March 25, 2017
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Author Archives: Pete
February 22, 2017
A Story About Bottles
The pile of empty glass bottles in the garage was starting to overflow its box, so I decided it was time to drop it off at the recycling point on my way to work. I placed the box in the … Continue reading
February 10, 2017
Wheel Of Time
I can’t remember exactly who bought me The Eye Of The World by Robert Jordan, or when, but I definitely started reading it around May 2014. Since then, I have worked my way through the entire series, on and off, … Continue reading
January 31, 2017
Basingstoke Canal Walk (Part 2)
Back in December, a planned Saturday morning geocaching walk ended up turning into an eight mile canal walk. Last week, we decided to just go all in from the outset, and decided to walk from Farnborough to Woking along the … Continue reading
January 17, 2017
Gig Photography
If you listened to Uborkast last year then you may remember me mentioning my intention to try out some gig photography. Well, it took me a little while, but I finally got round to it! On Saturday night I took … Continue reading
January 6, 2017
Archive-diving Into 2002
Some thoughts on re-reading my blog archives from 15 years ago: It’s all very low-tech. At the time it was just a manually-updated page, so there were no permalinks, comments, categories, tags, RSS feeds or anything like that. My blog … Continue reading
January 5, 2017
Spectacular
I’ve been wearing glasses for about twenty-five years, and sometimes contact lenses, though rarely at the same time. My prescription has remained fairly constant for the last ten or fifteen years, and so it’s been an impediment that hasn’t given … Continue reading
December 11, 2016
Garden Furniture
When we first moved into this house ten years ago, we had no furniture, so we spent the first week making do with the dregs that the previous occupant had left behind. As a result, there was a certain amount … Continue reading