Rushing Water
It’s been a bit wet over the first few months of 2014 and the consequences are still pretty visible. This video doesn’t really do it justice but the water flowing through Reading is still pretty strong and powerful.
Say No to 01189
Many years ago in 1995 I was involved in the PhONEday number change when UK telephone numbers had an additional one forcibly inserted into the dialing code so, for example, Reading went from being 0734 to 01734. The purpose of this was to allow for more capacity across the network as a whole. My part …
Remember to Pause for Breath!
Is this the World's Poshest Lift?
What the British Really Want
Bill going thru Parliament to rename August Bank Holiday “Margaret Thatcher Day”. When you stop throwing up-sign this http://t.co/pereTXZRrU — Stephen Mangan (@StephenMangan) January 13, 2014 So while signing this very worthwhile e-petition, highlighted to me by Stephen Mangan (to be clear it wasn’t specifically sent to me by Mangan, I’m not that special to …
It's a Bit Wet Out There!
So you may have noticed that it has been raining virtually non-stop for the last couple of weeks and is predicted to continue for a while yet. All this water has to go somewhere and the capacity of rivers is not enough to hold it all. This leads to flooding on a scale I haven’t …
Souper!
For Christmas some friends of ours gave us some Stilton. However, this was no ordinary cheese, this was Colston Bassett Stilton from Neal’s Yard Dairy. It tastes wonderful but there is simply too much to eat so we have to find other uses for it, in this case making Broccoli and Stilton soup. Lots of …
I Predict for 2014
For the last few years we have met with the same friends on New Year’s Eve. We do the same things as everyone else: we eat, we drink, we laugh and generally have a good time but sometime on New Year’s Eve 2011 someone, I forget who, made a suggestion that has now become a …
Love it or hate it you've got to admire them
So the above advert for Marmite is currently causing much angst in the UK at present as protesters have been complaining to the ASA that the advert trivialises the work of animal rights campaigners. The job of an advertising campaign is to get coverage and with a product that is already marketed as something that …
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They Say History Never Repeats…
25 years ago I graduated from Portsmouth Polytechnic with a degree in Computer Science. That’s me on the left on the steps of the Guildhall looking suitably excited about collecting my degree along with my friends Dirk and Andy. Wind forward 25 years to last Tuesday and I was back on the same steps but …