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In the week after the engine came out, I was left with access to my bilges. These are usually hidden away behind an unmovable wooden wall, with access blocked by the engine. As far as I can tell these had … Continue reading
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I come from an engineering family. I know no-one who enjoys playing with engines more than my father. Within days of me buying a boat he had opened up the engine and taken the cylinders off to re-fit the piston … Continue reading
I’m developing a Facebook app at work and was stuck on an issue for a bit. This post is just a mental note, and to prevent this happening.
Music in the bandstand in Brighton. Cold wind and rain by turns. We played and danced to keep warm. I took a couple of audio recordings but this one just seemed perfectly to sum up the day.
Salters Steamers ran an all-night cruise up and down the Thames last year, all night, on the 31st of April. It kept me up and got my May Day, the highlight of the year, off to a very bad start. They’re … Continue reading
Remember being a child and having to run your finger under the line to read? No, I don’t either. But apparently it’s a thing. I love playing around with text. Here’s an idea I had in a similar vein. You’ll … Continue reading
The BBC love their esoteric, obscure electronic music. I think it all started with Sigur Rós in Planet Earth and proliferated from there. It’s even started creeping into BBC Radio 4 trailers now. The trailer for Will Self’s ‘A Point … Continue reading
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I’ve had an allotment since November, but I came into possession of it just in time to wind up the year’s efforts and withdraw indoors. I spent some time before Christmas digging over a patch (what turned out to be a small … Continue reading
A friend asked on Facebook why there were no documents penned by animals. He claimed that “not a single one was to my knowledge written by an animal other than a human”. I disagree. Here are some notable quotes I … Continue reading
Some bizarre ancient ritual that takes place in the last week of March? No, it’s Mano Panforreteiro playing his Gaita bagpipes in Oxford. With help from some pipes of another kind.
