Apologies to the working classes… I forgot to mention that it was Mayday yesterday. Not to worry… I’ll catch it next year… I hope.

So I read the book and the story was pretty much identical to that published already in The Lost Tales etc. There are major differences of course, the primary one being that this version is actually readable… and for Tolkein this is a major advance, it looks like Chris has been working hard on the … More Children of Hurin – opinion.

Went to the diet doc again this morn… first time in six weeks. Didn’t go before as I had the sleep study and they were waiting for the results to arrive. Anyway… apart from finding I put *on* 3 kilos over the past 6 weeks… it seems I’ve got ‘restless legs’. Err… ok. Actually I … More Just call me Moses!

Google Maps aren’t the only offering out there of course… just the easiest to get to. Another offering is the experimental setup at Flash Earth which carries access to all major map and satellite image sites including Google, Microsoft and NASA which updates its shots daily, but has lower resolution! Currently the NASA shots show … More More on Maps

Just been looking at a few places I know on Google Maps… like my own house of course 🙂 It’s a great improvement on what it was originally, helped by both my computer and internet connection haveing improved. In the recent past it took ages for pages to render and even then quality was ‘fuzzy’ … More Google maps

Spent the larger part of the day out in the garden. It looked like rain so I thought I’d get it done before we had a downpour and it grew even more dangerous than it already was… it’s a jungle out there! 🙂 Of course… after spending the day rushing about chopping the edges and … More Clickety clack front and back

Was reading Wired today and got led to an Adobe site where I found this picture… … which has to be one of the oddest logos I’ve ever seen. Why on *earth* would someone think a gap toothed tattooed weirdo was a suitable logo for a site about design? Maybe if I was a designer … More C'mon back to my Adobe.

Beitish media mogul Michael Grade has made a bizarre move on the ailing relationship between the Beeb and the long running Aussie soapie “Neighbours”. Lord knows why but this tedious ongoing saga of dysfunctional families and social misfits is being sought by ITV with an offer price of $275,000 per episode! The BBC who have … More Neighbours move upmarket

I liked Dave Allen, he was a wonderful comedian. One of my favourite jokes is a really short one and goes something like this: I was walking down the road in a small town when a funeral passed by. I turned to a local and asked “Who’s dead?”. He looked at me and said “The … More Dave Allen – still missed.

Daughters party is in full swing… sort of. The wife asked me a couple of times to ferry food up to their room at the far end of the house. I went once but then decided I wasn’t going back again. Last time she went in the wife said that was probably a wise move… … More Gawd they start young!