Archive for December, 2005

View from Janus’s potting shed

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

The logo of the WWW2006 conference to be held in Edinburgh in May — and one of the things I’m looking forward to in 2006.
Well, that’s almost another year done (2005 for those of you not paying attention) and typically Australia get to 2006 before us. Again.
The year of our Lord two-thousand and five has […]

Four things …

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

I searched stock.xchng for photographs entitled “Questions” … and this is the only photo it came up with. Who am I to argue?!
Questions nicked from Steve Lawson, et al.
A. Four jobs you’ve had in your life

Priest
Group Worker in Shaftesbury Society Homeless Hostel
Stock-taker and van driver at Claridge Mills, Selkirk
Temporary Postman

B. Four films you could watch […]

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay minus 1

Friday, December 30th, 2005

Catalan musicians playing on a temporary stage at the west end of George Street, Edinburgh.
This evening Jane and I went into town with Jane’s elder sister Pauline and her husband Paul to see the Catalan-themed festivities, as part of the build-up to Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. We parked nearby and walked to the west end of […]

Calendar and Lectionary Guide 2005/2006

Friday, December 30th, 2005

A calendar, completely unlike the one used by the Church to work out which festival we should be celebrating this week.
Each year the Scottish Episcopal Church publishes a free guide to its calendar and lectionary. This guide helps to keep us clergy right throughout the year, as it lists each Sunday and major festival, […]

Frozen cobwebs

Friday, December 30th, 2005

Jane spotted these frozen cobwebs yesterday, on the wheely bin and wheelbarrow in our garden. Even though Jane isn’t a great fan of spiders, she had to admit that they are quite beautiful.
Not quite the World Wide Web…

No more springs

Friday, December 30th, 2005

Look who turned up early this afternoon (above): Mr and Mrs Ikea pulled up outside shortly before one-o’clock-and-time-for-lunch (see Genesis for details) and delivered our new mattress (below).

I know that you can’t tell from the photograph alone, but that’s the most comfortable bed I’ve ever laid down upon in that whole bedroom. I forgot […]

Looks like snow

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

Screenshot of ForecastFox extension for Mozilla Firefox.
It’s snowing just now. And take a look at the forecast for the next 24 hours (above) taken from one of my favourite Firefox extensions: ForecastFox.

Now
0 °C
Snow

Thursday (Night)
-3 °C
Very cold with snow and frost

Friday (Day)
0 °C
Snow and rain in the PM

Friday (Night)
0 °C
Windy with rain tapering off

Brrrr…