Reading time: < 1 min How often do you read what you write? I don’t mean a quick edit/check, I mean really reading and considering what you wrote? The reason I ask is that whilst I’m still plugging through the archives – adding titles and categories – I’ve been pausing to read some of my older entries. Funny how you…
Reading time: < 1 min Some bits and bobs from my life in the past week. Got my cholesterol checked after my Dad’s heart attack, expecting it to be high (was 7.summat a couple of years), and was quite surprised to hear that it’s now 4.9 (and yes, I got them to double check they had the right set of…
Reading time: < 1 min Nine years is a long time. Not as long as ten, as short as four or as “itchy” as seven, but it’s a nice length of time. After nine years you know a person pretty well. You know when she’s mad, you know when she’s happy, you know when you should stop being cheeky, and…
Reading time: 2 mins No, I’ve not been near Edinburgh – if you are looking for some inside info check Alan, or Richard or pick an Edinburgh blog – but received the following in an email which made me laugh: “I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat.” Marcus Brigstocke at…
Reading time: < 1 min Jason Kottke recently posted a link to this article which discusses the practise of “word theft”. Apparently “It was an old tradition in encyclopedias to put in a fake entry to protect your copyright”. It reminded me of something very similar from my time at Dr.Solomons (the anti-virus people). We had a “virus encyclopedia” on…
Reading time: 2 mins I don’t listen to the radio much. It’s the inane rambling you see, drives me potty. I don’t listen to podcasts much. It’s the inane rambling you see… For the most part that is, I have listened to a few podcasts that I’ve enjoyed, mainly topical ‘casts (why do we have the “pod” bit? it’s…