View from the Potting Shed

This afternoon I gave my PC a minor upgrade, having been meaning to do it for ages. Gone is my faithful 2.4x (speed) Pioneer DVD ReWriter, now replaced with a much faster 16x NEC Dual-Layer; and similarly, my 5-port Belkin USB 1.1 hub has been replaced with a stackable 7-port model, also by Belkin.
This […]

Jane enjoying the BBQ held in her honour, having returned safely from Canada.
This past week has been a great one in terms of catching up with various friends and family, culminating with Jane arriving back safely from Canada yesterday afternoon, her plane having been delayed for an hour at Gatwick due to a thunder and […]

Jane, her sister Pauline, and their Mum and Dad are now in Seattle, Washington, USA having travelled down from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada the other day by ferry.
However, as grunge-tastic as Seattle might be, the view from Jane and Pauline’s hotel room was less than desirable, as I’m sure you can agree:
Before (View from […]

Hoorah! My Mum has come to visit me in Cellardyke. This evening we went out (as usual) to hang out with the Cellardyke Massive down by the outdoor swimming pool and kiddies play park, looking for some adventure. It’s right opposite the East Neuk Outdoors an adventure centre on the outskirts of Cellardyke, […]

A couple of times in the last few days my phone has chirpped my familiar “24″ ringtone, indicating that I’ve received a text message. Each time — in between cricket updates from Cricket 4 — they have been multimedia messages from Jane: images from her holiday in Canada.

First up is this image of “Thunderbird […]

Screenshot of the ExamDiff application
Here’s a simple piece of software that I love, and find incredibly helpful: ExamDiff.
ExamDiff allows you to compare two text files and it will show you what the differences are, highlighting the lines where changes have occurred.
There are enough options in the free version to make it very useful. For example […]

My bike propped against a bridge, with Kilrenny in the background.
I was out on my bike again today, and what a glorious day to be cycling around the small backroads of the East Neuk of Fife. It was the debut for my new Altura Nevis fluorescent yellow cycling jacket, which was soon relegated to […]