View from the Potting Shed

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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 […]

Kidney beans don’t get high blood pressure.
Bill e Bob left a comment on my last post “PC absolution” saying “Enough of this techno-geekery, where is your devastating review of the rugby? I think in the words of our more aggressive football-supporting brethren, ‘It’s all gone quiet over there’”.
It’s all gone quiet for one special reason: […]

This morning I’m going back to work after three days off sick.
It started with my feeling really tired on Monday afternoon — I went straight to bed when I finished work. By Tuesday morning it was clear that during the night someone had coated my throat with shards of broken glass. I slept for much […]

It turns out that Microsoft have been listening to the voices of impoverished students across the globe and are currently offering Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate Edition for only £38.95 (the RRP is £599.99) as part of their The Ultimate Steal promotion.
What you get
Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate Edition includes:

Word 2007
Excel 2007
PowerPoint 2007
Outlook 2007
Groove 2007
Publisher 2007
OneNote 2007
InfoPath […]

My third monitor arrived this morning, which I installed very quickly. Tip: power down your PC first … I didn’t and for some reason it crashed.
I’m now going to be at least 33% more efficient now, and I now have a wider view of the already World Wide Web!
UltraMon has been a real bonus, […]

I’m not sure if this is in response to the “I love you” chalk graffiti around St Andrews just now, but I spotted this sign outside Zest, a juicing and coffee bar on South Street: “We love you too!!!”
… and free Wi-Fi too.

Walking to work this morning I was impressed with the quality of the graffiti in St Andrews:

I love you too!