by Tom | Aug 27, 2010 | Personal, Reviews
The Chalet des Anglais is a little-known Oxford institution: a large wooden structure, still with no electricity, at Le Prarion near Mont Blanc. It is used by Balliol, New and University colleges (the properly old set). My friend Owen has just been there, and it...
by Tom | Aug 26, 2010 | IT
Unplugged since 07:30 and still quarter of a battery at 21:30. Reasonably heavy use, so much better than before. Modaco release 8 with Froyo and SetCPU helping to reduce battery drain through excessive processor speed.
by Tom | Aug 26, 2010 | Reviews
What a great privilege to see Mark Rylance twice in one year. La Bête was super funny, with Rylance’s thirty minute soliloquy the stand out. Unlike the god awful Misanthrope, the cast used the rhyming verse effectively and without laboring the point. All were...
by Tom | Aug 25, 2010 | General
Russia in color, a century ago is, as usual, a great Big Picture. The quality of the photos is amazing for 100-year-old colour prints. However the shots are curiously unenlightening.
by Tom | Aug 24, 2010 | Personal
xkcd: All the Girls is not far off my wedding day speech. D’oh. I did officially correct myself seven years later. (I started off my wedding speech by saying that Wiffy “was one of my favourite people”. This didn’t go down well. I thought my...
