what the dickens ?
An extract from an email I’ve just received: “As we are trying to have a carbon free Christmas this year…” So, no Coal as a gift this year ? Bah. Humbug.
things that only i could care about
November 26th, 2008
vanilla flapjack
It’s cold, raining and windy, so time for high fat, high sugar food. Based on this recipe, but with some slight changes: 75g Butter 60g Demerera sugar 10ml Vanilla essence 15ml Golden syrup 60g Porridge oats 120g Jumbo oats Mix everything except the oats together in a pan, and warm until the butter has melted. [...]
November 13th, 2008
pitching in: apple retail store field trips
This is slightly out of character for me but I think there’s an obvious point being missed here: Apple Retail Store Field Trip: http://speirs.org/2008/11/01/apple-retail-store-field-trip/ Whilst at first glance this does make it seem as though “Media Awareness” should now become a pre-school activity, take a step back and ask what passes for ICT in the [...]
November 3rd, 2008
blog upgrade
Crikey. That was a bit of work – moving from WordPress 1.2 with a huge number of hacks into the latest-and-greatest version, but even though it was pretty much working, software from May 2004 (!) was starting to show in terms of flexibility and general slickness. I’ve added some static pages for things like my [...]
November 1st, 2008