Quixotic
I bought the new Edith Grossman translation of Don Quixote. It’s a beautifully bound hardback, and will be a pleasure to read, when I get round to it…
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave
MS Word – the perils thereof
F**king Word!! There are some things Word is good at. There are some that it is completely crap at. One of those is the classic mistake of using it as a DTP package. The thing just doesn’t work! I’ve been…
Don Quixote
This month saw the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first of part of Don Quixote. I’ve never come close to reading it, but it sounds like one of those books which deserves to be read. As it is…
Nation States
I’ve been playing Nation States for a month or so now. My nation, Wavuncular, is now classified as a ‘Father Knows Best State’, apparently. I’m not sure how this happened. The People’s Republic of Wavuncular is a very large, safe…
Feedreader pt. 2
Feedreader worked perfectly last night, but when I booted up this morning to check my feeds, it hung twice. Annoyed, I uninstalled it. I then tried the commercial alternative, FeedDemon from Bradsoft. I have a 20 day trial before coughing…
Feedreader
Feedreader is an offline RSS feed reader (duh…) which means you can log on, spend a couple of minutes downloading messages and then read them at your leisure. It’s free! Excellent!
Future Blogging
I’m really getting into the whole blogging thing now. Part of this has been my use of Bloglines and the increased number of blogs I’m reading. As I am more exposed to new blogs and new ways of using them,…
Forest’s chances
Not a great weekend for Forest. A 2-1 home defeat against Millwall leaves us further in the mire. The usual cliche about a new manager bringing with him a few points clearly isn’t a truism as well. I was disappointed…
This blog – what’s it for?
A good question. I’m liking this so much I think I’m going to make this my main blog. The WikiBlog can remain just that – blogging the updates and new pages on the website. Here is where I will do…
A Website for NSN?
On my Wikiblog, I posted thoughts on a possible website for the Norfolk Scrutiny Network. I’ve put together an email to the two people that run the Network: Karen, Mike Without wishing to go over old ground, I have been…