NSFW: Why are UK post offices, so far behind other countries?
I must warn you before I go any further, this is a rant, a big one at that, it’s NSFW and will likely contain some swearing. I want to start by explaining my utter foul hatred of the UK post office, and the postal system. We are continually plagued with stories about postal workers striking, [...]
An interesting experience! Finally!
Last night I got my first taste of ‘real’ photography. Thanks to my involvement with the Casimir Effect Film I was invited along to a photoshoot that they were doing of the Cast. Some of whom you might know, John Jenner for example, has been in both Torchwood and Doctor Who. There were some other [...]
Damnit…
Today I have a problem, and not an easy one to solve. The time has come for me to trade in my car, but if I wait much longer I stand to loose thousands and thousands of pounds in depreciation. I have to get rid in the next two months or I may as well [...]
Britain Has Balls (careful now!)
Despite the slightly racy title it’s actually a very good thing. My friends at Red Consultancy let me know about the newest effort in the National lottery Good Causes scheme. This new drive focuses on touring Britain celebrating (and finding) the great things that ‘ballsy’ brits will do with lottery funding to support talent, charities [...]
Ah Macheist
So the time has of course come that my Mac endeavours include MacHeist and it’s wonderful nanobundles. For someone like me who is relatively new to Mac (near a year) these things are invaluable to me since they let me know about fantastic applications that I’ve never heard of (or thought of). Before you ask, [...]
Extended Server Maintenance Tonight
From around 6PM GMT tonight the server will experience extended downtime for a number of hours whilst I re-image the server from Debian, to CentOS. I’m doing this for a number of reasons, but it’s mainly to increase security and stability and make up for some of Debians shortcomings! Sorry about the inconvenience
