Category: Daily

Aaaaah fudge. There’s an article out there on the web quoting id with the recommended min specs for running Doom III: “Todd Hollenshead, id’s chief executive, said Doom 3 will require: • A 1.5-gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 chip or AMD Athlon 1500. • 384 megabytes of memory. • Two gigabytes of hard drive space. •…

Woohoo! Summer’s here again! It’s blue & sunny this morning, & apparently it might stay like this for a while. Swansea University really should sort out WiFi network access on the beach. I’m sure my productivity would go up if no-one was able to find me. I might also get to use the garden I…

We just watched Road to Perdition. Top dads and sons movie, if you’re in that situation. Very good.

I’m avoiding the 5.30 intershitty as usual by getting on the slow 5.35. Less hassle this way with my bike. But what’s strange is that while sat on the slow train across the platform from the intershitty I can see the train manager checking tickets before they get on the train. What’s that all about?…

I was chatting to one of the ladies at work today, at Swansea University. She’s off on holiday next week but she told me, “there’s no need to go away anywhere when you live in Swansea, not with the Gower so near”. I’d have to agree – cycling alongside Swansea’s beach this afternoon in the…

I had a meeting in Cardiff today, so I got to spend a bit more time with Kim and Jack and work at home this afternoon. At the moment Jack asks for something by pointing and shouting, “uh, uh, uh!” The new, preferred method is to get him to point and ask, “please?” We’re getting…

Thank f**k it’s Friday (as usual). And I only did a 4 day week this week. I’m usually pretty knackered by the end of the week. I guess it’s the commuting. I’m usually very busy, but I’ve been in that state for years now, so it’s not just that. The cycling to and from train…

I had to skip swimming tonight because of the holes in my feet. Kim cut most of the skin away, but there’s an incut that’s got a little infected. Needless to say, it’s best to keep these things dry so I kept out of the pool. It’s germolined and sealed away from the world behind…

Ok, so there’s a problem with new mudguards. Now that my bike doesn’t sound like a baby’s rattle any more pedestrians keep stepping out in front of me :-\ My legs did stay dry this morning though…

Hey, hey! I fitted some new mudguards from Wiggle last night. (I chose the free delivery option and got them the next day – impressive!) Anyway, I’m chuffed because I’m sat on the train and it’s raining, contrary to yesterday’s forecast. I’m such a sad old man. I remember when I was a teenager I…