Raising money for Cancer research UK

Johanna is going to be running the 'Race for Life' in July for Cancer Reaearch UK and she is now collecting donations for them. If you're a UK tax payer you can give an extra percentage automatically using Gift Aid. MORE...

Happy new year!

There has been little activity around here for a while. A lot going on = less time to update, but the next few days should see a couple of new entries: as comment functionality is not currently working due to spam overload and my ISP blocking the comment-scripts because of the spam-load, I will answer some emails in the blog. MORE...

Xmas specials

Yuletide is approaching, and this has significance for believers in a number of religions, as well as for all those of us who enjoy time off and a stint of gift giving with our friends and families. Here are a couple of Xmas classics for the benefit of new readers: [...] MORE...

The Hiatus

So I haven't posted anything here for >2 months. Apologies for the regular readers (and if you aren't you probably don't care...) MORE...

Happy New Year!

To all friends, colleagues and random Internauts reading this blog - Happy New Year - I wish you all the best for 2006! MORE...

Post number 1001

The previous post was post number 1000 in this weblog. MORE...

How can I donate to earthquake disaster victims?

Check out Eliot's post here for instructions on how to get our money to the right hands (and for information on where you can donate some money yourself too!). I'll match his donations dollar by dollar. MORE...

Engaged!

The weekend in a summary: Nice town, nice hotel, nice dinner, nice ring. She said yes! MORE...

Boracay

Back from an unexpectedly long trip to the Philippines. MORE...

Upping the ante

Now every link to the charity websites listed on the Tsunami challenge webpage is generating ~US$ 3.28!! How? Eliot Landrum has generously committed to matching my final donation, as has my employer (through a program where they match employees' contributions dollar by dollar). In addition, since I'm a UK tax payer, the British Red Cross can recoup approximately an additional 28% on my donation. [...] It should be a no-brainer to get 370 additional blogger in on the deal; the total donation will now be US$ 1640 if we meet our goal! Go on! Get your fellow bloggers blogging for charity! MORE...

Great response!

So far so good, below are the charity-links-for-dollars 'Tsunami fundraiser challenge' entries I have counted so far. To be updated as the challenge progresses: [...] MORE...

Webloggers: Give to tsunami victims and I'll give too!

I want to challenge other webloggers: Whether you give money, time or whether you decide to share your link-power; if you create a post on your weblog front page or create permanent links in your blogroll and link to the below organizations, then link to my blog and this posting, I will pay US$ 1 to the British Red Cross. MORE...

Thoughts at the end of 2004

I have donated US$ 150 to the emergency work after the earthquake in the Indian Ocean and am challenging other bloggers to contribute similarly! MORE...

Broadening the mind, learning something new

Always eager to keep learning new stuff, I find Wikipedia to be a treasure trove of new tidbits to learn. Quality controlled through the communal wiki process, one is never guaranteed that everything is always right, but the contents are comprehensive and generally very well researched. MORE...

Hanging on to all five balls

''Each of us is given five balls. One is rubber and four are glass. The rubber ball is work. If you drop it, it will always bounce back. The other four glass balls are family, friends, health and integrity. If you drop them, they are shattered. They won’t bounce back.'' MORE...

Back

I'm back online after 3 weeks travelling, lounging, hiking and scuba diving in Greece. Another two weeks of vacation remain before work starts again... Aaah.. Summer.... MORE...

Time off

This blog is in for some seriouly low activity the next weeks, as I'm off to do some leisurely activities in warmer climates :-) MORE...

What is art?

An ironic comment on modern art? Meta meta meta of Tracey Emin's messy beds and installations of garbage? I'm not sure, but I sure wasn't too impressed. [...] MORE...

Streetcards.com feedback

I received my new ''street cards'' in the week-end. Uploading a cropped version of a recently published photo and typing in contact details; the process from ordering on their website to having the cards in hand took less than 5 days. [...] MORE...

Deliverance

Funny photo of a box that toured Europe a couple of times before arriving to me before the weekend... MORE...

Happy new year!

Happy new year! MORE...

Stolen Canon IXUS DIGITAL

While on vacation - never ever leave your stuff out of sight... MORE...

Extrospection.com

A new photoblog sees the light of day! MORE...

Reader feedback is fun!

Reader feedback is always fun. This one just came in via ICQ: MORE...

Selling the rights to digital photographs?

An advertising agency has been asking to acquire my permission to use one of my photos. What are other photo-bloggers' experiences with this? ... have others been approached regarding sale of images, and what are reasonable asking prices? MORE...

So far, in France

I've spent more than a week entirely offline and have enjoyed it immensely. Both my mobile phones have been turned off, as well as keeping the laptop shut at the bottom of my bag has made me well relaxed. I've had a good play with the new camera and will upload some photos the next days... MORE...

Summer vacations!

I'm off for three weeks. Don't expect to see me in the office or answering email, but do expect the odd blog-posting :-) MORE...

Portugese lesson #1

Hoje fiz um amigo e coisa mais preciosa no mundo não há! MORE...

Newly Digital: My first Internet connection

My first time online was from a laptop. Via a cell phone modem. Using the Mosaic browser. In 1994. [...] This is my contribution to ''Newly Digital: A distributed anthology of early computing experience.'' MORE...