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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.
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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Great friends in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
The lovely Jane with Kenny and Chris Fyfe on the Newcastle side of the banks of the River Tyne. What’s better than having great friends is getting to visit great friends once in a while. So yesterday (Friday), en route … Continue reading
My first parking fine
Today I received my first ever car parking fine. Bah! I had been visiting my Great Aunt Mary in the Corstorphine Hospital with my Mum, when we got a call from my sister Jenni. She was also in Edinburgh buying … Continue reading
Error’d: Opera version numbers
My word! What an enormous leap in version numbers Opera seems to have done! It seems no time at all since I upgraded from Opera 8 to Opera 9, and then not that long ago I opened Opera to discover … Continue reading
Made-up name
When my nephew Benjamin was learning to speak he couldn’t pronounce my name (Gareth) properly. Instead he used to call me “Geigy” (pronounced Guy-ghee). While I was lurking in some corner of the University a couple of months ago I … Continue reading
Forgotten words
This morning I’ve been reading about the importance of silence in prayer, and the absence of words. Ironically, this quotation from the Taoist philosopher Chuang Tzu spoke to me: The purpose of the fish trap is to catch fish and … Continue reading
My favourite kitchen appliance rock group
… and now for something completely different: Hurra Torpedo performing Total Eclipse of the Heart. If you’re not familiar with them Hurra Torpedo are “the world’s leading kitchen appliance rock group”. Those are their words, I’m sure you have your … Continue reading
Keith Allen, a jug of water and Jesus
Catching up with friends’ blogs today I came across Neil’s review of the Channel 4 show “Keith Allen will burn in Hell” the other night, the show where he visited one of America’s most controversial churches, the Westboro Baptist Church … Continue reading