May 2003

On this, the eve of my thirtieth birthday I guess it is fitting to reflect on the years before this day. It’s odd to be leaving behind my twenties, because in a way I was never in them. Confused? I’ll…

Now that Ben and Helen’s father (damn him!) has come to Iceland, it’s necessary for the story to unfold for him to “written out” – or in other words – left to stew in a Reykjavik geothermal pool for a…

Now that Ben and Helen’s father (damn him!) has come to Iceland, it’s necessary for the story to unfold for him to “written out” – or in other words – left to stew in a Reykjavik geothermal pool for a…

It’s those cakes again… …this should give the hoards quiet – if but for a bit…

Well, decorating done, home page done, novel under way and (ditto) the chelsea buns for Thursday – ooh work colleagues are sooo demanding when it comes to birthday cakes… Just time then to post some photo’s of the new (pistachio…

Over the weekend (amongst the aforementioned novel writing, baking and decorating) I successfully managed to update my home page ( here ) to valid XHTML Strict. The problem is, is if I comply with the XHTML DTD, Netscape won’t display…

Apparently… You’re Tigger. Playful and fun-loving, you enjoy hanging out with friends even though you don’t always have to be the center of attention. You’re never pessimistic or sluggish. Your enthusiasm is at once endearing and over-the-top. You’re the quintessential…

I am tempted to enter the world of broadband internet connection, so that I can be online for longer and faster… Currently all my tele-communications come from OneTel (that’s internet, landline, and mobile) – internet being on the as much…

Almost at the point of crying out to tinyjo for more CSS help to do with inline images here I have pleased myself by solving the problem all on my own. And now I have converted the entire about section…

Thanks to tinyjo both my links pages (both relevant and irrelvant) are now live as valid and strict XHTML 1. There are still some problems with the javascript drop-down menu system (mainly in netscape) but this seems to be with…

After a little bit of confusion and much tweaking to the file and brain alike I have managed to convert my ( irrelevant links ) page into Strict XHTML 1.0 that parses! My first DTD-valid page!! Yippee!!! (…something curious has…

A conversation tonight with my Icelandic cousin, Elva Brá – studying in England at the moment: Thomas says: …but then I shall write more to my novel Thomas says: I’ve been doing quite well recently… Elva says: Hmmmm, not sure…

A conversation tonight with my Icelandic cousin, Elva Brá – studying in England at the moment: Thomas says: …but then I shall write more to my novel Thomas says: I’ve been doing quite well recently… Elva says: Hmmmm, not sure…

They’ve started building (a new gym?) next door to us on the business park and they’ve got this big tall machine thing with some kind of huge weight attached, which they drop down into a hole in the ground. It’s…

Just as I was about to leave for work this morning I had a phone call from my mum – to let me know that my Gran has died last night. I’m now in a strange, mixed-up mood of sadness…

I’ve changed the name of Ben and Helen’s cousin. I’ve never really been completely happy with Gerður – it has a nice meaning for me but it doesn’t sound right. So she’s now called Hanna Katla – Hanna Katla Baldursdóttir.

I’ve changed the name of Ben and Helen’s cousin. I’ve never really been completely happy with Gerður – it has a nice meaning for me but it doesn’t sound right. So she’s now called Hanna Katla – Hanna Katla Baldursdóttir.

Tuesday is my day for swimming. It’s also my day for shopping. I live in Bicester (north of Oxford) but the pool that I like is in Abingdon (south of Oxford). This is okay because I work in Oxford. If…

Tuesday is my day for swimming. It’s also my day for shopping. I live in Bicester (north of Oxford) but the pool that I like is in Abingdon (south of Oxford). This is okay because I work in Oxford. If…

Ben quickens his pace, sidestepping past his parents, aunt and uncle, along the kerb stones to draw alongside his cousin. With the cord wrapped several times round his fist he grips the duffle sports bag by the nylon fabric. About…