Looking back over the last eighteen months makes me realise how dangerous it is to say things like ‘It would be hard to cause more damage than three and a half years of uncertainty and doom-saying…’… Coronavirus did that without even trying. Of course, it had help: the Government’s rather… Continue reading
Happy new year to my reader and, according to some, Happy New Decade: but I’m not so sure. After all: There never was a year 0: see multitudinous arguments about the Millennium! Maybe the new decade doesn’t begin until Jan 1st 2021… Why should this decade (or year) be any… Continue reading
Brexit, of course. The Brexiteers drone on about the ‘will of the people’ while the Remoaners grumble about the ‘damage’… It would be hard to cause more damage than three and a half years of uncertainty and doom-saying… The ‘Will…’ argument is, in my opinion, entirely spurious. OK, so (very)… Continue reading
God: I hate the Internet. Especially the arrogant f*ck*rs who claim to provide a service… Until very recently, this blog (as well as several others) was hosted by an organisation called ‘lifetime hosting’. mainly because it was cheap: a one-off payment for (as the name implies) a lifetime of hosting. … Continue reading
SWMBO has been poking around on the Internet as part of her Media business, and had found rafts of interesting websites (such as Pinterest and Ted) and has been prodding me to ‘get involved’. As a man craving for a quiet life, I did as bid. Now, don’t get me… Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, we spent a few days in Oxford, seeing the sights. We stayed in the Falcon Hotel/B&B in Abingdon Road. Not a bad place and cheaper than we expected. Most usefully, it’s within walking distance of the City Centre – or at least, it started off… Continue reading
Well, I’m seriously impressed… Not! Recently, HP proudly announced that its (admittedly free) training site had enjoyed a re-vamp. Now, I’ve been a fairly dedicated user of HP’s training for over 10 years: I always found it good, if a little clunky sometimes, so I log in to the new… Continue reading
I noticed on the New Scientist web-site this morning that every article had been posted with a spomment – a spam comment I Wish You A Happy Shopping . Tue Nov 17 01:05:27 GMT 2009 by lisa I reported a couple as off-topic, but there are dozens of them. So. … Continue reading
Hi bloggers and bloggees. My name is Ken and this is my first ever public blog. It’s a bit different. A bit like realising that you’re at work, sitting at your desk starkers. Aargh. Up ’till now, I’ve always viewed diaries as private things, that you hide under the mattress… Continue reading