Archive for January, 2008

Small World - Big message

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Did you read my blog post of yesterday? Well yesterday afternoon my parents-in-law came to visit. Earlier that day they had been to Leeds Met University where they had delivered a very special bouquet. The university had commissioned them (as successful florists in this region) to produce a bouquet for ...

High water

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Yesterday I was working in Sheffield so was unable to attend our local Post Office closing (for the final time) at 1pm. I have lived in this community on and off for most of my life and the Post Office has always been there. Despite a campaign and alleged consultation ...

Two messages, in picture form, for the Lying Scotsman

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Gordon Brown - you have such a busy schedule lying and destroying our nation. To make things easier for you (as you muddle through) here are two picture messages: Go on. You really need to do these things. Or even better, why not call an election?

Now being server’d

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

After almost two years of battling away I have today (with the significant help of  aka47, a Scundog member) overcome a real technical challenge. Back in early 2006 I bought an IBM X306M 1U server with the intent of phasing it into my web hosting operation. Unfortunately, despite some pre-sales assurances, ...