Another few days to catch up on… once again I've been head down, arse up in programming mode writing more little doohickeys for my website. The most visually obvious of these is my map thingo, which with any luck I can keep reasonably up to date as I move about the place. I've got a…

Wow, just re-reading those last couple of messages it's no wonder so many folks emailed me saying I was a bit of a grumpy-guts ! It wasn't all THAT bad, I promise. OK, well today I wandered over to the Psychology Dept. of Oxford Uni to help out with a research study. It was a…

Is it just me, or does everyone experience “chain cockups” ? I know I've been getting this for a fairly long time now, and I keep thinking it's just my luck and all, but maybe other people get it too ? Who knows. I've already mentioned the job related nonsense going on for me at…

Well that's a hell of a way to start a day – I got a call from the recruiter dude saying that this job won't be starting until Wednesday now… I turned my phone off for a little bit to recharge it in the hostel dorm, and when I turned it back on there was…

I haven't really said much this week, primarily because I haven't been DOING much. Mainly I've been keeping a low profile (because the funds are ticking away), and showing Geraint around the place. On Tuesday we went to The London Eye, which is a giant skywheel thing which apparently gives the best views there are…

A friend sent me a pretty cool photo today. It's of a label on a bag of some sort – an American product – and as part of the washing care instructions in french it adds “We're sorry our president is an idiot, but we didn't vote for him”, or words to that effect. It's…

OK, that's possibly a bit grandiose a title, but the point I'm trying to make is that I've spent the last couple of days taking Geraint around London – acting as a tour guide, would you believe !? I've only been here 10 weeks, and only 6 or so of them have been in London…

Just got back from seeing “Shrek 2” with Ciaran – we were *going* to see “Fahrenheit 9/11”, but upon arriving we discovered it was sold out. It seems that cinemas here are just as screwed as they are back home – for starters drinks & popcorn are about the same price as a modest family…

I haven't written much lately, and the chief reason for this is that I haven't DONE much lately! This week has mainly seen me bumming around the flat applying for jobs, listening to music, reading, and playing on the XBox. Not that I'm complaining mind you – it's been nice and relaxing! Hopefully one of…

OK before I start, I thought this was such a lovely picture of Nick that I might run some kind of caption competition for it. So, if you can think of something for the following photo, send it in a Story Comment by clicking the link below. And don't forget to make it publicly viewable….