I've uploaded two new sketches from last year ( Read more... )

  ...had 3 mince pies yesterday.

Nom!

This interlude between Christmas and New Year always feels to me rather like the hobbit idea of a few days that are neither in the old or the new year (and I dare say that's where Tolkien got the idea). I feel a certain sense of stillness, partly as I visualise the day length poised between getting shorter and longer ( Read more... )

...thinking about Things.

I concluded that most of the Things were Not Good Ideas, and Would Not Work.

I am left with a much smaller set of Things that look like they might be useful to users, which I will re-examine tomorrow, to see whether they have enough merit to be worth communicating to my team-mate.

Generally, it is better *not* to add lots ( Read more... )

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'Saturday Live' includes a long interview with Jerri Truhill, one of the woman astronauts who NASA trained but would not allow to fly:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03d7v5c
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_13

What an astounding woman. I am rather overwhelmed with frustration and admiration in equalish parts.

Can anybody recommend a type of bird feeder that:
- takes seed mix
- is suitable for small birds, in particular sparrows
- and critically, doesn't spill half the food on the ground!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675

New glass building melts top of car...it's be pretty nasty if somebody left a child in a pushchair there.

...or is Nigel Kennedy starting to look rather ridiculous?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037r5d7

I have a question for all entymologists and other wildlife-savvy folks. If this caterpillar is indeed making a cocoon, how can I keep it safe? It's on a lupin stem and I don't really expect that it will remain intact through the winter (the lupin). Should I cut it down and put it somewhere safe, and if so where? Also, anybody know what sort it is? ( Read more... )