Test Update
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Test update posted via Android
To cut a very long story short, the combination of my web host applying a software update and myself applying my usual thundering fuckwittery to everything I do has meant that I have managed to lose all of the blog posts between April 2008 and June 2010. Yes, I did have a backup. No, the [...]
Aside from tending to my various potted vegetables and my annual array of sunflowers, you will find that I spend very little of my time outside in the back garden of my house; you will usually find me glued to keyboard of my PC, playing on my PS3 or re-watching old episodes of Doctor Who [...]
A few months ago I asked you to suggest a name for my new plant. Expecting a torrent of potential names to be submitted from my intelligent and creative readership, I delayed the update of the website in anticipation of the overwhelming response. Nearly two suggestions were submitted. For the sake of argument, lets call [...]
Today I found myself browsing my local Apple Premium Reseller investigating my options for a new laptop (I am in the market for a Macbook Pro, for reasons that will eventually become clear) when I noticed they had the new Apple iPad on display. Eager to find out whether my well-know negative preconceptions were justified, [...]
The latest addition to my never-expanding indoor jungle is this Diffenbachia (Diffenbachia maculata)/Dumb Cane/Mother-in-law plant. It’s called a Dumb Cane because the sap is toxic – it can cause temporary speechlessness when touched to the tongue. It is especially dangerous to cats, which is only a good thing. Anyway, the plant needs a name. I’ve [...]
I have purchased two cups specifically for the purpose of drinking skinny lattes. My latte cups have already earned me much derision; I have already been called a ponce and a poof and my sexuality has been questioned. To ensure that I am put in my place and never think of doing anything like this [...]
I have a new addition to my living room. Unusually for me it is not a new piece of technology or some cheap Argos furniture – it is a plant! Meet Wilbur, my new Japanese Peace Lilly (Spathiphyllum). As you can see in the photo above, Wilbur lives by my telephone. He’s very eager to [...]
My New Year’s resolution for 2009 – update the World of Me more often than I do now! Have a happy New Year my jolly readers! May the year 2009 bring you much happiness, prosperity, cake and any other of those little things that make you happy!
I was very surprised to open a copy of last Sunday’s Observer newspaper and find a picture of my dad heading a very touching story about the repatriation of UK troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.