The minefield
Oh dear. The Waiter has gone on about the tipping thing again. Now, I do tip. Generally. But more in a Mr Pink fashion than in any “I will give 15%, plus extra for good service”. In that, I think … Continue reading
Oh dear. The Waiter has gone on about the tipping thing again. Now, I do tip. Generally. But more in a Mr Pink fashion than in any “I will give 15%, plus extra for good service”. In that, I think … Continue reading
Something always worried me about the US. OK, a few things worried me, but mostly was the concerted attempt to completely outlaw booze. What, life without booze? No pints with a sporting event, no shots for the drowning of sorrows, … Continue reading
It’s been four months since I switched on the Askimet anti-spam plug-in on this site. Since then, it’s been working rather hard… Nigh on ten thousand of the bloody things have been caught in it’s queue. In the last few … Continue reading
To go with my new phone, I thought I should get a mobile friendly version of this place. So here it is, courtesy of the WordPress Mobile Edition plugin. I do so love how simple and easy it is to … Continue reading
If you know me, you may know I have a short attention span. I get bored with things easily. One thing I get bored with very quickly is the layout of this site. But I can’t be arsed to change … Continue reading
The contents of this site are © E Hillan 2003-2012, with the following exceptions: Blogging software is WordPress, and as such is only being used by me. The layout isn’t mine; it is attributed at the bottom of the page. … Continue reading
Stealing an idea from Ryan, here’s what “Ed looks like”, according to Google. Clearly, I like the first one (ED looks like an excellent choice for a serious amateur), but the last one isn’t all that popular with the jury. … Continue reading
Welcome to the new host. It’s a newer install of WordPress, so some things are a bit different, and there’s a couple of minor problems. Like the way that the comments exist, and can be found, but they don’t show … Continue reading
So, BMW don’t meet Google’s standards. Which is nice to see. All those big, nasty companies skewing the search results with their eeeevil text. They need to be stopped. Of course, I’d be much more inclined to agree with Google … Continue reading
Apparently, I’ve been tagged by Ryan. Which means that I really should do the meme. But it’s a variation of a meme I did a few months ago, so I think I’ll do the lazy efficient thing, and merge the … Continue reading
2005: Blogged. Tim Worstall‘s collection of UK blog posts from the year November 2004-October 2005. And a very interesting read it is, especially if you’ve a short attention span, for none of the posts is more than four or five … Continue reading
How strange. I just did a little post about the change in the BBC, then went for a stroll through the refer logs. And my last referral was from Up Your Ego, so I went over there, just to see … Continue reading
Wholinkstome:Summary of results: Google Page Rank for this page: 5 WhoLinksToMe.com has found 0 links to this site. Blogrolling.com has found 2 blogrolls that contain this link. Google has found 662 links to this site. Yahoo! has found 3,353 links … Continue reading
Following the demise of the PDN, I was concerned about what Newton Emerson would be doing. I really shouldn’t have worried. He’s still writing. And writing well. As the full horror of this sinks in, thousands of desperate columnists are … Continue reading
Harry Potter Personality Quiz by Pirate Monkeys Inc. Ah. The Dark Lord. Mass Murderer, friend of evil and generally an all round bad person. Oh well. Found here.
Via Uborka. Ten years ago I was a fourteen year old kid in school. I’d just finished my third year, which meant that I’d just have had my exam results. German was being dropped. I’d just made the choice to … Continue reading
I noticed earlier that this milestone was getting close… I now have more comments than posts. Which is nice.
This site is hosted by Dreamhost. It used to be on Lycos, but I moved in February 2006. The blog was originally powered by b2. Sure, it was OK, it did the job, but it wasn’t terribly fancy. And when … Continue reading
English Genius You scored 92% Beginner, 85% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 93% Expert! You did so extremely well, even I can’t find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people … Continue reading
I may have to quit using WordPress. Whyfor, you ask? Is there some terrible technical fault with it? No. Is there some personal stylistic hurdle I’ve discovered? No. Do “creative differences” exist between my vision of what I want and … Continue reading
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