I crossed a picket line this morning and I feel really guilty about it. I had a couple of postal packages to pick up to I went down to the sorting office at 8am to find that it was closed due to industrial action. As I walked back I passed the picket line and one… Continue reading Strike-breaking
Dodgy Visitors
Over the weekend I installed Webalizer on my web server so I can get pretty pictures of the stats on all of my web sites. Looking at the results, it seems that one of my sites (and it’s a site dedicated to genealogy) has had some very interesting visitors.
Congestion Charge
There was a predictably negative story about the congestion charge in yesterday’s Evening Standard. For something a bit more upbeat see the same story in today’s Guardian. The actual press release from TfL is here.
Barclays, Lombard St, Nigeria
I’ve just got Nigerian spam that claims to come from Barclays in Lombard St, London. I suspect that postmaster@barclays.co.uk might be interested in this.
Capital Beaten by Heart
According to a report in the Guardian, Capital Radio is no longer London’s most popular commercial radio station having been overtaken by Heart. Me, I’d never go near either of them. I still pine for the good old days of GLR.
Cult TV News
Some news about Cult TV shows which might be interesting if you have the same dodgy tastes as me. The BBC is repeating Threads on BBC4 next Wednesday (29th Oct at 22:40). This is the story of what might happen after a nuclear attack on the UK. Might look a bit dated now (it was… Continue reading Cult TV News
Perudo
We played Perudo last night for the first time for years. We used to play it a lot but somehow we got out of the habit. I’d forgotten how much I enjoy playing it. I may, of course, be slightly biased because I won the three games that we played. Hope we play it again… Continue reading Perudo
Telescopes
Every day as I walk to work I go past a telescope shop. When I was younger I was fascinated by astronomy, so this brings back many memories. It’s almost tempting to buy a huge telescope but, of course, one of the few disadvantages of living in London is the complete lack of anything resembling… Continue reading Telescopes
Conspiracy Theories
Apparently Diana knew ten months in advance that she was going to have an “accidental” car crash. I love conspiracy theories.
Modern Web Design
Jeffrey Zeldman’s Designing with Web Standards is essential reading for any web designer.