View from the Potting Shed

I’m just back from seeing Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. It was a good film, I’d like to see it again. (I shall!) I somehow feel as though a piece of the jigsaw of my childhood has been put into place … or that some more of the dots […]

Tonight we’re going to the cinema, to see the new Star Wars film. I was discussing this with my friend James Frost — who, from this blog alone, will probably appear to be my only friend in the world, and certainly my only online friend! It’s not true. There’s also … erm.
Anyway, […]

Today is my day off, which given my current circumstances is a bit of a misnomer, having been off work due to a bad cold for much of this past week. I sniffled my way back to my desk yesterday and caught up with my task list in Outlook, at least! I now […]

My friend James Frost showed me this new palmtop computer today. It’s called an OQO (pronounced aw-koe?) and claims to be the world’s smallest, fully-functioning, self-contained PC ever built. Ever. In the world.
Here’s part of what it does:
a full-featured Windows XP computer
The OQO model 01 ultra personal computer (uPC) is a fully-functional […]

I received a kind email from POS Ltd today informing me that they’ve moved premises, and would I please update the details on my website.

Once I had, I looked up their website: www.posltd.com and discovered that it’s had a complete redesign. Not only that, but they’re advertising a new PDA called the PsiXpda. […]

Jane and I are both off sick just now. The cold I was suffering this past week has slipped down into my chest, and I’ve spent most of this beautifully sunny Saturday wrapped up in bed asleep.
I woke late this afternoon to a telephone call from a child.
“Hello, is Mr Walls there?” said the […]

We have a Forgotten English calendar on the mantlepiece in the living room. A couple of weeks ago the word of the day was
Storging
The noise a large pin makes in going through flesh. [From] storg, a large pin.
Who would have thought that you needed a word for that sound! Presumably somewhere that happened […]