View from the Potting Shed

Now, firstly I’m not a customer of the Bank of Scotland, so I’m not entirely certain why they sent me this piece of junk mail, and secondly I’m no financial expert but I can’t help think that they’ve got something fundamentally wrong in the message they sent me.
It’s not been that long since the Northern […]

On Thursday afternoon Jane and I drove up to Kinloch Rannoch, which is a small town about 20 miles west of Pitlochry, itself about 30 miles north of Perth, bang in the centre of Scotland.
We were booked into the Macdonald Loch Rannoch Hotel for two nights, a modernised hunting lodge with an incredible view of […]

Last week I was on holiday. It was always my intention to blog as the week went along but I got too involved in other stuff, away from the computer.
I know! How weird. Anyway, here’s how the week went:
Sunday: Deacon Blue

Deacon Blue in concert, looking more like Deacon Purple.
Sunday was my birthday. I was […]

Let us pledge ourselves anew to the service of God
and our fellow men and women:
that we may help, encourage and comfort others,
and support those working for the relief of the needy
and for the peace and welfare of the nations.
The Promise of His Glory

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When the sun rose this morning, shortly after 07:00 I realised that it was a beautiful day outside: the perfect day to take a panoramic photograph of St Mary College’s quadrangle in St Andrews.
When I stepped out of the door it began to rain. And rain. And rain some […]

Brian May’s original Red Special

Ace Pro AE106 “Brian May Style Electric Guitar”
Ace AE106
I spotted the Ace Pro AE106 while flicking through a guitar magazine the other week. It caught my eye. “Ooh! a Brian May guitar,” I thought.
I had a closer look. It wasn’t. It was the Ace Pro AE106, which […]

This is one of my favourite Web 2.0 sites: Useless Account.
The best ideas are always the most simple.
With Useless Account you sign up, you login … and that’s it!
How many Web 2.0 online services have you signed up to, but have never returned to: have never discovered the full potential of its rounded corners and […]