As I mentioned earlier, I have been very impressed with my broad beans, and although they are a long way off being fully developed pods, I wanted to give some a try. So I picked some, and podded them. As they were so young, I…
Month: May 2012
Actually, just my peas. It’s a lovely day outside, so I have been spending some time in the garden. During the “wettest drought in UK history”, I must admit I’ve not been doing anything out there, or even thinking about it much. During my negligent…
On my Kindle today, I finished Inverted World by Christopher Priest and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/RMY5E7Z
I cooked some ribs yesterday, and they were awful – nice flavour, but just too tough. I tried a couple and gave up on them. This may sound heretical for someone who plays with BBQ, but I am actually not a fan of ribs –…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/22/prisoners-right-to-vote-echr?newsfeed=true The European Court of Human Rights has reaffirmed its decision that the UK must comply with ruling that prisoners cannot be arbitarally disenfranchised. Of course, it means the comments section of the Daily Mail (and, surprisingly, The Guardian) are full of ravings about giving…
I have been playing with ifttt, which is a site that allows you to set up automated tasks across multiple resources and feeds. ifttt stands for “if this then that”. It is very easy to use. What I am using it for is to import…
On my Kindle today, I finished Blood Music (Gollancz S.F.) by Greg Bear and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/WUDc5Qu Having finished BZRK yesterday (which I thorougly enjoyed), I was reminded of Blood Music somewhat, even though the books are vastly different. I had an immediate…
I spent a little more time with the Bloggie 3D today, experimenting with settings. In my earlier post, I commented that my first test 3D video was a little shaky. I put this down to it being shot in a bit of a hurry, as…
I’ve been playing with Dropbox recently, which is a cloud service that allows you to easily share files between multiple computers and mobile phones. I know that some people have the opinion that Dropbox is not as secure as it claims, but I’ve read up…
South Kestevan, my district council, has a fairly good record for recycling; both of plastics/paper, and of garden waste and green kitchen waste. Up until this year, you could leave garden/kitchen waste for collection either by purchasing authorised bags (which cost 50p per bag), or…