It has occurred to me that it would be useful to associate an email address with my delegation so that should my provider disappear or succumb to hackers I will be able to restore access to my id.

I well remember Christmas Day 2008. That was the time a gherkin landed in my glass of Château Rembault. At lunch, Doug suggested some amuse-bouches, a large jar of gherkins...

On Christmas Eve we went to The Canal Tavern. Even on the second busiest night of the year it was fairly empty! It was a nice surprise to see Claire and James's new puppy, Meg.

Springer spaniels are fantastic dogs. I really miss our Springer, Roger.

A good thing about …

I've never seen a Stanley Kubrick film I didn't like, so when Matt suggested Barry Lyndon (which I'd never heard of) I tucked it away in my memory.

It was my birthday on Sunday, and I'd intended to visit the excellent On The Video Front, and leave with Dr Strangelove …

From the writing style I could have sworn that C. S. Friedman was male. It's possibly a tribute to a writer to be unable to discern their gender.

This Alien Shore had some really good ideas, that were followed up by solid writing. I particularly liked the extracts from writings …

Think about when you change your mind about something. Even taking into account that there is specific time at which certain neurons fire in your brain you still couldn't come up with a definitive (digital) split between the yes/no (on/off) choice. There is some point at which the …

I quite agree. Always the saver that gets penalised. Everything that the government has done so far will do nothing for the economy except encourage the banks to keep lending irresponsibly and people to keep spending recklessly.

You have too much time on your hands.

I've written to B&Q:

Looking at Thermawrap General Purpose Wrap on your website, it says: [Thermal resistance 1.455m²k/w in Wall Lining installation]{style="font-style: italic;"}. Since its thickness is quoted as 4mm, this would give a thermal conductivity of \~ 0.00275 W/mK. Expanded polystyrene has a …

I visited Matt in Oxford last weekend. The day before he said, 'Tony, some friends are going to the cinema in the afternoon, are you up for that?'. It turned out to be his 5 year old god son's birthday party! Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa was actually very good. It's …