Just a short post today to try out the code from TwitterCounter and see how many people follow my tweets.

After last week’s expensive brandy (spilt over my Mac keyboard) and subsequent slow recovery (mentioned the following day, I am pleased to announce that things are back to normal and the Mac keyboard is working again. This is good from … Continue reading →

I am still using the spare keyboard this morning; the Mac one seems to be recovering but was still tending to produce random results (and to start typing nonsense, even without my help!) when I tested it last night. Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

I had a late supper last night – pasta, pesto and some home-made bread – and was washing it down with a small glass of brandy when I made a hand to mouth error and spilled what was left. Unfortunately … Continue reading →

About a year or so ago, I replaced my 17″ monitor, which was starting to go a bit fuzzy with a 19″ one picked up from Freecycle. Both were CRT monitors – huge and not the most energy efficient solution … Continue reading →

As I read Chris’ latest blog post, Confessions of a compulsive view-sourcer, I could definitely recognise myself. Does it matter what is “under the hood” on a web page? Definitely if you end up having to maintain it and most … Continue reading →

When I first started using Googlemail I assiduouslychecked the spam folder once or twice per day and deleted all thejunk, keeping things neat and tidy and burning up some more time. After a month or two I realised two things. … Continue reading →

I have two computers running on my desk at work, one running Linux and one running Windows. I do most of my work on the Linux machine, revelling in the power of the command line, although I am often using … Continue reading →

follow basswulf at http://twitter.com That is my Twitterbadge, which shows my recent “tweets” (updates) via the Twitter site I mentioned last week. I am toying with the idea of including a widget like this more permanently on the main page … Continue reading →