Archive for May, 2006

DigiTech Brian May pedal

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

So there I was the other day innocently browsing the World Wide Web looking for a suitable, compact treble booster pedal for my guitar setup when I stumbled upon the news that DigiTech are to release a Brian May pedal in their Artist Pedals series of effects pedals.
I found elsewhere online a list of the […]

Big Brother

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Welsh housemate Glyn — an absolute star!
I have to say, I’m loving this series of Big Brother. I didn’t intend to get into this series, but … it just happened!
I watched the first show, watching the housemates enter the house, with our lovely next door neighbours, Ian and Yvonne, a couple of weekends ago, […]

Progress on the book

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

A nice clear desk, set up for writing about Mahjong, with a library of Mahjong books to my left, and the two monitors: book text on the left screen, update log on the right screen.
This morning I made good progress on the edits for the Teach Yourself Mahjong book that I’m revising. I hate […]

Happy Wedding Anniversary

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Happy 5th Wedding Anniversary to you,
Happy 5th Wedding Anniversary to you,
Happy 5th Wedding Anniversary dear Eddie (my brother) and Rebecca-ca-ca-caaaa (his wife),
Happy 5th Wedding Anniversary to you!
(Sung to the traditional tune. Okay, the traditional tune for ‘Happy Birthday’.)
Lots of love
Gareth and Jane xxx

Happy Birthday Jane

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday lovely Ja-aaaane!
Happy birthday to you!
(Sung to the traditional tune.)
Lots of love
Gareth xxx

The mystery of the brocolli floret

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

You know when you’ve been eating in the car, the next time you get in there are sometimes crumbs on the seat. Well, when I got into the car today, en route for the www2006 conference (more about that tomorrow), I found a piece of brocolli!
How?!

Our guardian angel of all things Webby

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Our office is a very functional, boys’ office just now, with very little in terms of personalization or decoration. So I set about starting to change that this afternoon. But what kind of wall coverings should a couple of Information Architects / Web Managers have?
Steve started things off with a cycling calendar. […]