Archive for 'Personal' Category
Brief website update
11 March 2008It’s been ages since I last blogged anything, so this is merely a self-serving post to remind the world that I’m still alive and point out that I’ve updated a couple of my websites.
To begin with, now that I no longer have any need for a website advertising freelance work, I’ve redesigned www.good-stuff.co.uk to be […]
Stuff for sale!
27 July 2007I’m selling some stuff on eBay at the moment. Currently on offer is a box of ex-BBC open reel tapes, and a box of audio cartridges. Go on, take a look - you know you want to!
Mess! Oh, yes!
30 December 2006Someone recently drew my attention to this blog post, referring to this NY Times article on the delights of a messy desk and “closet” (which is USian for wardrobe). Messy people are more creative, have more agile minds, and earn higher salaries than their tidy-minded friends and colleagues. With the exception of a higher salary […]
An afternoon at the panto…
19 December 2006One of the benefits of working for a radio station is that we get nice freebies every now and then. Yesterday, we all took the afternoon off work and wandered round to the theatre where we had free tickets to Aladdin. And not just tickets to the show, but a VIP room beforehand and during […]
The PersonalDNA thing
14 December 2006This appears to be doing the rounds of various blogs and social networking sites. This is me:
Reserved Leader
Letter to Sky
14 December 2006I was supposed to be getting Sky+ installed today. It didn’t happen. Sky’s customer support has been useless. Here’s a letter I wrote to complain:
Dear Sir,
I am writing to you in connection with my order for Sky+ and Multiroom, which was due to have been installed today (14 December 2006), job reference xxxxxx. So […]
Where were the cats this morning?
1 December 2006I’m usually the first in the house to get up, and it’s often interesting to see where in the house I find our three cats first thing in the morning
Today…
Cat 1 (Slinky, aka “the black cat”) was asleep on on a discarded towel in the bathroom.
Cat 2 (Sproingy, aka “the black and white cat”) was […]
New baby!
15 September 2006If any of my regular readers (ie, both of you) have been wondering why there hasn’t been anything new on this blog lately, it’s because I’ve had my hands full (often literally) with the latest addition to our household. Eleanor Goodge was born at 23:45 on Saturday 9th September 2006. Photos, for those who find […]