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Terry Pratchett and the 13th floor
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We went to see Terry Pratchett last night, which was a highly entertaining evening. We skipped the free wine (I don’t like drinking when I’ve got to get up for work in the morning, and MrPloppy isn’t supposed to drink with the pills he’s on anyway), and the woman from The Press doing the interview…
Movie review
MrPloppy and I went to the movies the other night, to see 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous, which was filmed in Omakau (where Dad lives) and the surrounding area. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a great film – the acting was pretty ropey (understandably, considering most of the characters were children, but a lot of the time…
Not *quite* what I had planned for today
Well that was an interesting day. Perhaps I should let the pictures speak for themselves: [album 128913 140206crash1.jpg] [album 128913 140206crash2.jpg] [album 128913 140206crash3.jpg] [album 128913 140206crash4.jpg] [album 128913 140206crash5.jpg] And that’s what happens when a car plows through three gardens, bouncing off the side of our house in the process! I suppose I’d better…
Challenging
‘m feeling pretty proud of myself – I actually managed to write a little javascript app that works! Doesn’t do anything particularly useful, but that can come later 🙂 The more important thing is, it won me a challenge set by one of my workmates. Because we’re all at different levels of ability as far…
It must be Cup Day
On one of the cold and miserable days last week, I overheard someone say “At least it’s sure to be hot next Tuesday, it’s Cup Day.” Normally I would have dismissed that as pure superstition, but it’s true – no matter how bad the weather has been, the second Tuesday in November is always a…
More photos
I’d left for work by the time Moem and Rubberchicken departed for their bike tour, but Lytteltonwitch was here to see them off, and grabbed my camera to take a few photos of the departing adventurers (complete with clogs, which are of course essential equipment for any biking holiday):