30 June 2015
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We made our first jam of the year last night from our first redcurrant harvest of the year. Jane had previously juiced the redcurrants and we cooked the extracted juice with sugar (so, technically, a jelly rather than a jam). … Continue reading
28 June 2015
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One of my low key ambitions was fulfilled this weekend; I got a Superman T-shirt. And, as an unexpected bonus, a BA Baracus “Crazy Fool” T-shirt. Yay for Oxford’s charity shops!
27 June 2015
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Take the “slug pub” in my garden, for instance: I was surprised to see so many customers at this rudimentary trap – the top of a plastic bottle, cut off, turned upside down and filled with cheap beer (supermarket own … Continue reading
26 June 2015
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I know the Internet can run faster than this but I’m pleased with the boost that switching to a cable modem has given. Previously I was on about 4-5 Mb/s download speed so this should make a significant difference. A … Continue reading
25 June 2015
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I watched a programme on the ITV catch up player last night called The Secret Life of Your House (available for another week in the UK). In it, entomologist George McGavin releases all manner of “pests” into a house and … Continue reading
24 June 2015
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One of the little projects I’ve been playing with at work this week is using public key cryptography, based on OpenPG, to transfer potentially sensitive material to a colleague in another department and I think we’ve cracked it. The challenge … Continue reading
23 June 2015
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Here is the perfect website for all my colleagues who work with statistics: Spurious Correlations.
22 June 2015
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“This is madness”, says C-3PO to R2-D2 in an early scene of the first Star Wars film (Episode IV: A New Hope). That would probably be an apt quote to go with this composite of all six Star Wars films … Continue reading
21 June 2015
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You know that feeling when you get somewhere and realise you have forgotten something important? I had that tonight when I turned up to church to lead the Taize service and realised that I’d forgotten my case with both my … Continue reading
20 June 2015
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Yesterday’s plans ended up being a bit mutable. Originally I was due to pick Jane up from Orpington in the early evening but it turned out I could collect her from Guilford in the middle of the day instead. And, … Continue reading