Archive for August, 2005

(Nearly) Forgotten Bookmarks

Too late to get something together for “blogday” (here and here), so something else instead….
Most of the regularly read items in my ‘bookmarks’ folder are blogs, and most of them use RSS, so they appear as a drop-down tree in my browser, making them stand out to the eye, and easy to check for updates.
Sometimes [...]

August 31, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Liberal Elite: Marquis de Barred

I was going to write something cutting about THIS….
But having read what the realist over at Liberal Elite has written about it, I’ve decided I couldn’t have put it better myself.
Check it out here.

August 31, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Pedal for Scotland… done.

A huge thank you to those of you who sponsored me and the others for our cycle from Edinburgh to Glasgow. (50 miles… not a lot compared to the 1000miles of the Cardiff boys , but a challenge for us nonetheless!)
We did it yesterday! With the weather being possibly the worst of the summer, [...]

August 29, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Festival Stuff

I’ve just realised that with less than a week to go in the Fringe, I haven’t written anything really about it!
This is primarily due to me being in Poland for the first week, then being to lazy to do anything the second. So… here is a run down of the few shows I have been [...]

August 25, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Cycling Update

Justgiving – Samaritans Edinburgh – Glasgow Cycle
The grand total raised is just under our target of £500! A BIG thank you to those of you who have sponsored us already. Your support for the work of Edinburgh Samaritans is much appreciated.
The big day is on Sunday. We’ve just received the map and directions. It looks [...]

August 23, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Firefox – Rediscover the web

Another thing I have noticed from my stats is how many of you are still using MS Internet Explorer.
It’s rubbish. Trust me. Get Firefox and rediscover the web!! It’s a very useful little browser which allows tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking as standard, and because it’s open source, there are pages and pages full of [...]

August 19, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Pierogi Pierogi Pierogi

Ok, it seems to be a popular search term for this here little blog, so, in order to avoid letting people down:
Here is a recipe for pierogi
and here is a recipe for the Russian Style filling
Of course, you can experiment with all sorts of fillings (I understand MEAT is a popular one!) including the aforementioned [...]

August 19, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

A Mo-ism

“Bloody well get on and do it, otherwise I’ll head-butt you!” overheard talking to Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams at talks running up to the Good Friday Agreement.
A very sad loss.

August 19, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed