View from the Potting Shed

Last night I began to wonder if I really am an autonomous, free-thinking human-being and not just the creation of a 20th/21st-century literary genius.
Yesterday, late-afternoon, a few minutes before five, I checked my email. There was one from our Acting Director informing us that today (Thursday) Registry would be running progression. This basically means that […]

I’ve just realised that I’ve been walking around all morning with my University ID badge hanging upside down from my belt.
I do hope that it’s not a sign of distress, like flying the Union Flag upside down is.
(Perhaps more distressing is how badly I tucked in my shirt for the photo.)

Spotted in my Comics.com newsletter:
Please welcome Tak Toyoshima, whose new strip, Secret Asian Man, is the first nationally syndicated comic strip featuring an Asian American as the lead character. The strip centers around Osamu “SAM” Takahashi—a struggling comic strip artist with dreams of hitting the big time—his wife Marie and son Shintaro. Through humour and […]

I just stumbled upon this Firefox advert on YouTube. It made me laugh.

Before and after: Windows Mobile 5 (left) vs. Windows Mobile 6 (right)
I’d read a few days ago that O2 would be offering a free upgrade to Windows Mobile 6 so yesterday I went in search of such delights, and lo! as it says in the good book: seek and ye will find: software update for […]

Cover of this month’s Terrorizer magazine, as shot by the talented Steve Brown
I remember growing up in the Scottish Borders in the 1980s how excited I was to get the next issue of Kerrang! magazine, or Raw! or Metal Hammer. I’d quickly turn to the album reviews and find out whether any of my favourite […]