…

Reading time: < 1 min You can tell it’s been a good weekend when:1. You now have bottles of Grenadine, Galliano, Midori and Angostura Bitters on your desk, alongside a cocktail making gadget.2. The top of your head is still slightly red from the sun yesterday.3. You get a realistic quote for the installation of a new condensing boiler (and…