Ah, now this was when I was living in a shared house at Alexandra Road. The owners put it up for sale for £125,000. I passed up the opportunity of buying it. Wish I'd bought it. I'd almost most be a millionaire by now!

Postcard from my old school …

I hired a special vacuum cleaner to clean up after the builders had finished at Belvoir Road.

A phone bill from my time at Belvoir Road, just to prove to myself that I lived there.

Ancient model kit of missiles. I remember this from when I was a kid. I …

A label on this said Habitat, which of course doesn't exist any more. Or have they still got one shop open? Anyway, it used to be my desk lamp. I remember it at University, clamped to the desk.

This squash racquet is a lot older. At Dauntsey's there were squash …

I like post-apocalyptic fiction, so Zoe recommended Justin Cronin's The Passage. Charlotte had borrowed it, so she gave it to me. It's a fairly long book, but very readable. Somewhat of a distance was put between the book and me by the colloquial, American, 'soccer mom' style. Also, hints of …

Sitting outside, heard a noise, looked up there was a visitor:

When Bert stayed at my house for a bit, he left The Godfather. The Schott's Original Miscellany was given to me my brother as a thank-you for being an usher at his wedding. Diary Of A Nobody is a brilliantly funny book, I think Blimp had a hand in choosing …

Bath and North East Somerset council is conducting a survey on car parking. Here's my comment at the end:

I would like to see more pedestrianization of Bath. In particular the route for pedestrians from Oldfield Park to the city centre should be improved with more zebra crossings and paths …

Regarding the title, that's not junk in the Ke\$ha sense. I think it was on Tuesday 23rd April that the contents of my garage in Trowbridge was moved to Bath by Me & My Van. The tenants had moved in the previous day, and so the removal of the contents …

This is part of my ongoing effort to document the stuff I'm throwing out as I sort out my new smaller house.

I've had this sleeping bag for ages. Since I was a child. Certainly since the early 80s, maybe even before! It's been with us on family holidays, packed …

I've made a brief response to the UK Cabinet Office open standards consultation. The first question asks:

How does this definition of open standard compare to your view of what makes a standard 'open'?

My reply is:

This is a good definition, but a shortcoming is the alternative to RF …