I started this a while ago with the best of intentions. I had a text file on my laptop’s desktop with notes for future posts, which I was fleshing out with the aim of putting on here one by one. So what happened? I installed Windows 10 on my laptop and forgot I had this…
This was while I was in my third year at university, some time in the first term. I was then (as now) not much for being with people. Not through lack of desire, but through lack of social ability and confidence. Actually, that’s a bit like now as well. I’d been asked round to dinner…
We all make mistakes. I’m glad to say I only made one Big Mistake during the run of The King And I, and that was a simple error of omission. I forgot to come on. As Phrak Alack I only had one thing to say and do in one particular scene: Anna:I’m sorry His Majesty…
I started writing websites in 1996 or 7. These started as basic static sites, all with the standard format (about / more info / pictures / contact). The first was written in the DOS editor, wasn’t tested, probably had no real formatting other than some Hx/B/I/P tags. It was either about myself or my Morris…
There are a great number of things I’d like to erase from my mind. Many of them very small, some rather significant. Why do I want to do this? Because they still cause me discomfort in some manner. With many of these it’s a case of needing to love and forgive myself (a long journey),…
Back in 2001 I had an interview with Investors In People as some sort of webby person. Amazing employer, by the way, they really seemed to practice what they preached. Anyway, there I was in London. I’d finished my interview, I think I’d done a spot of shopping, and was sitting in a Cafe Nero…
The King and I is a great musical, with truly memorable songs. Actually, that’s the problem, I can’t forget them. Two in particular, the chirpily upbeat “Getting To Know You” and “Whistle A Happy Tune”. Please come soon Guys and Dolls, and rescue me from these blasted songs!
Oh, my poor poor teachers. How did you cope with me? I was a pretty clever young lad (seriously, I was a “gifted child”), but I was lazy, particularly as I got older. I coasted, and was pretty arrogant about it. What is the reward in teaching such a child? A child with promise, but…
Derva Murphy is an inspiration, and I’m so glad she’s undertaken the frankly daft journeys she did. The most amazing travel book I’ve ever read is her wonderful “Where The Indus Is Young”, where she describes her often perilous and arguably irresponsible journey through the upper stretches of the Indus in the winter with her…
I’ve started using Puppet at last. I first heard of it a good three years ago (I reckon), but didn’t believe it was suitable for my then environment. This of course was wrong, it’s pretty good for any environment. I’d come to understand this when I asked one of my team a year or so…