Along with a friend (whose identity most of you will guess), I am setting up a company to do sell guided tours of Shanghai. The basic user-offering is a dedicated, local English speaking guide for your small group, and a flexible agenda based around your preferences ( Read more... )

Things get put up further than the sky and go round and round the place where we live. Some of the things look down at the ground and tell us what is here. Some of the things look out at further away things and tell us what they are like. Some of the things help us talk to people who are far away or watch tv or drive our cars to the right places ( Read more... )

Interested in a C/C++ senior dev job in Guildford ( Read more... )

Question:
Anyone got either:
1. an old Samsung phone charger
OR
2. an old unlocked SIMless phone
that I could borrow for a few weeks?

Difficulty Level:
Would need to be able to get it tomorrow...

Been entering crossword clue setting contests where someone sets an answer (word or words) and everyone comes up with a crossword clue for that answer. I managed to get a clue shortlisted last week so I thought I'd share it (and ask for any takers on proving it can be solved).

Gladstone's weightless coffin surprised bearers (11)

It's interesting to ( Read more... )

Tagged by bateleur!

1. People who have been tagged must write the answers on their blog and replace any question they dislike with a new, original question.

2. Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you.

First eight people to read this, consider yourselves tagged! ;-)

( Q & A )

The book I am reading:
Between novels (finished The Book of Dave by Will Self a few days back), and currently re-reading parts of "Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha" by Daniel M. Ingram.
The book I love most:Hmmm, I'm not so much of a one for re-reading a set of favourites or ordering my thoughts that way. Probably something from when I ( Read more... )

We can haz kittens ( Read more... )

Anyone got experience with getting an internal house wall knocked through ( Read more... )

I use Spotify a fair bit atm for checking half known bands and creating playlists and generally trying to fit together some of the jigsaw that is my musical predilections (best to avoid the word "taste" perhaps). Also I "discovered" (in that dozens of people must have mentioned them, and I've probably heard quite a few tracks in passing, but not ( Read more... )