Monthly Archives: September 2003

work and PC dreams

It’s 3.15am on Sunday. I’ve been working since 4pm. Before that, I helped Cath tidy and clean the house for 6 hours. Some Saturday. This build is due on the 6th for a Demo on the 8th. All going well, I’ll have the 9th-12th off to play golf and hang out with Lucy and Cath. [...]

another week begins

This is obviously some strange and excessive form of the sensation known as “tiredness” that I was previously unaware of.

ahoy, me hearties!

Arrrrr, in honour of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, here be the best of the Radsy Pirate Haiku. A feast for ye poxy eyes it be: Scott: Watch your mouth laddie lest you be feeling the sharp end o’ me cutlass The seven seas be where I be’in lookin’ for booty of all kinds [...]

international talk like a pirate day

Friday Sep 19 is International Talk like a Pirate Day. Avast ye, mateys.

24 hours

Just got back in the door. It’s hard to believe that I was in this living room about 30 hours ago and have been to Sweden and back since then. I’m tired. I was very kindly put up by min vän David, who cooked fellow Aussie Kim and I a super dinner before plying us [...]

home – sunburnt but happy

Fantastic trip. Over 500 miles in two days. Friday night was up to Betws-y-coed, a formerly tiny farming town now transformed into North Wales’ outdoor activity mecca. Being right on the doorstep of Snowdonia National Forest, it is a central point for all sorts of activities from mountain biking to sailing. After a solid drive [...]

wales

“Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to Wales we go with a big smelly truck and Bain and Karyn in the back hi ho, hi ho.” Yes, it’s the Welsh white-water rafting and Snowdonia-scenery-looking trip. Will the truck make it? Will we get lost trying to find Betwys-y-coed and other unpronounceable places? Will we offend [...]

haiku

Composing a poem in seventeen syllables is very diffic…

saturday

Wake. A day full of possibilities, diffuse sunlight warming my leg as I lie in bed. Bounce up, shower and perfect poachies. An energetic swim with Cath, followed by some upper-body resistance work in the pool and a short sauna. Cranberry juice in the gym cafe. Look at big flat-screen TVs in John Lewis, dreaming [...]

lightsaber theory

There is much consternation on the web about how a lightsaber would work. I have the answer. Take a monomolecular wire and anchor it inside the housing of the lightsaber, coiled by a magnetic field. When the lightsaber is switched on, the coil unravels and is suspended by a much stronger electromagnetic field – so [...]