Last night I should probably have been working on my tutorial for tomorrow’s London Perl Workshop but instead I was uploading photos of New Zealand to Flickr. So now there are sets from Christchurch and Fox Glacier as well as a more general set of photos of the South Island. There’s also a South Island… Continue reading More Photos
Month: November 2007
Doctor Who Advent Calendar
Doctor Who Advent Calendar This image appeared on the BBC’s Doctor Who site today. I’m guessing that they are doing some kind of Doctor Who advent calendar this year (notice that “advent” is highlighted). We’ll need to go back on Saturday for more information. Note for US readers – the date (1/12/07) is in the… Continue reading Doctor Who Advent Calendar
Billie Piper to return to Dr Who
I’m really not sure how I feel about this. Actress Billie Piper is to return to Doctor Who, the BBC has confirmed. She will star in three episodes of the sci-fi drama, reprising her role as the Doctor’s companion, Rose Tyler. Rose’s return will mean the Doctor has three assistants in next year’s series –… Continue reading Billie Piper to return to Dr Who
On The Naming Of Bears
The naming of a teddy bear is a serious business. I mean, you wouldn’t want to accidentally name one after a known paedophile.
Some Photos At Last
Those of you who were reading my blog back in July will remember a number of posts about me buying a digital SLR camera which I was going to take away on holiday with me. You may be wondering why you haven’t seen any photos. The truth is that I made a fundamental mistake with… Continue reading Some Photos At Last
New Survivors
Old gits like me may well remember Survivors with some affection. It was a BBC TV programme that ran between 1975 and 1977 that told the story of the small number of people who survived a plague that killed off most of the people in the world. For my teenage self it was essential viewing.… Continue reading New Survivors
The Joys of Tube Travel
Yesterday I was late getting to the Tube station and unfortunately got involved in this unpleasantness. I arrived at about 7:55am to see a train just pulling out of the station. It turned out to be the last one for about forty minutes. All of that time, the Underground staff were advising us that service… Continue reading The Joys of Tube Travel
And We’re Back
This site (together with a number of other sites that I run on .uk domains and many domains run by other people) returned to life sometime this morning having fallen off the internet some time on Friday evening. I use 123 Reg to handle the DNS for all of my .uk domains. It seems that… Continue reading And We’re Back
Sun RSS – Still Broken
Two weeks ago I wrote about how the new, “improved” RSS feeds from The Sun are, in fact, completely broken. In that two weeks nothing has changed and the feeds are still broken. Much as I enjoy seeing the Sun web team making a fool of themselves like this, I would actually like it even… Continue reading Sun RSS – Still Broken
Faith Schools Petition
I mentioned this when I signed it a year ago, but I’ve just noticed that today is the closing date for the petition to abolish faith schools. There are currently 19,063 on the petition. It would be great if it could get to 20,000 by the end of the day. So if you’re the kind… Continue reading Faith Schools Petition