When bad things happen to good wallets
Today, I put my wallet through the washing machine. Needless to say, this was not intentional. Let's start with the good news: despite being made of paper, t...
Today, I put my wallet through the washing machine. Needless to say, this was not intentional. Let's start with the good news: despite being made of paper, t...
In a month where pleasingly many things got crossed off my long-term To Do list, the St Columba's website was happily no exception. Like so many church and c...
A few weeks ago, the story broke that hitherto unheard of (by me, at least) Austrian hosting firm EDIS was offering free co-location of Raspberry Pis in thei...
Those of you who know me will be aware that the happy coalition of housemates I assembled for the year July '11 to August '12 ended up being For One Year Onl...
Just a quick note to say, don't ever even think of buying anything from the XKCD store. My experience: 16 July: placed order on behalf of myself and several ...
My 2005-era travel radio Bad news. I woke up this morning to a nasty crackling sound instead of Jack FM. And from this we must conclude that my much-lov...
A couple of weeks ago, on Monday 13 August, most of the UK was either at work or on a deck chair out back, looking forward to the Olympic closing ceremony. A...
Back in January, we had a break-in at St Columba's. Some ill-mannered individual smashed their way in and trashed quite a lot of cupboard doors. Ultimately, ...
Another June, another article in the Daily Mail about drunken students in Cambridge. Toffs! Idiots! Posh wasters! I'm not condoning binge drinking or loutish...
I've been tasked with finding a room booking/hiring system for St Columba's. Requirements: Booking of different spaces by different users Ability to generat...