31 Jan 2014

Revealing the Library Folder in OS X Mavericks

My post on Revealing Lion’s Hidden Library Folder is by far the most popular post on this blog. It seems that plenty of people thought that hiding the Library folder in the Lion release of OS X was a step too far, and plenty of them wanted to un-hide it. It seems that Apple might have realised […]

22 Jan 2014

Birthday

Birthday

Yesterday I turned forty one. Last year, a few days before my birthday, I went on a long walk around Bristol and Leigh Woods in the fresh snow. The walk through the woods was so lovely that I’ve decided to try turning it into a birthday tradition. Yesterday there was no snow, so I decided to explore […]

16 Jan 2014

Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning

You might find some strange, occasional hiccups with this blog and possibly its RSS feed over the next week or two.

12 Jan 2014

Obsolete Paper

Obsolete Paper

It’s Spring. Or it feels like it, anyway. So I’m pruning my (paper book) library, picking out anything from the shelves that I’ll never read again, or that has no sentimental value, and chucking it into a cardboard box to be taken to a charity shop. Sadly, though, there are some books that shouldn’t even […]

22 Dec 2013

Favourite Photo of the Month 2013

Favourite Photo of the Month 2013

As is traditional, here are my favourites of my own photos of 2013. Not necessarily the best photos of my year, technically, but the ones I like the most. January: Esplanade Road. Portishead. Taken on a tired, headachy day when I told myself that I might as well go and do something creative as mope around the house.