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I did badly at French when I was at school. Last in the class at the end of year one* exam, and it went downhill from there. On the plus side, it did mean I was put into 'economics / … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
I need to be in London on Saturday evening – someone booked the wrong train there, so I'm giving them a lift. Ok, what's happening in the London fringe theatre then? Slightly annoyingly, the previous best way to find out … Continue reading
1. Over the past couple of days, I've gotten around to testing the kit I bought from the bunch who were closing. It looks like they sent six 'lots of red LEDs' shields rather than the five red and one … Continue reading
So what have I been reading recently? The Run of His Life: The People vs OJ Simpson – the book that was adapted into the recent TV series. That's meant it's now available in the UK, albeit with the title … Continue reading
My reading of fiction in book form fell off a cliff some time ago. I had the last but one Pratchett Discworld novel (Raising Steam) out from the library for months before reading it, and I still haven't looked for … Continue reading
The worst Prime Minister since…? Chamberlain? Go back a year, and it must have seemed so different, the first Tory leader to have an absolute majority for 18 years! Since then, his legacy has been defined by failure in the … Continue reading
In the morning, L and I looked around a 'superhome' – one that's been retrofitted with things like external insulation to make it greener. It was near an open Age Concern shop that had a 'two DVDs for £1' offer … Continue reading
Looking through some reviews of past Edinburgh Fringe shows, I was sad to see that not being at it in 2012 meant I'd missed Re-Animator: The Musical. I can see that not everyone liked it but I doubt they were … Continue reading
The electronics firm I mentioned a couple of days ago have now closed. They've done this by, amongst other things, closing down their wirelessthings.net website. The one that had the technical details of the stuff they were selling: important information … Continue reading
One of the advantages of being my age is that I remember the UK TV première of Star Trek and the first R4 run of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Today's Today programme had something on being the 50th … Continue reading