16 February 2012
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I made an interesting pâté earlier this week, using up the giblets that came with the duck we roasted at the weekend and vaguely following a Nigel Slater recipe. Precision wasn’t an option as I didn’t have the chicken livers, cream or … Continue reading
15 February 2012
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What an amazing clump of daffodils. Despite coming out far too early and then enduring some very harsh, cold weather, they are still going. I think is a bunch of survivors!
14 February 2012
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I see the default behaviour of Delicious.com has changed to make links private by default. Fair enough but it would have been helpful to get a warning. I wanted to show Jane a site I bookmarked earlier today and was … Continue reading
13 February 2012
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Something is screwy with file permissions on the web server that hosts my church website (St Clements, Oxford). It looks like I will have to keep putting any files or images online myself. I’ve wrestled with it for a while … Continue reading
12 February 2012
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Over the past year or so, the pattern has gradually become established at St Clement’s that I get to lead the informal service on the second Sunday evening of every month. It works well because my lack of liturgical training … Continue reading
11 February 2012
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I am posting this far too late to be of use to anyone else (closing time was hours ago) but I enjoyed a free oyster today at Haymans. They have had a branch in the Oxford covered market for a … Continue reading
10 February 2012
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I took some more photos of the garden for my “Looking Down” series this morning, showing the scene under a blanket of snow. I noticed that I had a couple of photos with only a small difference in position between … Continue reading
9 February 2012
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We were round with some friends tonight and, coming out to the car, discovered it was snowing heavily. I started brushing off the outside of the car while Jane jumped in to get the engine started. Unfortunately I was a … Continue reading
8 February 2012
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It is probably a few years too late to predict virtualisation (“virtual” computers running as programs on physical machines) as the way of the future but I am making the most of it today. I recently had a nasty server … Continue reading
7 February 2012
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Watching the birds outside is one of the pleasures I enjoy at breakfast. Two things particularly caught my eye today. First was to see the hawthorn tree at the end of the garden serving as a perch for a flock … Continue reading