A Fresh Start

After all, why should I think when I’ve got such a universally intelligent readership?
Today’s questions are:

Has anyone been to Bergen? and, if so,
Would you recommend it as a holiday destination?

There’s a supplementary question for young ladies who qualify1:

Fancy a couple of weeks in Norway?

1 If you’re intrigued/interested, email me

As you may have read, Gordon Brown is cancelling the Home Computer Initiative whereby tax payers could get discounts on their home computers equivalent to their rate of tax by only having the net amount deducted from their salary at source (over a three year period in the case of the Evil Overlords).
Today was the […]

I was helping Stubby with some work today (very professionally, I hasten to add) and when we finished, I noticed her strike through the task on the infamous To Do list.
“So, where am I on this list now?”
“I’ve crossed you off. I thought I’d done you.”
“I’m fairly sure I’d have noticed that.”
I can take […]

The giraffe above will have to get changed in time, but what a fabulous theme, eh? […]

Loathe as I am to admit it, it wasn’t a bad day.
Here, though, are a few snaps from around the venue - partly to make my northern readership jealous.

Cherry blossom at All Saints’

Mulbo asked:
Wot did you think of your PhotoBox albums?
I have learned a few very important lessons (which I was able to pass on to Tall Andy before he ordered one for Kitten for Mothers’ Day).

Proofread every heading and description at least three times before clicking the “Buy now” button. Be especially wary of […]

The scariest words in business should be “Department Away Day”.
We’ve got one tomorrow and, presumambly to foister greater cross-team getting-to-know-you-ness, we’ve all been allocated to a table with representatives from various teams across the department.
I’m dreading it.
The day is due to finish with some sort of treasure hunt with the end destination being the location […]

A nice young lady has taken pity on me and sent me some useful advice:
When a boy wants to ask a girl for a date, there are several rules to follow and pitfalls to avoid. First of all, he invites her specifically for a particular occasion, giving her the time, the place, and the nature […]

Well, that was an interesting brief visit. Now let us never speak of it again.
Before the interruption yesterday I had made one brief stop en route for the broads, at Billingford Mill [map].

Billingford Mill

According to the Norfolk Windmills Trust plaque, this is:
a typical brick tower mill complete with Norfolk boatshape cap, fantail and sails. […]

I was about eight miles from the coast when my mobile phone beeped - that BT 1571 Text Alert service is very, very useful.
Change of plan, then. I’m off to Cardiff.

Friday: Light rain
Saturday: Light Showers
But fear not - British Summer Time starts at 2am on Sunday!
Summertime
and the living is easy.
Fish are jumping
and the cotton is …
Sunday: Heavy rain.
… sodden
Bollocks.

You know it’s not going to be a good day when - before 9am - you’ve managed to miss your mouth when taking a gulp of coffee.
A big gulp.
All over my t-shirt.
Nobody believed that it was a fashion statement and this is how all the Hep Kids are wearing their shirts these days (daddy-o).
However, things […]

One last puzzle pic for you.
If that’s my shadow1 and that’s my Kodak out in front of me1 … how did I take this photo then?
It’s a humdinger of a puzzler, isn’t it?
1 and it is

I looked at the map and my finger hovered like a pudgy divining rod. As is all too usual, it crept north and I spotted the end of a long distance footpath we all know. Sorted. Off I set.
My first stop was at delightful Blakeney Quay.

Blakeney Quay

Blakeney wasn’t my destination, though. Oh […]

I woke in good time (but promptly went back to sleep, waking again at a quarter to eight).
A quick shower later, I threw on work clothing and then spent fifteen minutes trying to find my car keys - they were in a jacket I’m sure I’ve not worn for at least a week! I […]

Any PHP/MySQL tinkerers out there will love this - Webserver on a stick.
It does exactly what it says on the tin!

No pitter patter of paws closing in on me whenever I pass within 10 yards of the fridge
A disconcerting amount of floor space in the bathroom where the litter trays were
Not getting bundled aside when I get home by a feline desperate to get out.
No demanding miaows when she wanted out. Or in. […]