Friend by enemy…
Last week, in preparation for the Six Nations match of England v Wales, the BBC put out a video of Elijah Wood reading To Others Than You by Dylan Thomas. I believe it is only available from… Read More »Friend by enemy…
Photography, Books, Arts and Sports
Photography, Books, Arts and Sports
Optimist
Optimist: Someone who figures out that taking a step backward after a steer forward is not a disaster… it’s more like a cha-cha…
Sochi Winter Olympics – Google Doodle
I quite like what google have done with their Doodle for the Sochi Winter Olympics….
Now Reading: Shady Characters
Actually, I started reading this some time ago. I even had a chance to interact with the author and get mentioned in some posts!
Resolutions…
New year’s resolutions you can actually achieve: Don’t try to be a hero, just pick one book and read it Once, just once, go to bead at 9am. Do it on a Tuesday! Grow… Read More »Resolutions…
Putney Tides – predictions for 2014
I couldn’t help noticing that “Putneysw15” web site published in December a list of predicted dates and times when there will be “exceptional high tides” at Putney bridge. They showed the data from the Port… Read More »Putney Tides – predictions for 2014
Beard
Trying to grow a beard might seem easy: you just let it do that, grow… However, I am just realising there is more to meet the eye, or the beard as it were. I have… Read More »Beard
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 33,000 times in… Read More »2013 in review
The numbers of the year 2013
Source: BBC News Magazine What were the most significant numbers of 2013? Several experts name their favourites, and explain why. David Spiegelhalter, Cambridge University: My number of the year is 7.3. This is the average response… Read More »The numbers of the year 2013