Archive of 2007 May
Blogging about blogging
on May 31st, 2007 in General by Dan | 10 CommentsThis is my 383rd post (my 321st if you don’t count my mini-blog in the sidebar). As you are no doubt aware, these two numbers are both highly significant. 383 is the house number of the small condo in Washington DC in which Al Gore, the inventor of the internet,…
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For the birds
on May 30th, 2007 in Uncategorized by Dan | 9 CommentsThis is a bird feeder Amy and I made out of pine cones, birdseed, string and lots and lots of lard. We were both rather impressed with our effort, which is more than could be said for the birds who steadfastly refuse to go near it. Still, at least they…
Continue reading...Street urchins
on May 30th, 2007 in General by Dan | 2 CommentsFor some reason Evan and Amy’s nursery decided that as well as taking Monday as a bank holiday, they would take Tuesday off as well. I imagine this decision left a lot of parents frantically looking for alternative childcare, but fortunately I had the day off anyway. It did mean…
Continue reading...Passive aggressive notes
on May 28th, 2007 in Uncategorized by Dan | Comments OffPassive aggressive notes. Perhaps not all of them are passive aggressive in the strictest use of the term, but they are amusing none the less. The ones in my office are usually laminated. Bookmark It
Continue reading...The trouble with twigs
on May 28th, 2007 in General by Dan | 7 CommentsThere are many objects in this world that can cause pain and misery. Guns, flick-knifes, explosives, Céline Dion. We are fortunate in the Hughes household in that these sort of things do not have any significant impact on our lives. The closest we have come to the atrocities of this…
Continue reading...Buddies
on May 28th, 2007 in Uncategorized by Dan | 1 CommentWho said debating skills are dead
on May 27th, 2007 in Uncategorized by Dan | 8 CommentsFlickrvision
on May 27th, 2007 in Uncategorized by Dan | Comments OffFlickrvision. Combines Flickr and Google Earth. Pretty damn cool. Bookmark It
Continue reading...Foiled again
on May 26th, 2007 in General by Dan | 1 CommentI received the following email this evening: Subject: Evil man Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 17:33:50 +0200 From: “Singh, Sandip” [sandip.singh@******.com] To: dghughes28@yahoo.co.uk Dan, I used my NASA-supplied, biodegradeable image intensification software on one of your photos, and managed to reveal some previously hidden detail – all I can say…
Continue reading...Salsa lessons are all very well, but what about the Doritos?
on May 25th, 2007 in General by Dan | 3 CommentsThere are hundreds of different activities and classes on offer at Centerparcs. They all cost extra and if you participated in all of them you’d have to remortgage your house by the end of the week. While we were there we generally kept to the free stuff – the playgrounds,…
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