30 November 2009
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Autumn is most assuredly becoming winter and the opportunities for photos such as the above, my favourite image from October, are becoming few and far between. A few trees are still clinging to their last leaves but even the plumage … Continue reading
29 November 2009
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No — nothing scandalous about our feathered friends! Simply that we did some more work on their accommodation yesterday morning, moving the coop further onto the concrete slab in the back garden (dirt is fine but recent weather has been … Continue reading
28 November 2009
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I was thinking earlier this week that the blog meme — an idea which bloggers respond to and propagate to their peers — seemed to have died out when I came across URL ABC. You put the letters of the … Continue reading
27 November 2009
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Over the last month, I have been investigating Google Wave, a new system from the search giant that combines elements of internet messengering, email and forum-based discussion. Among other things, I am using it with my family to plan our … Continue reading
26 November 2009
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Mel brought my attention to an excellent short film called The Story of Stuff. It explores global economic systems (focusing on the USA, where the film was created) which, to be honest, are largely driven by selling us stuff we … Continue reading
25 November 2009
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Saw an excellent short film about, well, stuff this lunchtime. Will probably blog about it tomorrow morning. See my twitter feed to see more of my tweets and sign up to twitter to reply to @basswulf Technorati Tags: tweet
24 November 2009
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I am suffering with a sore throat at the moment. What I am trying to figure out is whether its onset is directly related to the fact that I was trying to sing tenor parts on Sunday afternoon as the … Continue reading
22 November 2009
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My new recipe for the weekend is sorbet. I made some up last night to Jamie Oliver’s recipe, which amounts to equal portions of sugar and water, simmered to form a syrup with all the sugar dissolved, and then some … Continue reading
21 November 2009
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The home brew beer I mentioned last week has now successfully passed its initial fermentation and we have siphoned it into a pressurised keg. It now has another week or perhaps a bit more and will then be ready to … Continue reading
20 November 2009
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Oxford’s famous Ashmolean Museum had been shut all the time I have lived here due to a process of transformation but it recently reopened and, after an information session at the Computer Services department finished earlier than expected, I popped … Continue reading