A short list of stuff this time. This Teach Yourself C++ book was great. It must have been after uni that I got into it. I don't think I made it through all 21 days. I prefer to learn as I go on a real project.

This was my post-uni …

Following on from my earlier post about Sky sending me junk mail when I was a signed up to the MPS, I've heard from the MPS that I'm not actually registered at all! Ooops, I thought I had but it looks like I owe Sky and apology. Sorry Sky.

It's good when people recommend books, because you get to read something that you wouldn't otherwise have read. So it was with Girl With A Pearl Earring. This is a historical coming-of-age story, that carefully describes a young woman's thoughts and emotions as she is employed in the Vermeer household …

It was good to see Tom and Penny at the weekend. Here's Tom at the Green Park Brasserie:

I'm moving desks tomorrow at work, and thought I'd clear some stuff out. Louisa at work showed us how to make watercress heads, where the cress is the hair. This is my effort. When I took the photo, the cress had died off from neglect! The pipe cleaner is a …

This was a great school project on the Riflemen Of The American Civil War. I originally wanted to do it all in pictures, a graphic novel, but probably a bit too novel. Thanks to my parents for encouraging me though!

Human memory is a great thing, but it does have …

You're probably right, but it's gone now.

Now this is something you should keep and display. You have the perfect windowsill for it.

I received a junk mail letter from Sky, encouraging me to sign up. That was odd, since I'd signed up to the Mailing Preference Service. Not wanting to complain to the MPS straight away I rang Sky up to give them a chance to remove me from the mailing list …