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 …

Some time ago, while visiting Matt in Oxford, we came back from his PhD celebrations and sat in his kitchen for a bit. One of his housemates was there and talked about Charles Dickens. I opined that Dickens was sentimental, melodramatic and at times lurid. She recommended Anthony Trollope. I …

You're welcome to them!

You throwing those maps out??? I think I'll take them off your hands, or at least some of them, have to check my collection.

Bill