There’s a lot of different emotional strains going in this Times story… IN A tale that could have been lifted from the pages of a children’s story book, a five-year-old dog foraging for food has been credited with saving the life of a baby who had been left alone in a Nairobi forest for two days. There’s definitely anger, at… Read more →
Year: 2005
I am so tired I can see through time
So, my wife’s maternity leave is over, and she has gone back to work. This means that when she leaves for work I have to be awake, to hang out with Sarah until it’s time to take her to baby jail for the day. This means that I have to get up approximately two hours earlier than I have been… Read more →
When you work from home…
… every day can be No Pants Day. For the rest of you, today is your chance to see what it’s like. Read more →
Maybe I should buy Amazon stock?
If Bezos really has discovered Tardis Courier, he’s probably going to make another pile of money. On the other hand, this might be an instance of Wilson‘s Law: “Any sufficently advanced programming error is indistinguishible from magic.” (On yet another–since we’re in the magical realm anyway–hand: new Thraxas, yay! Now when I will I see Millar‘s latest book under his… Read more →
Attention all humans
It’s not that hard to get it right: Read more →
Amateurs.
Well sure, but did they ever make a mixing and delivery system for Alcool- (American can read that as ‘Everclear-‘) based mixed drinks from the nose cone of an aircraft? I mean there’s inspired use of plumbing, and then there’s sheer awe-inspiring cheek, you know? Read more →
Honey, can you start the towels, I just did my darks?
“I thought it would be good to finish with macho man from the ice age who doesn’t do anything around the house except drink beers” Trish and I both do our own laundry–I would actually gladly do both, but her laundry is very complicated. Anything I do at home (as opposed to dress shirts & other things that need ironing,… Read more →
It might be time to reread an Allen Steele novel
I was reading an article at Space.com about the not-often-considered realities that are implied in plans to move into space, and it just makes me want to go find Orbital Decay and read it again. Here’s a bit of the article: You see, when we talk about going into space, we usually think about astronauts—pilots, mission specialists, scientists, and the… Read more →
Tragedy and Comedy in real life.
This photo, from the Flickr stream of Edith Frost caught my eye when Warren Ellis posted it. The idea that this person is not just surrendering to the (perceived) persecution, but is trying to reach out to the populace and encourage some kind of activism makes it terribly sad–that kind of basic faith in humanity under these circumstances is so… Read more →
Middle of the night blues.
Wow. I need a road trip. A lot. Read more →
Student Cuisine
When I lived with MikeDitty, he introduced me to the wonders of “student gourmet” by combining PC White Cheddar Mac & Cheese with PC Jerk Sauce. It was an inspired bit of combination, resulting in something dramatically different from the student standby of regular old Kraft Dinner, but at only a marginal cost increase–and a bottle of jerk sauce could… Read more →
I have no ability to resist
Justina Robson: Living Next Door To The God Of Love Metropolis is a city of superheroes where you can become anyone you like – fight all day, party all night…Sankhara is a universe where everything is remade by night, according to the inhabitants’ deepest, darkest dreams…Koker Ai exists in another time and space, where Intana, less favoured courtesan in the… Read more →
Quick and Amusing
Best headline ever. Somewhere there is Fletch wannabe laughing at the headline he slipped past his editor. (I wonder if gnomes run to the underwater sanctuary to avoid this kind of violence.) * You know how sometimes when you’re writing up your Articles of Piracy you wish you had access to some really snazzy buccaneering fonts–just to make it look… Read more →
Hanging Around The House: More Downstairs
So, last time it was the couple of things in my office. (Remember that the thumbnails in these posts are links to gigantic versions.) Now, we’ll move out of my my office into the hall outside: My office is off this hall on the right, the guest bedroom is off to the left. In the shot you can see my… Read more →
Can you say “Hack”?
So, they are making Talking Jesus, Mary and Moses dolls. I may have to buy a couple of these and join in the long and proud tradition of hacking talking toys. (I admit, it was the Lord of Evil who put this idea into my head.) Can you imagine how sweet it would be to have Jesus ask “Have you… Read more →
