Hmm… Explained the problem with my work PC to the “Help”desk dude, and he shook his head and said it wasn't the PC – it must be the software I'd installed on it, and set to work re-imaging the hard drive. I suggested it could be dodgy RAM, and he shook his head and patiently…

This just HAD to be commemorated on the web, I'm afraid. My antipodean compatriot and gig buddy Mr Paul Bird today was sporting the most impressive of moustaches, as was proper for a work cricket match. Sadly, the magnificence of the effort was lost on many of those present as “80's Australian fast bowlers” isn't…

Grr. Crap day. Lost half a day chasing silly code problems around in circles, largely because our database debugging tools don't play nice. Then PC at work melted down (stopped recognising hard drive). Waited an hour and a half for helpdesk guys to get me a working one, then an hour later (after I'd installed…

Just got back from my first ever yoga class. I'd just like to say that all misconceptions I had that I was getting any more flexible have now been thoroughly scattered to the four winds.

Have had a few comments from people about my life sounding pretty exciting and jampacked, and while I admit that I am having one merry hell of a good time, it's not necessarily all a continuous bundle of joy. Consider my Wednesday night, if you will: Since I was about 15 I've been using a…

There's a certain category of activity which can be described as “It seemed like a perfectly good idea at the time”. Wow, what a rush. A very bizarre way to behave, but a totally exhilarating experience!! I am of course talking about the much discussed & publicised abseil down Guy's Hospital Tower to raise money…

Before I launch into the description of the 450 foot abseil, I think it appropriate to quickly run over some of the highlights of the Great British Beer Festival trip from the other night. As most of my old work colleagues are a bunch of soft units & pikers, it was left to Lord Science…

It's now 10:45 on Saturday morning, and in an hour and a quarter I'm going over the side of a building. I've been asked several times if I've abseiled before, and of course coming from a fairly intense Scouting background I've done a reasonable bit of the ol' abseiling. The trouble is, the last time…

I've still got a whole lot to write up in here – aside from the Wales Trip, the Falconry trip, and several bits of morris dancing, there's now last night's mission to The Great British Beer Festival, and soon there'll be the 450 foot abseil for Cancer Research UK. All that can wait, however one…

So tomorrow's the day for the big abseil ! I'm absolutely bricking it, although not entirely surprised that all my well-intentioned plans of getting some practise in before the event haven't led anywhere useful. Happily, the forecast for tomorrow seems to be sunny. At this stage, I'd like to say a public HOOOOOOOOOJ thankyou to…