Other stuff Archives

Recovery from malware

Post date
2019-10-30
Posted in Other stuff

We’re back! And hopefully malware free…

We have no neutral honorifics left for women

Post date
2018-01-05
Posted in Other stuff

Virgin Trains’ recent PR disaster with honey/pet/love reveals another issue caused by centuries of everyday sexism – we don’t have any neutral honorifics left for women.

Why I’ll be voting Labour tomorrow (probably)

Post date
2017-06-07
Posted in Other stuff

I think I’ve decided today that I’d be voting Labour. The logic is below, not to try and persuade you to do likewise, but more to work through my reasoning out loud.

“Ethnic cleansing” protects those guilty of genocide

Post date
2016-10-06
Posted in Other stuff

In a post that sits firmly in the “other” category for this blog, I want to talk about the definition of genocide, and why that definition is important.

Two more things about apples

Post date
2016-07-30
Posted in Garden, Other stuff

So, it’s been a while, eh? It’s not you; it’s me. Or rather, it’s the after-effect of having two small children – micro-DarkerSide is now nearly five months old, and by the time we’ve got both her and her two-year-old brother down to sleep in the evening I’m a comatose wreck. I don’t aim for […]

DarkerSide.org – with added security!

Post date
2016-05-21
Posted in Other stuff, Slider

DarkerSide, now with the attractive green padlock of https!

Planting two apple trees

Post date
2016-03-14
Posted in Garden, Other stuff
Tagged with apple, arthur turner, cambusnethan pippin

I mentioned that we’d moved house last month. Aforementioned new abode not only comes with that most decadent of accessories; a garage (no more losing washers between paving slabs for this amateur cycle mechanic), but also a disturbingly large garden. (To clarify, we’re not talking acres here, but for someone of my limited horticultural horizons […]