The Temple of Bague Wasting bandwidth since 1997 - Now in our 27th wasteful year!
Ramblings / March 26, 2018 / John / 2
Oh dear. I haven’t really been keeping my blog very current, have I? I guess things have been a bit strange over the last few months. I think that’s what the Chinese curse about interesting times means. It has certainly been interesting. But one door closes and another eighteen open. Sometimes you just have to
Ramblings / October 27, 2015 / John / 0
Updated 19/11/15, on account of these things having a habit of… growing. So, ModularGrid.net is a handy site. It allows you to populate standard sized cabinets with modules you own or are planning to buy. This is as handy as a handy thing for a number of reasons – mainly because it’ll let you
Ramblings / December 29, 2014 / John / 0
Well, it’s that time of the year, folks. That time where I blab on endlessly about my favourite stuff that I discovered in 2014. As ever, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s stuff that was actually released in 2014, just that that is when I discovered it. Though obviously some if it actually is new. First, though, the year
Noms, Ramblings / September 17, 2014 / John / 1
[EDIT] So, I’ve found that it’s generally easier to get a 2kg chunk of shoulder than a 3kg one, so I’ve tweaked the recipe over the last few months. It turns out that the only thing that changed, other than the pork-weight, was the amount of salt – reduced from 3tbsp to 2tbsp. Results are
Ramblings / September 12, 2014 / John / 0
So, at a presentation for the international media yesterday, Nick Robinson of the BBC asked Alex Salmond a question. Not only was it answered comprehensively, but it must have made some slightly uncomfortable listening for Mr Robinson. Here’s what happened. As state broadcaster, the BBC obviously had to cover this. Here’s what they broadcast.
Ramblings / July 28, 2014 / John / 0
So, with the demise of my previous Dwarf Fortress due to an unexpected flooding and all the carp-related issues that brings, it’s time to generate a new world to try out all the shiny new weirdnesses that 0.40 brings. Here’s the world in question. Wish me luck – I’m going to have “fun”.
Geekery, Ramblings / June 17, 2014 / John / 0
So, nelefa.org fell off the internet last night, for the first time since 1997. This was thanks to the company hosting the domain screwing up the renewal process by, well, not renewing :-/ As their tech support department are only around during UK office hours, this resulted in the domain vanishing until lunchtime today. This
Ramblings / May 30, 2014 / John / 0
So, I’m doing the West Highland Way in July. I’ll be posting updates here as cell coverage / wifi availability allows. Really looking forward to it – a bit of isolation and hard graft is something I sorely need right now.
Ramblings / March 26, 2014 / John / 0
A simple but lovely tune, playing in open G tuning on a Shackleton banjo.
Ramblings / December 31, 2013 / John / 0
Music This really was a tough one. So much great stuff this year – both discovered and newly released. Turisas released the quirky but still good ‘2013’. Great though it was, it was a little bit of a let down after ‘Stand Up And Fight’. In the end, though, it came down to two albums