I've had norovirus since Saturday night. That first night was the worst, and it got much better after the first 24 hours. Now I feel achy and tired. During my convalescence, I've been reading Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, which I borrowed from Wayne at work, after I saw …

As you know, I've been a fan of Iain Banks since Karen at Uni lent me The Wasp Factory in maybe 1992. Looking in the library I saw a big fat book with a Culture style cover and so I borrowed it forthwith. I do like the Culture Minds and …

Skydrive doesn't seem to work on my, admittedly old, iPhone. Disappointing!

Went for a walk with Andy and family on Sunday.

A bit further on we encountered an angry farmer :-o

I felt a need for some sci-fi and so I went to the library after work and miraculously it was open. There was a single Alasdair Reynolds that I hadn't read, Galactic North. I snapped it up and enjoyed a collection of novellas and short stories, all set in Revelation …

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And here's an old shirt that I'm throwing out because it's got holes in and people have started making comments about it. I always feel a bit emotional at clothes that were around when my Mum was alive.

Most of this latest batch are from my first year at Uni. Looking over them coincided with the start of the academic year.

Here's the next batch.

Another of Janos's great books. Shine is a collection of 'optimistic near-future' sci-fi short stories. The fantastic Alastair Reynolds has a story in there, which lived up to his high standards. Of the people I hadn't heard of the two that stood out were Kay Kenyon with Castoff World and …