Here's one of the CDT projects I blogged about earlier:

The jaws of the device:

The jaws opened by pushing this forward with one's thumb:

The holes in the barrel are to make the device lighter:

This was one of the first things I did in CDT and I'm still …

We were standing around the fire-pit, and the conversation turned to Alan Moore. I'd heard a lot about him. I'd watched V For Vendetta, but I'd never read anything of his. Jonathan went and got VfV and From Hell.

It's a brilliantly written and drawn story. I'd recommend it without …

I'm running out of space on Picassa (the photo sharing website that Blogger used) so I've started to use Shutterfly to store my photos. Here are batches 2012-09-03 and 2012-09-04.

Told in the first person by a 30 year old recounting the experiences of her 12 year old self, Light On Snow skilfully manages to evoke deep emotions and maintain a narrative tension, using simple language and and everyday thoughts and activities.

Perhaps all the characters were 'good people'. It …

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 …