Slacking from home

Worked from home yesterday. One of the advantages of my job is that, when necessary, its usually not a problem to work from home. We have a fairly reasonable RAS so its not too difficult, and you have the same level of access you’d have in an office (only slower). Incidentally, no, I didn’t spend… Continue reading Slacking from home

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Shhhh…quiet everyone!

Mummy’s coming to visit!! That ‘s right, this weekend my folks are finally coming to visit us in London. I’ve leave aside the minor digs about the odd time my Mum’s been in London and not managed to come over [oops!] and carry on, shall I? They’re lucky actually – compared to our old flat… Continue reading Shhhh…quiet everyone!

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New access provider/partial host!

Over the last MONTH I’ve been trying to get our ADSL reconnected in the new flat. It seems that keeping the same telephone number produces untold problems for my previous host. After twice ordering a new account online, and twice getting the “everything’s ok” page, but no service (and some rather random emails), and after… Continue reading New access provider/partial host!

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Wish I’d spotted this earlier…

Major linkage in this article, which currently causes havoc with the front page fragments – hence this intro text. Ok, in work early this morning and quickly checking emails & websites before starting and came across a few things linked from B3ta which made me snigger. Top of today’s hit parade was topical for the… Continue reading Wish I’d spotted this earlier…

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He-he-helium balloons

Last night we bid farewell to Karen, in an entertaining drinks & nibbles do in the largest meeting room. I’d been asked to prepare a “This is your life”-type video tribute to her, and so had asked around and managed to procure a few photographs, persuaded her with my mendacious charm to let me take… Continue reading He-he-helium balloons

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