What a great winters morning, sunny, frosty and no wind. We’re off to Fairhaven Lake and then back down the beach to a cafe for breakfast # For the first time in the last few weeks I managed to spend a few hours reading in my favourite chair watching the...
Walked into Blackpool with Stephie – in the rain 🙁 but we had a good chat about universities and university life # Decided to go to watch St Trinians at the cinema rather than walk home in the rain. Feasting on hot bread and cherries while we wait. # St...
Admiring my loft, after 2 days flooring and insulating the joists I can hardly move but it looks great and is warm and dust free 🙂 # Off to chill out over a late breakfast and read the New Scientist at Boaters Landing Cafe # Dismal afternoon tidying up and...
managed 2 hours sleep before being woken up in pain, now waiting for pain killers to work # Working in the loft. I’m very tired and dizzy so the lofts not really where I should be. But this weeks the only one I have to get it done. # Taking...
I’m sort of on holiday now, just a couple of conference calls today and tomorrow, then that’s it until the 7th of Jan. # Luxuriating in the fact that I have time to really read something rather than scanning it. Right now BBC Focus popular science magazine. # Off to...
If you use multiple monitors then you need Ultramon. I have three and I really don’t know how I would use them effectively without it. It makes the whole experience so much more natural. My favourite features being: The ability to drag maximized windows by the task bar and drop...
Decided to go out earlier this morning and so did my reading (on paper today!!) at the Beach Terrace Cafe instead of my usual place # Freezing at home today – my central heating has essentially packed up downstairs and we have to wait for the spring to get it...
This blog represents my own – pretty feeble – attempt to work in the open, sharing my ideas with the broader community and getting feedback and insights along the way. I don’t worry about who’s reading it – customers, competitors etc because I trust that the benefits are greater than...
Installing the new version of Ultramon – beta 2 – essential for multi-monitor users and this beta seems much improved so far 🙂 # Just returned from breakfast and walk with the kids – the twins have worked through their bible study books which they are really enjoying # We...
At manchester town hall. Stephie won a jewlrey design prize so she is at the Dazzle exhibition picking out her free jewlrey # At the science museum marveling at the mechanical inginuity of the textile making machines # Having a very nice lunch at the science museum with Stephie #...