Monthly Archives: February 2011

Samantha picked a pasta meal from “The Classic 1,000 Pasta and Rice Recipes” entitled Spicy Farmhouse Pasta. I didn’t vet the recipe but just did the shopping. For two, the ingredients scaled down to: 120g rigatoni 10ml butter 150g streaky … Continue reading →

As is usual, I had Tweetdeck running and spotted one of the comedians I stalk follow (Sue Perkins) retweet Neil Knighton’s request for people to help out in a Twitter survey. [[Note 1 – Sue Perkins’ About Me on MySpace … Continue reading →

So I’ve munched through a packet of Kasugai peas that my wife thoughtfully bought me for Christmas. Anything dipped in wasabi is, of course, very tasty. Now I need to find the nutritional information on the packet to add to … Continue reading →

That’s it – 319 days after leaving Microsoft, I’m back to work in IT. Maybe the gap is a little larger than I expected but at last the nagging worry that employment would take longer to achieve than our savings … Continue reading →

First shock of the night – The Sub89 venue can have seating! So civilising. Second shock of the night – the support, Alan Clayson, was actually very good in a strange way. Third shock – JCC is a much better … Continue reading →

Tonight was our Valentine’s Day night out – not on the 14th as that would be pretty stupid. Who goes out on Valentine’s Day itself for a romantic evening? First stop was Dolce Vita in Reading with excellent views of … Continue reading →

Walking to the station this afternoon, I noticed the green leaves of daffodils pushing their way into the air and catkins hanging from twigs. So Spring is starting to make it’s presence known. Seems so early in the year, although … Continue reading →

Last night I made a freezer-clearing soup and have decided to see how healthy (or not) the mixture is. The bulk of the soup was a kilo (cooked weight) of seafood: 160g tiger prawn tails 250g Chilean mussels 240g tuna … Continue reading →

Internet Explorer 9 has now moved from Beta to Release Candidate so I’ve downloaded and installed the latest build. No real idea why I’m running IE9 instead of one of the other browsers. Better the devil you know, I suppose. … Continue reading →