Category Archives: Life

I stumbled on this nice account of the evolution of writing tonight. It’s amazing to think that the Greeks invented something that was then adopted by the Romans, who refined and bequeathed it to civilisations to come. Here am I, … Continue reading →

So, with Sarah still over on the Emerald Isle, I went to Chef Chu for dinner tonight. At the end of the meal, the waiter brought me my fortune-cookie. It turned out to be empty. I’m getting on an aeroplane … Continue reading →

PragDave‘s RubLog is a nice piece of software, but is missing advanced features, such as trackback and comments. On the other hand, it’s written in Ruby, so adding features is relatively easy. Nevertheless, I’m quite new to this blogging thing, … Continue reading →