Sitting in Starbucks Cambridge. I got up early is morning as I had to combat the jet lag. Last night I took melatonin so I could sleep. I hope it won’t last. It’s like something out of a Nazi party planned village as I sit here. The same cloned families with the same attitudes, clothes, […]
When I was young I used to love building things. Well, that’s not the complete picture, I used to love even more taking things apart. My mother told me once that when I was 5 she was sitting with my grandma at her kitchen table, I was crawling underneath and they realised I was loosening […]
I’ve come to the conclusion that the UK really isn’t a first world country. Yes, it does meet all the general critereon of a first world country. However, when it comes to infastructure things are so broken they really aren’t worthy of a first world country. Take this mornings journey as I fly out of […]
So I’m en-route to San Jose. I always take the train to the airport as it is a far more comfortable journey than a car. The trouble on a Sunday is that the trains aren’t very frequent and so you have usually to leave early. In my case this meant catching a 730am train. Not […]
I have a new favourite food. A new Chinese has opened up in Cambridge and it is fantastic. I’m actually at the point where I don’t feel I have to go into London to get decent food. The Peking of course is great and I’ve blogged about that before, but I find the ambience a […]
This weekend is when the usual Strawberry Fair happens in Cambridge. This year it’s been cancelled due to various reasons. I’m actually quite glad as from what I’ve seen it’s when the great unwashed descend on Cambridge. There’s enough annoying people in Cambridge, so why encourage more ? As a result of it being cancelled […]
I always say “what a difference a day makes”. I hope that’s the case over the next 24hrs. I’ve taken the long weekend off, did a bit of work, but still feel guilty about not doing enough. I have too many plates spinning right now and too much to do. It just seems like a […]
I bought a Sony eReader a while ago in the US (at the time the Amazon Kindle wasn’t available for the UK). I blogged before about it being a complete messy experience getting the content on the device. Getting iBooks running on the iPad on the other hand was a complete dream. As you’d expect, […]
… but for once not of the electronic variety ! I tend to carry lots of reports and documents back and forth between home and the office. This is usually in a separate tote bag (as carrying a small Windows work laptop and MacBook Air takes up a reasonable amount of space). They tend to […]
Walking in Muji yesterday and spotted some ice cube makers. I love how the Japanese think of novel and interesting uses and forms for things, really creative. I was looking at the strange shapes: The one on the left creates sticks of ice that you can then place into bottles of water etc. Very clever […]