I am not one to wax lyrical about things, but I've just been given a copy of Emma Newman's Planetfall for Christmas, and having just read right through it in one sitting I feel moved to break the habit of a lifetime and actually say something about it rather than just going on to the next book.  Not to mention posting on LJ again after several ( Read more... )

Quick question for those who know this sort of thing: what's a decent new graphics card to get?

LadyofAstolat wants to play the new Deus Ex, which says it needs at least a GeForce GTX660, or ideally a GTX970 (or equivalent ( Read more... )

I've just come back from a very nice weekend away in Dorset, in where the excellence of the walks was enhanced not only by the addition of tea shops and pubs every mile, but also by a decent leavening of second-hand book shops ( Read more... )

The cut-out bit of door from when I put the catflap in over 10 years ago, that I have been carefully keeping in case it ever came in handy, has come in handy ( Read more... )

If anyone wants this and hasn't got it, it's apparently free on Steam until late tomorrow.  All you need to do is go and download it.

Apparently the South Croft tin mine in Cornwall is going into administration.  From the article I read which announced this:

"There have been several challenges to operations at South Crofty which have made it difficult to attract investment. These include UNESCO’s objections to mining operations taking place in the area designated as the Cornwall ( Read more... )

I wear a suit for work these days.  When I get home I usually go upstairs to the armoury to change out of it, to avoid getting dinner all over my good shirts and better trousers ( Read more... )

( This is far too long for anyone not there to read. And possibly for those who were... )

I've started a new blog about tax - partly to be about the avoidance thereof, and partly to be about bits I think are unfair the other way.  It occurs to me that I probably ought to tell people about it, though ( Read more... )

Mike Truman, editor of taxation magazine and a very well respected figure in tax circles, is a bit upset by the Public Accounts Committee.

He's done an opinion piece in Taxation, which I think is open to view without a sbscription:  http://www.taxation.co.uk/taxation/Articles/2013/02/06/53361/tax-prat-yearI'd urge everyone to read it, as the PAC's ( Read more... )