I was pondering on the train home (and let’s face it, there’s not a lot else to do on trains but ponder - pity yourselves if I do land the job that requires a 2 hr 30 daily commute) what it is that makes online acquaintances into friends? What is it that gives us [...]

I have a wonderous little penguin animation that S. from work emailed me today - it’s a gif and the looping just gets old after about three cycles so I don’t want to post it, but if anyone wants to see it, just drop me a line and I’ll send it to you

I take a bad picture – I rarely, if ever, look even halfway respectable in pictures that are taken of me. There are about two pictures of me that I can look at and not cringe. The “Hat” picture which graces the About page is one of these. My graduation picture is most definitely not. [...]

Times are, the round of emails from colleagues actually throws up a gem or three…
(All the following are on Flickr, so click to see full size).

And my favourite…

If a paperclip is a “trombone” in French, what is a trombone?
(Staring at a box of paperclips all day in the office. Sorry.)