Category Archives: computing
Living by Numbers
the most dangerous thing in the City of London is an Excel Spreadsheet in the hands of an Aussie temp.
Continue readingBack on the chain gang
It’s been a long and frustrating year, and I’ve reported previously that I was resisting the temptation to turn this into a “jobhunters frustrations” blog (although it’s been a temptation at times), but today after nearly a year out of work I started my a new job in the City of London. Over the past […]
Continue readingThe lunatics have taken over the asylum – 1
As I’ve said before, I’ve resisted from posting an unemployment blog as it would get too depressing – “I applied for 45 jobs this week and not one recruitment consultant has had the decency to acknowledge my application” but sometime life gets beyond the pale. Seriously you couldn’t make it up! A few weeks ago […]
Continue readingRemake Remodel
For one reason or another this site got a bit screwed up… it’s taken a few reloads, reinstalls and so on to get the site close to where it was and should be, but some of the picture links have gotten a bit screwy. I’ll get them sorted. In the meantime, please bear with me. […]
Continue readingWho are you?
Yesterday the BBC announced, in a blaze of media glory, the name of the actor who will take over from David Tennant in the role of Doctor Who. Were it not for the Israeli tanks moving into the Gaza Strip then it might have been the top story on the BBC News. I’m old enough […]
Continue readingThe Poacher
A few months ago I posted an entry commenting that my musings have made it to wikipedia, which I found quite flattering (the articles here if you missed it). Well this weekend I came across something that should be equally flattering but isnt. For the last couple of months Ive been writing beer reviews for […]
Continue readingSpace, the final frontier
Ive started doing some decluttering in my den, not much you understand, but its a start. I think the CDs may get boxed up and put in the loft, as I cant remember the last time I actually played one. I also have a pile of DV Video Cassettes, recorded on various video cameras over the […]
Continue readingLinked to Wikipedia
Okay, so its a very small claim to the merest hint of fame, but I was trawling through the hit counts for my various websites… (The Lodge Inn gets about 280 visits a week) when I wondered how many people venture to this here little site. The answer is nearly 14,000 for the sites various […]
Continue readingHello world!
In early 2008 I decided to recreate mallorn.net as a more dynamic website, partly as an experiment in using the wordpress engine. So, umm… here it is… enjoy. Bob
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