Monthly Archives: March 2006

We need another computer, but can’t afford one right now. So I thought I’d try and make use of an old laptop that was going spare – a Toshiba Tecra 8000. It had Windows98 on it, but was so slow … Continue reading →

Got a free CD-ROM with the newspaper yesterday, advertising Sony Bravia TVs. You know the one with the cool ad with all the colourful bouncing balls bouncing down hills in San Fransisco. The CD-ROM said Windows-only, but I looked at … Continue reading →

Overheard snippet of mobile phone conversation on the train this evening: “Of course the thing that he hates is the marriage proposal that comes with every cup of coffee…” Obviously I’ve been going to the wrong branch of Starbucks.

Trying to teach myself some programming again, I thought I’d give Apple’s XCode a whirl. After all, last week I found myself bemoaning the fact that when I were a lad all computers came with a programming language built-in or … Continue reading →

In a, frankly rare, moment of solipsism, I googled myself and discovered that there was a settler in a place called Southold in colonial New York called Giles Booth. (There was also an Obadiah Booth and a Mehitophel Booth too … Continue reading →