We’ve acquired a cat. My step-daughter has come back from university bringing a cat with with her. And we get to look after it while she goes off on a two-month world tour with her boyfriend. I have no objections to this at all. I like having a cat in the house. What has been… Continue reading Food Chain
More York Reviews
Finishing the reviews of things we did in York last weekend. The BiltmoreHad a bit of a lucky escape here, to be honest. We walked past one lunchtime and it looked nice so we went in and booked a table for that evening. It took them ages to find someone who knew how to take… Continue reading More York Reviews
Temporary Employment Setback
I’ve just heard that my current contract won’t be extended when it finishes at the end of this month. So if you are looking (or know someone who is looking) for a half-decent Perl, Unix, database contractor then please let me know.
Operation Manticore
Reviews of York
We were in York last weekend, so here are some quick reviews of some of the things we did. Only time to do half of them today. More tomorrow. Galtres LodgeThe hotel we stayed in. It can’t really be beaten for location. It’s right in the centre of York less than five minutes walk from… Continue reading Reviews of York
Livery Halls
Long time readers (and followers of my Flickr stream) might remember that a couple of years ago I developed an obsession with taking photos of the City of London Livery Halls. The obsession waned when I stop working in the City but over the last couple of weeks I’ve been wandering around the city a… Continue reading Livery Halls
Russell T Davies to Leave Doctor Who
We all knew it would happen sometime (not even John Nathan-Turner went on forever) and there have been rumours flying around for a while, but yesterday the BBC confirmed that Russell T Davies will be stepping down as executive producer of Doctor Who. He’ll stay on for the four specials to be broadcast next year… Continue reading Russell T Davies to Leave Doctor Who
Rationalism 4 – Superstition 0
Over the last two days, as part of the debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, Parliament has had four votes[1] where the forces of Medievalism tried to impose the views of their imaginary friends to prevent the advance of science. As you’ll have seen in the news, they lost on all four counts.… Continue reading Rationalism 4 – Superstition 0
How Powerful is Religion?
Today’s vote on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is going to be an interesting test of the power of religion in 21st century Britain. As far as I can see, there are no reasons to object to the bill that don’t have their basis in Bronze Age myths. Gordon Brown has been really rather… Continue reading How Powerful is Religion?
Oops
I had a little bit of an accident over the weekend when I accidentally started to restore an old back-up of the database that runs this blog. I noticed what I what I was doing pretty quickly and stopped it before too much damage was done. But I lost the last few days entries and… Continue reading Oops