Category: Daily

  • TDF Outage

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    Noooo! I’m in Swindon, trying to watch the deciding stage of this year’s Tour de France, but we’re under a huge thunderstorm & the satellite signal has been lost. Rivers in the street, hail of the size to put in your drink, & lightning almost in the garden. All because my sister planned a barbecue.

  • TDF

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    The Tour de France is really starting to get going at last, even if it is in the last week. Flandis (the yellow jersey) went bang in the hills, losing lots of time. That put him out of contention so the race is wide open again – who can win it? It’s the last day…

  • Shady Cycle

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    We’re having a really hot week. It has been above 30C every day so far, which is very warm for South Wales. I’m very glad of the sea breeze and of this very shady and cool cycle route to work and back.

  • Sky+ Mobile

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    I set up my Sky+ mobile recording options over the weekend, and downloaded the Java app to my phone. Wow! This is superb! Something useful for my expensive 3G data tariff at last (now that I’ve stopped commuting). This app is pin sharp, quick, and very useful. I don’t actually know if it works yet,…

  • Footy Photos

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    I was asked to take some photos of a friendly work kickabout. Some of those photos are up on the Photos page.

  • Summer?

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    Time to put the mudguards back on, I think.

  • Eye, eye

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    My eyesight seems to have been getting worse recently. I’ve caught myself a few times closing one eye when reading dark text on a white background on a computer. Over the last few days the (very big) text on the Sky+ menus has confused my eyes, and again I’ve had to close an eye and…

  • Boredom

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    Sam
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    For some reason today I am experiencing absolute crushing boredom. I have no idea why. I’m holding an exam next week, and I’ve been very busy with the term so far, so maybe it’s just the lull before the storm. I can’t even go out and run or ride it off because I did that…

  • New Shoes

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    I’ve been getting bored again recently. I’ve had to put an awful lot of hours into my job for the last couple of months to ensure that the students will be as prepared as possible for an upcoming exam, and because I’m organising two modules at once. Consequently I’ve had neither time nor appetite for…

  • Coke Zero

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    Sam
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    I have a bit of a coke problem. In that I often drink too much of it, and it contains far too much sugar. There seems to be a new branding thing here, but I’m not sure how this differs to Diet Coke. It doesn’t taste too nutrasweety (or maybe that’s just because I drank…