We still don't have enough bees and butterflies in the garden, but we do seem to have quite a few different sorts. I've identified hairy-footed flower bees (female) and I think a brown bumblebee, plus various other hoverflies and bees, all a bit hard for me to identify as they don't stay still. Plus four different butterflies (white, yellow, ( Read more... )

Knowing that I love a good murder mystery, Al got me the first two books in Rick Castle's "Nikki Heat" series. Awesomesauce! They look like being a lot of fun :) and definitely surprised me.

Review all the corrections and updates Dad has sent me for his epic exposition on Pythagorean triangles, and attempt to figure out which is the best version of the main doc to put them into. It's a task I am very happy to help him with, or at least willing, but it's quite tricky given that the maths rapidly gets *way* beyond me (just too many ( Read more... )

I've been on holiday, and did some painting, for the first time in, erm, decades ( Read more... )

I've written a first pass prototype of a game, "Orbital Clean Crew". The goal is to protect a satellite and clean up space debris.

http://www.shelaghlewins.com/games/orbital_cleanup_crew/index.htm

You can play solo, but it's intended to be played as a two-player co-operative game on a single screen (keyboard required - sorry, you can't play on a ( Read more... )

We have nearly finished watching the US tv series "Chuck", a highly entertaining comedy spy story with lots of geeky overtones. Many thanks to tictactoepony for the recommendation ( Read more... )

Slightly odd day, I decided to work from home today and was organised enough to load all my working files onto my laptop before taking it home last night. This is usually to guard against our home internet being down. However this morning I found that the main power cable for the office has burnt through! I'm not an expert on wiring but you'd have ( Read more... )

...whether anybody knows a young graphic designer who is looking for a job and would be happy to work in Uxbridge ( Read more... )

Dreams can give us important messages. The other night, somebody in my dream said "You might as well show a kitten how to make tea".
Wise words indeed.

I have lots of chores and paperwork to do today - to the extent that I cleaned the kitchen surfaces to put off tackling the other jobs. I've now done 2 of the jobs - pay credit card bill, send reminder of forthcoming Dark Ages Society event - but have loads more to do ( Read more... )