So, that’s our (Dad and I) usual route. That first pic is the way we go from our house to Muroe, and the second is (meant) to be from Muroe to home, but Google Maps can be awkward. The correct route is the middle one (with two white dots on it) So we began fine, [...]
I think I’ve gone south of the border. I’ve crossed the great divide. I’ve past the point of no return. I’m sleeping for pleasure. I’m now waking up at 8am, checking the time, doing a good impression of John’s “Naaaaaahhhh mate and just rolling over and going back to sleep. Sleep is no longer defined [...]
Name: By Royal CommandAuthor: Charlie Higson# of Pages: 354 Overview In late 2004, the Ian Fleming Foundation (IFF) approached writer/talk show host Charlie Higson to write a series of books based on James Bond’s childhood. Higson took a risk by taking on the series. Fans were not happy at the idea of such a (as [...]
My results of my first test of secondary school came back today. A lovely little 92% :) _First day in the ICT club, where we messed around with an online comic strip creator. The resulting comic is what my teacher called “unusually macabre for a first year”. Hm…. If I were to do it again, [...]
My early morning perusal of the BBC website threw up this little gem Officials in an Israeli city have come up with an innovative way of tracking dog owners who allow their pets to foul the streets – DNA analysis. I think it’s fantastic. What TV show was it that said: “It’s a brilliant solution [...]
Everyone who isn’t already using StatCounter (or something similar to it), USE IT. Even if you’ve already got something recording how many people visit your blog, SC can provide a whole host of information on other stuff. Such as… 1.0. What country people are reading from: Ireland leads, with Canada following behind. America comes in [...]
1. Music in School As I mentioned, we had a double music class today and I was, as expected, asked to play drums. OK. Wow. I’d been warned by an assortment of people that the school drum kit was a pile of fail but nothing really builds you up for that moment of dawning realization [...]
Found this out today… Of the 30.5 million calls to the emergency calls that were made in 2003, a staggering 52%, or 16.1 million were not proper calls, ones that needed immediate action. BT teamed up with the Deputy Prime Minister to try and fix this in an attempt to stop unnecessary and potentially life [...]
Right, welcome to the new (and final) look for Trust Tommy. Lots of messing about with templates and everything, but that’s stopping. What you see now is how TT is going to look for a looong time. Also decided to opt out of the short, 2 sentence posts four times a day in favour of [...]