Month: February 2009

Mind Your Cs and Ks….

Long ago, in some history of advertising, I read that 70s British ad-makers had shorthand codes for the various TV commercial setups. The most-used setup of the time…

Living and Learning….

Who says the internet isn’t educational? Thanks to a thread on Livejournal, I have just learned what the public-school game of soggy biscuit involves. No, I’m not going…

The Calm After The Storm…

This week wasn’t much fun for me. I was getting stress from all directions, so naturally, I was Not Well. Yesterday, I was supposed to be finishing off…

Cheesed Off Again…

Having got the new online Transit almost ready to upload, I have been told that I’ve got it wrong. Which I didn’t. Originally, I was told that Transit…

Good News, Bad News….

So I went to see Doc G yesterday. I first told him about my tinnitus and growing deafness. My whole life, I’ve always had very short bursts of…

We Haz Snow!

After watching the news all week and rolling our eyes at the soft southerners, gleefully chortling over the fact that practically no snow has fallen here:

Proof…..

….that I really, really cannot cook. This was supposed to be a buckwheat pancake. All I had to do was measure out the buckwheat flour, mix in some…

Wibbling….

…about techie web development matters in this post, so pass over if you’re not interested. Transferring a complete WordPress blog from one server to another is supposed to…

I Get Mail….

…but it’s not often like this (the original, sent to my Transit editorial address, is in multi-coloured, bolded, italicised and underlined 16pt Ariel, decorated with a nice picture…