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Resolutions 2008-01-01 15:01:04 I've been tagged by Neil after he created his own little meme. Neil wants to know what my New Year's Resolutions
are. Normally I don't make resolutions, but this year I have.I must first apologise to others that have tagged me where I haven't (yet) responded, but this one needs doing now if it's to be done at all. So, without further ado, here are my five:Fix the lights - we have two sets of lights in our living room at home and one of them has been broken for, literally, years. It's time to get them sorted out.Fix the boiler - our boiler currently has a problem and stops working when it gets hot. Not a good thing for a boiler. 'Rebooting' it seems to fix it for a time, but I resolve not to let this turn into another broken lights situation.Get a bit fitter - ah look ... my third resolutio
Holiday Inspiration 2008-04-17 15:06:33 Gah! I've been suffering a terrible lack of inspiration lately - I even sat down to write something last night, chose a nice photo that should have been easy, and spent a few minutes just staring at the empty Title field.Hopefully normal service will be resumed shortly. However I can't leave my Photo Blog again without posting something relevant, so here is a photo from one of my favourite holiday locations of recent years - Raratonga in the Cook Islands. More to come soon.Nikon D70, 18-70mm kit lens
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Tropical Flora 2008-04-27 14:26:40 Here's another couple of shots taken in Raratonga on the Cook Islands. This time we have two lilies - both were in a small pond near the villa we were staying in at the resort. We would walk past them every time we went to a meal or to the pool and I couldn't resist not photographing them - especially, in the second case, after a short spot of rain. Nikon D70, 18-70mm lens
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Burning Trains 2008-05-03 17:48:36 My train journey home last night took two and a half hours for what is normally a forty minute high-speed dash up the country. It all started well, but the train came to a halt at Wembley Central and some of the lights went out. About ten minutes later the Train Manager announced that there was a burning freight train just ahead of us and, as the fire brigade were busy spraying water around, the power to overhead lines in the immediate area on both sets of north/south lines had been cut. A while later the train's backup power supply depleted and the remaining lights went out. All passengers were forced to vacate and wait on the platform for a while, before squeezing into an already overcrowded London Overground train to Watford where another fast train was waiting.Stopping the trains sound Read more:Burning
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State of the nation (2) 2008-05-09 17:00:03 It's not often I read a newspaper. This week though I've had a couple of free copies of The Times and a particular story in Thursday's edition, about proposed changes to the driving test, caught my eye.The on-line version of the story has been re-worded for some reason - maybe to give a work experience kid something to do - but the gist is the same. The sentence that caught my eye in the print version says 'The DfT consultation paper, entitled Learning to Drive, also proposes to stop publishing the questions for the theory test, meaning that candidates would no longer be able to memorise the answers without understanding the principles.'For anyone who is unaware, the driving theory test for cars and bikes consists of a set of multiple choice questions, of which 43 from a selection of 50 mu Read more:State
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Last of the Cooks 2008-06-30 14:41:41 I can't let June go without at least one post. Hopefully I'll get round to posting all my new stuff again in July, but for now I'd like to show you another couple of photos from the few days my wife and I spent on the Cook Islands.The first photo below is my favourite, and epitomises the relaxing time we had between a 24 flight from the UK and starting our tour of New Zealand. The second photo is
Driving to Work 2008-07-29 14:20:38 I've been driving to work recently, now that I found out I have somewhere safe park. Do like my reserved spot?Actually, no, I haven't been given a huge bonus (this photo was taken in Switzerland, not London). Instead, the company who manage the office at work have announced that there are two parking bays in the car park reserved and free for use just for bikes - the motorbike kind, not the pedal Read more:Driving
Abstract Jersey 2008-07-28 16:26:27 I went to Jersey
for a couple of days the other month with work. The distance between hotel and office was walk-able, and the weather good, so I decided to leave slightly early and amble. Along the way I noticed this pair of houses, looking almost symmetric, with a massive gas container thing pretty much in their back gardens. Must be a nice view - from one window the busy A7, from the other a hul Read more:Abstract
Book Learnin' 2008-08-10 14:34:01 Who needs toys, books are where it's at.Nikon D300, Sigma 30mm f/1.41/60 at f/2.8, ISO 320
How To ... Bemusement 2008-08-05 16:09:01 Sometimes you just need to grin and bear it.Sometimes you just need to bear it.No matter what is going on around you or being done to you, you know there is nothing you can do to change it.It's at times like this when you just need to zone-out and try to forget that in years to come this moment may come back to haunt you ... it's time to look 'so lost in thought as to be unaware of one's surroundi
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