By Gaz under Music
Tonight, nearby Kidderminster pub, the Wren’s Nest, held a fundraiser for victims of the flooding across England this Summer, complete with a raffle, live music, a bike show, fireworks and the ritual burning of a wicker man at the end of the night to cries of “BURN ‘IM!!”
We used it as a flimsy [...]
By Gaz under Martial Arts
It took me a couple of days to recover from the busyness of the earlier part of this week, so this blog is currently operating in a bit of a timewarp while I post articles that would otherwise have gone up a few days ago. I hope it doesn’t irritate you too much [...]
By Gaz under Travel
After last Friday’s abortive attempt to collect our Indian travel visas, I resolved to rejoin the very same queue before 6 o’clock this morning… which, in turn, involved getting up no later than 4:30am! Unfortunately for me, I was totally in-the-zone with what I was working at on Sunday night, and I didn’t notice [...]
By Gaz under Ramblings
If you’d like a free linkback in next week’s Sunday Link Love, just send me any cool links you find. It couldn’t be any easier to leech some of my traffic: go to the plugoo box in the sidebar; type in your blog url, add a link to something on the intertubes I might [...]
By Gaz under Technology
Following up on John Gruber’s recent post about iPhone web apps: I absolutely agree that right now there is definitely something that makes certain applications work better as a web application in your browser, where others seem more suited to running natively on the operating system. I’m also right behind John when he says:
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By Gaz under Travel
For anyone that hasn’t travelled to India, a time consuming part of the preparations involves securing a tourist VISA. In years past, I’ve always booked my holiday around July and once everything has been confirmed taken a day of work to visit the Consulate in Birmingham, arriving as soon as it opens at 9:30am [...]