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Hi, I'm Gareth J M Saunders, 38 years old, 6' 4", married to Jane, father of twins (with another on the way), I'm a priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church and have a passion for Mah Jong, Psion PDAs and web design.
I am employed as the Assistant Information Architect / Web Manager at the University of St Andrews.
My main interests are HTML, CSS (inc. frameworks), jQuery, Information Architecture and Agile development.
Twitter @garethjms- My @AmazonKindle is perfect for reading the latest edition of the free PDF Productive! magazine from @MichaelNozbe
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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Christmas Lights
Only a few weeks now until Christmas, the lights are up in St Andrews and a few locals are decking their houses with illuminated Christmas decorations. But sadly none quite as spectacular as this. (I know this isn’t terribly new, … Continue reading
St Andrew’s Day in St Andrews
The Scottish flag: a blue field with a white saltire. (Artwork by Gareth J M Saunders.) Today is the feast of St Andrew, apostle and Patron Saint of Scotland (and Russia and Romania). The special ‘collect’ prayer for today: Almighty … Continue reading
My PC has died
This evening my PC died. I’m gutted. It looks like it may be the motherboard (MSI K7N2 Delta) or the CPU (AMD Athlon XP 2800+), or possibly the RAM (PC2700 333MHz DDR). I’ve managed to find the same model of … Continue reading
Treasure in the attic
A paradigm of neatness and organization is our attic. If there is one thing that boys love … – apart from football, rugby, cricket, ice hockey, basketball, American football, cycling, the Tour de France, wine, beer, whisky, a night out … Continue reading
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First class repair service from POS Ltd
Good news This morning I took delivery of my Psion Series 7Book, returning as it did from POS Ltd in London almost two months after I sent it for repair. It seems traditional in some quarters at such times as … Continue reading
How to complete a music room
Of course, no respectable music room would be complete without a Steve Lawson Bass: The Final Frontier poster. Or a wall of classic 80s and 90s REAL METAL on cassette. Today’s random blast from the past from Gareth’s Amazing Wall … Continue reading
Why you should never mix alkali metals with water
This video clip (from the Sky One TV show Brainiac, featuring the ever wonderful Richard Hammond and the splendidly clever and down-to-earth Jon Tickle) is what the internet is all about: it’s educational, informative and fun. Oh and it also … Continue reading