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Analytical Tracking
I installed Ghostery into Chrome yesterday, to determine whether my favourite Internet haunts are tracking me more than I would like ( Read more... ) -
British Days Out
Crossposted from my web space at dorki.org/blogweb/index.php
I've just finished reading the book:
Bollocks to Alton Towers
Uncommonly British Days Out
ISBN 0-141-02120-9
I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it has prompted me to try to visit as many of the attractions mentioned as I can, to blog about them, and to visit other quintessential British attractions ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Is there anyone here who doesn't follow me on twitter or Facebook, so doesn't get told when I update my blog? I discovered last night that my lack of cookistry skills might be hereditary!
cookerydisasters.blogspot.com/ -
Public blog
Until I decide whether I want to automatically cross-post my Blogspot posts here, I'll manually link to my cookistry expertise blog
cookerydisasters.blogspot.com/
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New Techie Gadget Required
I know roughly what I want from a new gadget, but i don't know what it would be called, or who would make it. Does it exist already? Is there even a category for it ( Read more... ) -
Problems with Appliances
I freely admit to being a bit crap at some household tasks. This includes some household appliances. For example, keep me away from a loaded oven (see cookerydisasters.blogspot.com for details). It had never before included a vacuum cleaner, though.
When I bought a house with discodoris we had multiples of many appliances. We kept her expansive vacuum ( Read more... ) -
The Trouble With Football
England have been knocked-out. Therefore, there's a post-mortem about how come we're disastrous that we weren't able to win the competition ( Read more... ) -
Music doesn't cause emotion
I think I have a problem.
From discussions with others, it seems that I get less from certain stimuli than they do.
Examples:
I only know what emotion music is trying to invoke when someone tells me. Once I understand, I can recognise it elsewhere
I have the DVD of Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide To The Orchestra, but I end-up arguing with him when he ( Read more... ) -
Jam Tomorrow!
The time has come to talk of many things; of shoes, and ships, and ceiling wax ( Read more... ) -
I think, therefore I rhyme
I finished my book on the train before arriving at my home stop, this afternoon. My brain started idling ... in rhyme.
It started with "moon, June, cocoon", and turned into this:
in a cocoon
the middle of June
feels like a womb
Packed sardine-tight
Missing the light
we must look a fright
Climb the moving stairs
to the fresh air
and the light there
The sky ( Read more... )