The Temple of Bague Wasting bandwidth since 1997 - Now in our 27th wasteful year!
Ramblings / June 6, 2008 / John / 1
So anyway, long-term nelefans will know that I’ve attempted to stop smoking many times. Well, it’s time to do it again, but this time with the help of my trusty ipod, a Nike+ running thingy, some science and some stats! See I’m a sucker for stats – nothing motivates me more than shaving a few seconds
Ramblings / June 5, 2008 / John / 1
They all seem to come along at once! On the 9th of this month, my wife and I will have been married for 19 years. What a scary thought! Then, on the 12th, nelefa.org celebrates its 12th birthday! And they’re both remarkable events – the wedding anniversary because it’s incredible that my wife has put
Ramblings / June 2, 2008 / John / 1
I’ve never been to Highland Games before (although I’ve seen them on the telly) and being in the town five miles down the road it was rude not to go. And it was completely awesome. We all basically just sat about on the grass for a couple of hours watching the larger and hairier variants
Ramblings / June 1, 2008 / John / 3
 deKay occasionally posts a screenshot of his current desktop on his blog, just so people can see what wallpaper he’s using. Well, this is a bandwagon I’m happy to jump on, given how frequently my desktop wallpaper changes. It often has a picture of a member of my family on it, and on those occasions
Ramblings / May 29, 2008 / John / 0
I’ve just taken a cold call at work. It went: “Good afternoon, is it you that looks after the ‘phone systems in your organisation?” “Yes,” I say, “that would be me.” “Ah excellent. My name is XXXXXX and I’m calling from Primus. Do you know anything about voice over IP?” “Yes. Yes, I do,” quoth
Ramblings / May 27, 2008 / John / 0
Well, my lovely wife not only managed to raise a fair bit of sponsorship for the local school, but she also managed to complete the 5 kilometer race in quite a respectable time! She had originally planned to dander round at her own pace but then realised that a lot of the others were quite
Ramblings / May 19, 2008 / John / 1
One of the nice things about working in Musselburgh is that it’s a lovely place to be on a sunny day. This lunchtime, safely cocooned in my ipod, I went for a wander down to the harbour (literally across the road from work) and sat there for a wee while eating my lunch, then went
Ramblings / May 18, 2008 / John / 1
So, the fuel price is calculated (roughly speaking) as the actual price, then the duty, then the VAT (yes, that’s right folks, you pay tax on the tax!). So let’s take the VAT off that price. 102.8p OK, each litre of diesel has 54.68p duty on it. Let’s get that off as well. 48.2p That’s