One Brick at a Time

A round-up of the year will follow next week, I think, as I’m determined to update this thing more often. For now, a very quick summary of Christmas this year.
Presents received from my daughters:
A pair of slippers*
Various bags of sweets and chocolates
Presents received from my next-door neighbour:
Star Trek (2009) DVD
Presents received from the missus:
A radio-controlled [...]

When I visited Montreal at the beginning of April, I found myself facing a mobile phone bill of nearly £1,000. This was due to the fact that my T-Mobile G1 phone constantly polled the internet while I was there, racking up huge bills without me knowing.
I cancelled my Direct Debit (figuring it was easier to [...]

I got a call this afternoon from Guy Haley – the Editor of DeathRay Magazine. It was to tell me that DeathRay was no more. Despite fairly universal acclaim (it’s late and I’m tired, so I’ll put “fairly” universal if I want – it’s my blog, so there!) the magazine struggled to make ends meet [...]