Archive for February, 2008

Mum’s letter to the editor

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Mum had a letter published in the Selkirk Weekend Advertiser last weekend
There are still kind people about.
A friend and I travelled into Edinburgh on ‘Blue Monday’ for a hospital appointment. Heavy rain had soaked us and the bus was cold. A kind lady directed us to the right bus stop and told us where to […]

Error’d: TODO <File description>

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

You know what it’s like when you’re trying to get your new Windows desktop OCR application to meet the launch deadline, a few things invariably get left undone.
I was installing OmniPage 16 last night and was a little surprised to see ZoneAlarm pop up a message asking if I’d allow
TODO: <File description>
permission to access a […]

Ladies that dress like guitars, pt.1

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Because I’d once bought something online, probably as a gift, from the Marks & Spencerwebsite I now get a regular email newsletter showing me their latest goods.
In the last newsletter I spotted a woman dressed in what looked like … well, what looked like Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstein™ guitar.