Archive for December 2007

21 December

Comic Day

At our last day at work before Christmas — oh yeah, I got a job by the way — we decided to have a go at some comics after seeing some crazy comics at Pandyland. The rules? A…

Archive for October 2007

17 October

ASD Services Web Site Goes Live

The ASD Services web site is now live. ASD Services are one of the largest selections of built-in and free-standing appliances to trade & retail in Yorkshire. Over 5,000 products are…

Archive for September 2007

24 September

Enough Packaging?

After some trouble with our Belkin router recently, we managed to get it replaced under the lifetime warranty — a very satisfying result! The router arrived today, and the packaging that…

Archive for August 2007

27 August

Leeds Festival 2007

What can I say! If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. We stayed in the same place as the last few years, getting there early and still struggling to find space, since so many had gone…

5 August

Square Wheels and Catenary Roads

The other day Paul told me that square wheels (and, indeed, any regular polygon except a triangle) can ride on a road constructed of inverted catenaries. A catenary is the curve made by a…

Archive for July 2007

16 July

Pickering & Tadcaster

I went on holiday this weekend to Pickering with my parents and Geoff and Gwen. Okay, it’s not that far away — one might argue that it’s not a holiday if the Coastliner goes…

8 July

Back in Scholes

Well, that’s it. I’m back for good. It feels very strange to think I won’t be going back to Durham again! That’s not entirely true; I’ll be back for the start of…

Archive for June 2007

13 June

I Can Has Cheezburger?

Lolcat has taken over my life. I spend far too long looking through pictures of amusing cats superimposed with intentionally grammatically incorrect captions. But I love it. Some of my…

10 June

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me… Helen, Caroline and I went to see the third film this evening. If you didn’t like either of the first two, don’t go see this…

8 June

Dublin

Best couple of days ever… Nick spotted return flights to Dublin from Ryanair for 1p — how could we miss out on that! Andy, Pete, Nick, Jay, Mark and I went over from Newcastle…