20 April 2019
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On the Meet-up walk I went on a couple of weeks ago, I took my sketchbook. Of the four drawings I did, three were pretty scrappy but I was quite pleased with this one, of an old beech tree: It … Continue reading
19 April 2019
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The BBC have a page of photos showing Good Friday events from around the world. In East Oxford, we have annual ‘walk of witness’, which proceeds via six stations from Cowley Road Methodist to SS Mary and John. This year, … Continue reading
18 April 2019
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It felt like a journey and a half but, in truth, it wasn’t that bad and I’m now safely home. It probably didn’t help that it is Maundy Thursday so I imagine that there are a lot of people making … Continue reading
17 April 2019
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On my travels, I’ve had cause to sign into a couple of WiFi systems… and kept getting ‘this page can’t be loaded’ pages on my Mac when I should have got the sign in pages. Fortunately, I had another device … Continue reading
16 April 2019
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Tonight we had a course meal at Stadscafé van der Werff. I’m not sure if that means town café on the wharf, given the canal side location, or something belonging to the van der Werff family. A good spot though. … Continue reading
15 April 2019
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Having got up before 5am today, I’ve had a fair bit of travelling to do. Given that the road down to London was flowing well, I probably didn’t need to set off quite so early. Even with a prolonged stop … Continue reading
14 April 2019
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Often when I go away, I stack up several blog posts prepared in advance. However, I haven’t done that yet for the next few days, when I’m away in Leiden in the Netherlands on a work trip. Will I be … Continue reading
12 April 2019
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You know how computers have been getting smaller and smaller? Recently I was reading about a demonstrated hack on a USB cable that inserts a small computer able to pick up WiFi signal and send signals that the device it … Continue reading
11 April 2019
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I think it was an episode of The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry where they looked at the science around alcohol and suggested that guidelines like “Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine” are misleading. As I recall, research … Continue reading
10 April 2019
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An after work meeting this evening at Annex R (also known as the Royal Oak). Typically, I’ve missed most such adjournments but tonight I’d already planned to find somewhere to hang out before heading to a youth leaders meeting at … Continue reading