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Monthly Archives: February 2010
XP is a jealousy custard
The week started off with a bang this morning when I went into my office only to discover the frozen remains of my screen saver on the computer’s screen Continue reading
The Case of the Missing Servant
The Case of the Missing Servant marks the first appearance of Delhi-based private eye Vish Puri. Continue reading
Posted in Book review, Crime, IG
Tagged Book review, Tarquin Hall, The Case of the Missing Servant
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PC woes
What a miserable situation! Woke up a few days ago and my PC was dead in the water. The full story will be written as soon as I have something more convenient than my BlackBerry to do it on. Guru … Continue reading
Full House
I am always very happy to find a new Janet Evanovitch book in the library and, when I saw Full House on the shelf, I seized it eagerly. Continue reading
Posted in Book review, IG, Romance
Tagged bounty hunter, Full House, humour, Janet Evanovitch, Stephanie Plum
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Talky talky
Found online at the Daily Telegraph: I wonder what this lady was saying? “Hello, I’m upside down.” ??? Or maybe it was a true-for-a-change version of the old lie, “I’m stuck in traffic.” Make that really, really stuck!”
Posted in FishNet, General, Mobile
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Having a quiet word
Several times over the years I have mentioned tools which can be used for making blogging easy. Continue reading
CD cover
Sorting through my in-tray, the other day, I found the CD soul in a suitcase that local musician Rowan Stuart had given me in appreciation for some pictures I contributed. The first thing was to feed the disc into CD … Continue reading
Posted in General, PB, Photography
Tagged CD, Gig, Musicians, Rowan Stuart, soul in suitcase
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Durban @ night
Things have been a bit quiet on the photographic front. Not so much on the taking, as on the processing side. Nevertheless, I did like this one taken at the weekend on a trip downtown. It’s made up three of … Continue reading
Posted in Black and White, General, Panoramas, PB, Walkabout
Tagged Beachfront, Durban, Smith Street, West Street
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Letting the River Run
In the second of what will be an occasional series on YouTube videos that I have enjoyed, I present Carly Simon with Let the River Run. The term flashing grin must have been invented with this girl in mind. I … Continue reading
Polishing the chrome
One minute I was a committed user of Firefox web browser, and a minute later, I wasn’t. Continue reading