Chocolate and Vodka

After much consideration, discussion and changing of minds, this year Kev and I decided to try a Frank pumpkin. Frank, of course, being the big scary rabbit from Donnie Darko. Easier said than done because he doesn't exactly have a face that reduces easily to shades of light and dark. We also had problems with […]

So that's it. My fling with the Blackberry Pearl is over. It has been sent back to T-Mobile, from whence it came.
I tried to buy a Nokia E61 instead, on the same Web 'n Walk plan, but T-Mobile has taken against me quite severely, telling me first that “because of your credit status we […]

You may have noticed a sudden slew of old posts being republished here, all of which have now been deleted. You may be wondering wtf that was all about.
It's ok. It was just Kevin playing with my Treo - he hit 'Sync All' in mo:Blog, thus causing it to republish a whole bunch of […]

As if flying isn't enough of a hellish chore these days, with daft hand luggage restrictions, over-zealous security and long waits, the French have decided to go one better with their new MP2 terminal at Marseilles:
The city of Marseilles has seen the future - it has no carpets. A minimalist, no-frills air terminal, intended specifically […]

I really hate it when software updates break things, particularly when that update is to Firefox and the thing it breaks is the one extension that makes me love Firefox. I've just installed Firefox 2.0, which means I've just discovered that 'extensions' have now become 'add-ons' and that the one extension I loved is not […]

Ten people have now signed up for my pledge to stop drinking sugary drinks for three months, so I have only another ten to go! If you're interested in giving up all those evil sugary drinks, please sign up before 22 November.
This is something I really want to do - even need to do - […]

From the ORG blog:
Should the term of copyright protection on sound recordings stay at 50 years or be extended?
This question has been hanging in the air for the last couple of years, with the music industry lobbying government for an extension on the grounds that the royalties they earn from old recordings are essential to […]

If there's a single undesirable side-effect of contentment within a relationship, it's the expansion of one's midriff. A year ago, when Kevin and I had started dating, I was a bit thinner than I am now, but a year of eating out and him cooking me crepes on a Sunday morning and overall general happiness […]

I was so happy when my Blackberry Pearl arrived this morning that I nearly missed an appointment because I spent so much time figuring it out and playing with it. It's a nice phone - small, lightweight, nice camera, decent interface. But I'm afraid it's going to have to go back to T-Mobile.
The reason that […]

My new T-Mobile Blackberry Pearl came this morning, and I have to say, it's gorgeous! Haven't quite figured out how to make the internet work yet, but so far so good. I'll be emailing everyone with my new number soon, but if you think you need it and I don't get in touch, please ping […]

Thanks to Matt for fixing what was up with my Ruby on Rails (for those of you who care about such things, it was a path issue, and some permissions that had gotten buggered). So now I'm working my way through Agile Web Development and making good progress. Feeling very happy about this! Lots to […]

Some wonderful news - my T'Other is now legal til 2011! Yes, the nice people at the Home Office have granted Kevin 'leave to remain' in the UK for the next five years, meaning that we won't have to go through all this work permit/visa worry on a yearly basis. (We've done it twice […]

Bit of a general notice, this one. My Treo has no officially died, barring some sort of miraculous resurrection when I get home, which I doubt is going to happen. I now have no phone at all, so if you need me, you're going to have to email.
I knew that the Treo was on its […]

For the last ten years or so I've been carrying round three unanswered questions. I've been tempted to blog them on many occasions, but never quite managed it (unless I did so on Blog-City, but if I did I've forgotten about it, and I can't check because that blog's been lost and the archives I […]

I've just got back from a small breakfast put on by Edelman to talk about blogs. Kevin was speaking and I was chipping in from the audience, and I have to say that it was a good mix of people and some interesting stuff was said.
If you've landed here from the link given in the […]