Seven wonders of the WHOLE world.
Take your pick of the wonders of the world, and pick some of the most famous landmarks in the world. To make it easier to pick, try this: does it make you think: Wow! How?...
View ArticleSoon to be 30
Yes it’s not long till I’ll have travelled around the Sun 30 times. During that time, The Sun has travelled about 227 Billion kilometres around our Milky Way Galaxy. I have walked about 10’000 miles...
View ArticleIt's Christmas time.
Merry Christmas to you! And for those who know me, here’s some Christmas present suggestions, in no particular order: Coffee Table / Nest of tables 32 Inch Flat screen TV Bookcase/ shelving. Desk (But...
View ArticleMe Tree – The family.
Just installed “PhpGedView” to my website. It’s a really nice genealogy package built on php. You can see it here: http://www.akademy.co.uk/gd/ Most of the information has been locked down, but if you...
View ArticleYep, I'm still here
So, it’s been a while since I made an blog entry – what can I say, I’ve been busy… I been working through my open university course, and relaxing at my new house. I’ve also been updating my other blog...
View ArticleResponse to Turing e-petition
I’m actually quite impressed by the Prime Minister’s response to the Turing e-petition. Quite often it’s just the normal government spiel. Alan Turing was one of the key men in the second world War and...
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South West US Road trip
Just back from my 18 day road trip around the south west of the US. A most enjoyable adventure. We drove across six states in total: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Nevada; on a...
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The Olympics
Just one of the venues at the Vancover Olympic There is something rather special about the Olympics. There’s very few things I’d stop up until the early hours watching,but here I am watching at 3am,...
View ArticleWhat is Englishness
The Independent had a short story on what, today, it means to be English, and if there is such a thing as “Englishness”. It mentioned the Town of Ripley in Derbyshire, just next door to my home town....
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Keep Calm and Carry on Coding
I’ve had a change of name, well the blog has. It is based on the poster which displays the text “Keep calm and Carry On”, this was originally created back in 1939 by the British Government and was...
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