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Category Archives: Random Ramblings
Car maintenance
This morning I planned to do some simple stuff on the car. Maintenance has never been an issue for me and I’ve been working on engines since I was about six, to this should have been a piece of cake. … Continue reading
What is ‘SFW’?
I’ve just been updating my photography blog, a site I describe as “not entirely SFW” in the header, and it struck me just how arbitrary a definition that is. SFW – ‘safe for work’ if you don’t know the acronym … Continue reading
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The end of an era
I have been sitting at my keyboard for some time now trying to think of a suitable way to start this article. All the obvious ‘great man’ openers seem wrong somehow, and will be done far better by people who … Continue reading
Just rediscovered…
I’d forgotten I had this blog site. Now I know it’s here I’ll start adding things to it.
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A stay in a Yurt
The first thing I hear you all ask is “What’s a Yurt?”. Yurts are a sort of Mongolian hard-frame tent, traditionally made of a high-sided circular wooden frame with a conical roof, draped over with a large number of pieces … Continue reading
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How not to contact a prospective employer
This is one of the funniest email exchanges I have been involved in for a while. It all started around 11:30 today when I posted the following message on Facebook about an entirely unrelated incident in the office… “Some people … Continue reading
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First mobile post
One of the things I was hoping to find on the iPhone was a way to update this blog, and the phone did not disappoint. There is a free app that plugs straight into WordPress and allows me to create, … Continue reading
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Things you should not say to an auditor
With everything being regulated more and more, it is becoming increasingly common for businesses of all types to find themselves facing auditors. Even our members of Parliament are starting to realise that they are no longer immune. From safety inspectors … Continue reading
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Legislation vs Education
Once again it looks as though our government prefers the legislative approach to problem solving rather that the educational or persuasive one. Whether it is reducing the speed limit across great swathes of the capital to 20mph or raising the … Continue reading
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Beyond CCTV – The Surveillance Generation
It was a crisp clear spring morning as Simon climbed into his car, parked as usual outside his house in a space it had occupied every day for the last ten years. The mist on the windows cleared as soon as he … Continue reading
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Can holidays cause bad driving?
Does it just happen around me, or does everyone notice that after general public holidays there seems to be a short period where people forget how to drive? I’ve noticed for a few years now that every time we have a … Continue reading
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