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Warning!
I have just discovered an interesting warning on one of the toilets in my department in Sheffield (I haven’t checked whether similar ones are on other toilets as well). It reads as follows: Any member of staff caught using the cistern to keep beer chilled will face a disciplinary investigation. — The Mgmt. This raises [...]
Autumn and New Year
A somewhat belated post, but here are some photos taken in the Autumn of 2011. These were taken in our old garden in Milton Keynes, in Simmonds Yat, and in Cambridge. Also some photos from the New Year’s party we went to in London. Good fun it was too .
Europeana Tech
Last week I spent three days in Vienna at the Europeana Tech conference. I have to admit that I did not see much of the conference itself, as I was heavily involved in the Hackathon. Just to clarify, a Hackathon is a strange event where you get a group of programmers into a room and [...]
Heatwave
We’ve been making the most of the heatwave that hit the UK in the last week and a half (it’s over now, unfortunately) by going out for nice walks in the countryside. The nice thing about the area around Milton Keynes is that there is a large variety in the possible walks. Our first walk [...]
Rosie and James’ Wedding
Last weekend we drove down to Dartmouth in Devon for Rosie and James’ Wedding (photos here). The trip down was relatively uneventful, except that as we got closer to Dartmouth it became increasingly misty. Arriving at our B&B (Hill View House, much recommended), we went for a walk around the town, which, although it was [...]
