I despise the Daily Mail. It’s a horrifically biased newspaper, with a particular agenda to push (and push it it does relentlessly) that I very rarely find I have any sympathy with. It seems to relish winding up and massaging the prejudices of the people of Middle England (and Middle Scotland) who buy the paper. […]
Chlorophyll is wonderful stuff. Here in Glasgow, the first flush of spring flowers has gone, but the blossom is in full swing, and the trees are that particularly fresh green, flush with chlorophyll. It’s a delight to see and experience, and really makes being outside special, especially with the lovely weather we’re having. I’m really […]
I decided last year that running a marathon wasn’t going to feature in my running plans for 2008. I’d been aware of just how much training was required for a half marathon, so doing a full marathon along with running my own business, and having a life and time with Frances just wasn’t practical. Oh, […]
I previously posted that I’d been invited to take part in the XT Wings Challenge. There’s a press release about the new shoe, and the whole project. My details now seem to be on this site: the challenge widget is in the right sidebar, which you’re welcome to click on. My challenge is as originally mentioned […]
The Grangemouth oil refinery strike is now national news, and no longer a purely Scottish affair. Despite calls for people to not panic, it’s been hard to miss the queues at petrol stations, and many of them - here in Glasgow - seem to be struggling to keep up with demand. The public don’t seem […]
My trusty Garmin 305 died a sudden and unexpected death earlier this month. After a great run with my running club, I sync’d up, and forgot about it. When I next went to go running, it didn’t respond, despite trying the reset buttons, and even letting it sit about for days trying to drain the […]
The joys of writing a weblog. A marketing company associated with Salomon have been in touch with me as a result of my weblog and are I’m surprised to discover, inviting me to test out a pair of their new XT Wings trail shoes. I’m also getting a free N82 phone (I suspect on loan, […]
Well, it’s now a done deal. A little over a week ago last Saturday, Frances and I finally (after 8 years together) tied the knot, and got married. We were in a beautiful setting in the Trossachs, with (thankfully) wonderful weather, and surrounded by friends and family. We really couldn’t have asked for a better […]
Oh for the day when milk bottle tops were silver things you pressed with your thumb, presuming of course that the blue-tits hadn’t got at it first, or the cream had frozen up and pushed it off from inside. I took particular and perverse pleasure as a child at pushing the tops down almost to […]
Finishing up with a client recently has meant that hardware VPN/firewall/router I used to get access their network needed to be unplugged, and I thought it was high time I did a refresh of my home network. So I’ve plumbed for an Apple Time Capsule as the main wireless access device, and a Netgear DG834G router, but […]
