July 2011
1 post
You otter visit →
So we visited my home village over the past weekend, and on one of the days went for a few hours to the Otter Pool, the almost-dried riverbed of the Dee created when the river was dammed…
January 2011
2 posts
Dog of the Week (again!): Genghis Khan →
Hey, remember Genghis Khan? Bouncy, over-enthusiastic lurcher-type? Jenny warned him that nobody would want to adopt him if he kept being an asshole? Well, look at him now, after months of…
Dog of the Week: Hudson →
After weeks of work-enforced absence, we went back to BCDH today, and this was the chap we were asked to walk. Lurcher in shape but with a bit of Staffie colouring and bulk, Hudson was very…
September 2010
1 post
’Mato Masterpiece →
Jenny was given a tomato plant by her friend and colleague Angela, and we’ve been keeping an eye on it since it flowered a few weeks ago. The first fruit showed, swelled and then just sat there for…
August 2010
1 post
‘Appropriate’ design →
It sounds obvious to the point of trite, but it’s a misconception and a mis-framing I see too often: frequently, people talk about ‘good’ design as if it’s some kind of empirical, objective ideal. I…
July 2010
3 posts
Dog of the Week: Red →
This little pocket rocket of a Staffie is called Red, and at the time of writing, he’s available for adoption at BCDH. Pant-pant-pant!
Five things I’m thinking about right now →
Five blogs for the price of one, following an open invitation from Ian (who was himself inspired by Matt, Alice, Ben and Dan)… What can it do? Run software, dumbass… Mention or dumbly…
5 things I’m thinking about right now
Five blogs for the price of one, following an open invitation from Ian (who was himself inspired by Matt, Alice, Ben, and Dan…
What can it do? Run software, dumbass… Mention or dumbly hand an iPad to a non-geek and they’ll ask you what it can do; a geek would never do this because a geek knows that it runs software. And with software, the more useful question, especially in the context of Apple’s...
June 2010
2 posts
Dog(s) of the Week: Bongo and Nina →
Because it was so hot today, we were only giving the dogs short walks, so I took two, one after the other. I expected to be handed Genghis again, but instead was asked to take out a couple of new…
Dog of the (past two) Week(s): Genghis Khan →
Genghis Khan – he of the floppy ears – has become my regular companion at BCDH, and, though the picture above was taken last week when I was on my own, Mrs P and I both went up today…
May 2010
3 posts
Wired on the iPad →
Wired has launched a true digital magazine for the iPad. Some thoughts, from the perspective of a geek who works in publishing: As a turbo-charged magazine, it’s very good… …but better can be done.
Paul Nesbitt →
I learned last night that a friend and industry legend, Paul Nesbitt, died following a heart attack. This is a shit thing that’s happened. Irrespective of his talents as a news hack of the very best…
Dog of the Week: Tess →
Of all the breeds we’ve walked, none have been as strong as the German Shepherd. Combine this with their relative indifference to us hoomans, and they haven’t been a particular joy to walk….
April 2010
1 post
Dog of the Week: Jazz →
It’s been quiet on the dog-walking front recently, partly through pressure of work, and partly because I’d been working with dogs y’all had seen before. Today, though, I was determined to get…