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I was clearing out my hard drive and came across this picture, which I’d quite forgotten about. It’s the scan of an old page from the November 1988 issue of MacUser that I found when I was putting together […]

It’s the 3D sudoku puzzle. Simply arrange the sides so that each one displays the numbers 1 to 9.
I don’t know. Perhaps it’s just me, but this reminds me of something. Can’t quite put my finger on it. Six sizes. A cube made out of blocks. Perhaps a different colour on each side, which you […]

I have spent the weekend not doing the things I should have been doing. Most specifically, I’ve not worked any more on researching the book. Or writing the damned thing.
I’ve not been idle. I’ve now made two batches of toffee: one butter and one treacle. I’ve visited Andrew and looked at the 22 staples in […]

Two hours of inconsistencies.
The following contains spoilers.
The premise is simple: Nicole Kidman is a multilingual interpreter working at the UN, and overhears talk of a plot to assassinate the corrupt leader of an African nation. She reports it to the UN security team, who gets the US secret service involved, a chase ensues and, eventually, […]

Everyone remembers their grandparents for different things. One of the things for which I remember my grandmother is her cooking, and in particular the toffee she used to make when we all had colds. It is a lot softer than the toffee you get in the shops; very buttery and sweet. So today I set […]

If you’re ever looking for me at lunchtime then, at least one day every week - sometimes two - you’ll find me in the British Museum. It’s a few minutes’ walk from my desk, and packed to the gills with fascinating stuff, like mummified sacred bulls stolen from Egypt, precious marbles stolen from Greece and […]

This story appeared on the front page of CNN this afternoon:

And at the same time this one appeared on the front page of the BBC:

That 3,500 member troop increase is an enormous number when you realise that the UK currently has only 850 personnel stationed in the country. They are being sent as part of […]

Proper cold in the garden this morning.

Now call me naive, but I just don’t get it. Where are they going to store this artificial sun? It’s life size. That’s going to take one hell of a big warehouse.

Me estis simila malbona knabo. Me havis laboron fari, sed me ne gxin faras gxis hodiaux vespere. Hieraux, mi ekfaris gxi, sed la familio da Paulo arivis por trinki kafon je dekunu horo, kaj gxi estis unu kaj duona horo antaux ili iris kaj mi povis dauxrigi.
Hieraux vespero, ni iris al domo de patrino kaj […]