January 2004

On Monday night I put in my first order for the new Jessops Pixology digital printing service. Today, I got the photos back in the post, including my 10 introductory 7×5 prints. They are fantastic. I like my colour printer,…

I’ve been working on a new look for 2004 for my website. So far I’m pretty happy with it, with all the layout being governed by css for the first time ever – the power of css – ’tis beautiful….

The shortest day is the 21 December, right. So how come before two days before then I would arrive at work in daylight (okay, the glorious aftermath of sunrise) and yet, now a clear two weeks after the shortest days…

Enjoy spending the day in *a very growned up way* – I can’t think of a better way as to celebrate than going to see Peter Pan (I want to see it too, but the cinema times round these parts…

Thanks to soulsong, for pointing me in the direction of this gem Hrrm… looks a lot like East Anglia, except perhaps a little browner. No, in all seriousness, ’tis a facinating photograph of Mars – if Mars it turns out…

In correspondence with cogenthought I was reminded of her recent post whereby she talks about growing out her hair after posting her new userpic of herself a few years ago and noone recognising her… …it brought to mind the video…

Mark Haddon’s children’s-adult crossover book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has deservably won the Best Novel award (though strangely in the adult category not the children’s – hmph!) and is now up against David Almond’s The…

“His Dark Materials […] runs until 20 March, has been such a hit at the box office that all 126 performances in the 1,100-capacity Olivier auditorium are sold out, although 30 seats and 64 standing places are available each day”…