Monthly Archives: December 2005

View from Janus’s potting shed

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 … Continue reading

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Four things …

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 … Continue reading

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Edinburgh’s Hogmanay minus 1

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 … Continue reading

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Calendar and Lectionary Guide 2005/2006

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 … Continue reading

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Frozen cobwebs

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…

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No more springs

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 … Continue reading

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Looks like snow

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 … Continue reading

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