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An unfortunate pain in the arse
It must be hell living with a writer
Notes on the weblogging schoolchildren
Talking to Doc Searls about Cluetrain
How far should you go for a vote?
Christchurch, Bradford on Avon
A robot from the planet Zarg is looming over our cooker
On arrival at Wiltshire Music Centre
Auditing New Labour's green policies
Photographs snapped through a conical plastic tube
A fictionalised re-telling of a true story, with added embellishments
Talking to Ward Cunningham about wiki
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env was a short-lived weblog about practical environmentalism.
gorjuss.com December 2000 - May 2002
gorjuss.com February - May 2002
Archives of the luvly mailing list, November 2000 - October 2004. One of the things I am most proud of, and had most fun writing
Yet more...
Moving the furniture - changes at gilest.org (Mar 15 2004 23:21:00)
Interview with a parent - Parent distraction techniques revealed! (Feb 06 2004 21:42:00)
In the dungeon - What happened the first, and only, time I played Dungeons and Dragons (Feb 06 2004 14:51:00)
From Selcuk to Pamukkale - A travel story from Turkey (Feb 06 2004 14:47:00)
Which Google are you getting? - There are two different designs for Google doing the rounds (Jan 28 2004 13:29:00)
Barney meets Barney - Toddler vs dinosaur (Jan 19 2004 15:36:00)
Phil, pondering - he's a pondering kinda guy (Jan 19 2004 15:21:00)
Sunset over Chippenham - more skies (Jan 16 2004 22:22:00)
Red sky - that's enough skies for one day (Jan 16 2004 22:22:00)
Cloud over Edington - Sky pictures are in this year (Jan 16 2004 22:19:00)
Reflected light - Lamps in puddle (Jan 16 2004 22:19:00)
Stormclouds are coming in - and they bring rain with them (Jan 12 2004 14:02:00)
That's why mum has gone to **sco - Supermarket confusion problem (Jan 12 2004 13:58:00)
Millennium Done - South of the river, clambering up the slope of Greenwich Park, we can see dark storm clouds over the City. (Jan 12 2004 12:28:00)
Sun and moon - Cold sunlight, distant moon (Jan 06 2004 22:27:00)
From little baby to little boy - Barney's growing up all too fast (Jan 06 2004 22:22:00)
Barnaby all zonked out - Sleepy on the floor (Jan 05 2004 11:14:00)
Oh, bowl - Bowl bowl bowl (Jan 04 2004 22:57:00)
Train interior - Trains are filthy (Jan 02 2004 00:53:00)
Wake up mummy and daddy! - A re-discovered piece of writing about the little fella, written when he was much younger (Dec 17 2003 15:26:00)
Muddy mouth - Barney's face after gorging on soil (Dec 11 2003 23:56:00)
Flame on! - Bright burning light in the dark city streets (Dec 11 2003 23:51:00)
Logs - timberpicture (Dec 11 2003 23:46:00)
When text files take over - What happens when you open too many of them at once (Dec 05 2003 00:53:00)
The joy of DAB - It rocks! (Dec 01 2003 23:18:00)
Barney in shadow - camerashade (Dec 01 2003 10:20:00)
Househunting - This is what it is like (Nov 30 2003 22:01:00)
New police station under construction in Trowbridge - Roofscape (Nov 24 2003 22:15:00)
Smokestack - Smoke over the valley (Nov 21 2003 22:40:00)
Exploring the Savernake Forest - The ancient forest works its magic (Nov 21 2003 22:15:00)
Trees at night - When the rain stopped, and once the baby was asleep, I crept out into the pitch blackness at the far end of our garden... (Nov 18 2003 23:15:00)
A visit to the National Museum of Computing in Swindon - Geek heaven (Nov 18 2003 21:27:00)
More dramatic skies - It must be the time of year (Nov 16 2003 22:59:00)
Sunset over Trowbridge - Another sky pic (Nov 14 2003 23:08:00)
Misty morning - Moody photo (Nov 12 2003 23:21:00)
Toddler talk - Only some of it makes any sense (Nov 12 2003 17:57:00)
Bah, C*******s is coming - Pity those of us with end-of-year birthdays (Nov 12 2003 14:38:00)
Being a househusband - Some advice based on my own experience (Nov 12 2003 14:19:00)
Mr Au's big moment - Fiction about a dental dilemma (Nov 11 2003 19:45:00)
How my life has changed - There's less internet in it these days (Nov 07 2003 23:01:00)
Killing time on a wet Thursday afternoon - It's amazing how time flies when you're not having much fun at all (Nov 01 2003 23:41:00)
I don't do horror - Or gore. Neither of them. (Oct 25 2003 23:36:00)
Barney models his winter gear - Warm hat and mittens (Oct 24 2003 21:10:00)
Six-pointed lampost - It decorates a roundabout (Oct 20 2003 21:01:00)
Autumn leaves - Lots of browns (Oct 20 2003 20:56:00)
Flare windows - It's just light (Oct 18 2003 00:13:00)
Bananaby - Barney with nana (Oct 18 2003 00:08:00)
Quickie sickie - A one-night and one-day illness (Oct 16 2003 23:38:00)
Ten things Barnaby thinks are great fun - Not including belching (Oct 13 2003 21:35:00)
Very short short stories - How few words can you use? (Oct 10 2003 22:55:00)
Letter to dad, by Barney - Things dads need to know (Oct 01 2003 08:00:00)
Exploring Malmesbury - Quaintness in north Wiltshire (Sep 30 2003 22:59:00)
Fractured Barney - seen through a kaleidoscope (Sep 29 2003 23:26:00)
Barney explores the washing machine - All children must have a first encounter with kitchen appliances (Sep 29 2003 23:18:00)
Shavali and Kotel Ensemble - Unexpectedly wonderful Bulgarian folk group (Sep 29 2003 22:42:00)
Buying Barnaby's first pair of shoes - Kids shoes are small and more expensive than mine, but I don't care (Sep 29 2003 22:12:00)
Reflective moment - Barney and I reflected in a shiny jagged surface (Sep 29 2003 22:07:00)
Sunflowers - tall flowers in our garden (Sep 12 2003 22:59:00)
Picnic in Bath - Gasbagging in the sunshine (Sep 12 2003 22:59:00)
Power cables overhead - And camera in hand (Sep 12 2003 22:59:00)
Walking man - Walk this way (Sep 12 2003 22:59:00)
A family bash - Grannies and aunts and uncles and cousins and us (Sep 12 2003 22:48:00)
My best day for ages - Meeting loads of new people and having a flippin' good singsong (Sep 11 2003 23:24:00)
Origin, by Stephen Baxter - Disappointing scifi rehash from the boy Baxter (Sep 05 2003 22:55:00)
Maus, by Art Spiegelman - Powerful wartime memories (Sep 05 2003 22:34:00)
Barnaby's 1st birthday - Barnaby Birthday boy! Brilliant! Blimey. (Aug 19 2003 22:14:00)
A day out in Swindon - It's shopping heaven (Aug 19 2003 22:12:00)
Barnaby's first words - "E-I-E-I-Oh!" (Aug 19 2003 22:10:00)
Newcastle Quayside and Sage Gateshead - Shiny new architecture in the north east (Aug 03 2003 23:02:00)
Growing spuds - My first efforts at growing vegetables (Aug 02 2003 11:21:00)
Schooling fish - Swimfishyswim; swamswamswam right down to the dam (Aug 01 2003 21:28:00)
Newbie baby - Baby in geek clothing (Jul 31 2003 23:14:00)
Exploring Stourhead - A great British country garden (Jul 31 2003 23:09:00)
Picnic in Chiswick Park - Summertime picnicking (Jul 29 2003 13:47:00)
Summer holiday - A delightful sunny holiday by the sea (Jul 28 2003 23:34:00)
How to design Logos, Symbols and Icons, by Gregory Thomas - Less than informative and full of terrible designer-speak (Jul 28 2003 23:30:00)
The British, by Nick Danziger - So-so dead-tree photoblog (Jul 28 2003 23:27:00)
Dead Famous, by Ben Elton - Lightweight but enjoyable comedy crime thriller (Jul 22 2003 12:40:00)
Catching the RailAir bus - Intolerance and impatience and Professor Kevin Warwick (Jul 09 2003 13:05:00)
Listening to Late Junction - Eclectic musical discovery zone on Radio 3 (Jul 08 2003 23:50:00)
Our old man in the north - Duty calls (Jul 08 2003 23:29:00)
Tattoo teeth - Dental advertising. It's the future. (Jul 08 2003 23:23:00)
Fictoids - They're little bits of fiction (Jul 04 2003 16:15:00)
Gemma Bovary, by Posy Simmonds - Love and sex in Normandy, a baker's unhappy tale (Jun 27 2003 21:55:00)
The Map that Changed the World, by Simon Winchester - A story of one man's mission to make people take rocks seriously. I've got a thing about rocks, you see. (Jun 27 2003 21:48:00)
RSS feeds, and the reading thereof - Thoughts sparked by my new RSSness; and the beginning of an era (Jun 27 2003 21:42:00)
Father's day - Father's day suddenly feels different now I'm a dad (Jun 27 2003 21:38:00)
The old Old High Street - Memories of peer pressure and chips (Jun 23 2003 22:37:00)
Stonehenge! - Wonderful megalithic stones on Salisbury Plain (Jun 19 2003 22:57:00)
A curious offer - Mobile phone companies are strange (Jun 19 2003 22:54:00)
The decision - A short story (Jun 13 2003 21:55:00)
Brushing baby teeth - Surprisingly, easier than you might think (Jun 11 2003 22:24:00)
Exploring the Dundas Aqueduct - Half-buried industrial architecture (Jun 10 2003 22:02:00)
Look at me, I can stand! - Barnaby's proud of himself (Jun 03 2003 22:23:00)
Tips for L'espion users - to get the best from your lickle diggical fwiend (Jun 03 2003 21:19:00)
ATTACK WAVE 1 COMPLETED - Video game memories (Jun 02 2003 22:45:00)
Looking after a baby is bloody hard work - Some thoughts from a full-time parent (May 31 2003 21:28:00)
Tunnel - The tunnel of doom. Actually it's just a subway in Chippenham (May 30 2003 21:30:00)
More L'espionism - L'espion camera at work (May 28 2003 22:14:00)
Keeping up with a mobile baby - This baby is crawling already (May 28 2003 22:07:00)
Dealing with hayfever - Sneezing merrily along (May 28 2003 21:30:00)
Barney crawling in the park - Go Barney Go! (May 09 2003 21:51:00)
Dog, by John Hegley - He thinks of Luton, when he's swallowing his cruton (May 09 2003 21:33:00)
How iTunes makes listening to music different - It changes the way I listen to stuff (May 09 2003 21:25:00)
My sweet tooth - Mmmm, sugar (May 07 2003 23:16:00)
A weekend's events - We attend a party, and Barney tries to speak (May 02 2003 23:00:00)
My new new routine - Looking after an 8-month-old (Apr 25 2003 22:27:00)
Last and First Men, by Olaf Stapledon - Wonderful far-future sci-fi (Apr 24 2003 22:02:00)
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel - Tigers on lifeboats, and other health hazards (Apr 24 2003 21:56:00)
45, by Bill Drummond - A middle-age life, a pop star's retreat into suburbia, and some strange stuff about Julian Cope (Apr 24 2003 21:53:00)
Exploring Imber, Wiltshire's ghost village - Empty shells of buildings are all that remain (Apr 23 2003 14:10:00)
Exhausted - I'm fed up with DIY (Apr 17 2003 08:07:00)
A weekend in Oxford - Relaxing amid the dreaming spires (Apr 15 2003 18:51:00)
Things I love about my son - ... such as the way he sleeps (Mar 01 2003 22:48:00)
L'espion photos - Various photos taken with my pocket-sized camera (Feb 03 2003 23:14:00)
Barnaby playing on his playmat - Pics of Barney on his playmat, taken with my L'espion camera (Jan 31 2003 17:08:00)
Servants of the People, by Andrew Rawnsley - Political gossip (Jan 19 2003 22:52:00)
My new routine - The daily life of a dad at home (Jan 15 2003 21:12:00)
Yet more Barnaby scans - Loads of photos (Dec 12 2002 21:48:00)
Kate's pictures of Barnaby - Kate's photos of Barney (Dec 12 2002 00:59:00)
Mum's pictures of Barnaby - Scanned baby pics (Dec 12 2002 00:57:00)
Stella's tea fruit cake - Quick and easy fruit cake, mmmmmmmm (Dec 11 2002 23:03:00)
Murder mystery night - Whodunnit? (It was Andy, in the end) (Dec 10 2002 23:36:00)
Barnaby's christening day - Friends and family celebrating Barney (Dec 10 2002 23:13:00)
Spirographic images - Spirograph images made with MacSpirographic (Dec 06 2002 22:02:00)
A photo mish-mash - Baby, building, bath, flowers (Dec 06 2002 11:32:00)
Pantscon York, November 2002 - Fune being had in Yorkshire (Dec 05 2002 00:45:00)
Barnaby, 15 weeks old - Another bath for baby Barney (Nov 26 2002 16:02:00)
Paul and Lydia got married - A delightful wedding in south London (Nov 25 2002 23:45:00)
Simplicity, by Edward de Bono - Like reading a Powerpoint presentation (Nov 18 2002 23:26:00)
Salisbury Cathedral spire - Elegant sunlit architecture (Nov 13 2002 23:01:00)
Barnaby, 3 months old - Sleepy 3-month-old (Nov 13 2002 22:55:00)
Doodled design for an art gallery - Imaginary architecture: an art gallery (Nov 12 2002 09:39:00)
Doodled design for a theatre - Imaginary architecture (Nov 12 2002 09:20:00)
Architecture doodling with Sketchup - Doodling buildings (Nov 11 2002 22:23:00)
Autumn sunset over Keevil - Lovely sunset colours (Nov 10 2002 17:33:00)
Barnaby, 12 weeks old - Baby growing fast, still looking cute (Nov 05 2002 19:45:00)
Barney, 11 weeks old - Smiley Barney! (Nov 04 2002 11:39:00)
Gnarly old tree - with twisted branches (Nov 04 2002 11:34:00)
Kate in stripey top - Kate in the sunshine (Nov 04 2002 11:30:00)
Biomes at Eden - Modern domes (Oct 31 2002 22:21:00)
The Peto garden at Iford Manor - Beautiful gardens in West Wiltshire (Oct 25 2002 22:24:00)
Testing an Epsilon digital camera - Cheap and cheerful digicam (Oct 25 2002 18:17:00)
Being in a band - my memories of being a crap singer in a crap college band (Oct 22 2002 14:29:00)
Group portrait - Smiley picture (Oct 20 2002 16:52:00)
Portland Beach - Sunshine on the beach (Oct 20 2002 16:45:00)
Stairwell at the British Museum - Pictures of stairs (Oct 16 2002 23:12:00)
Cave in Wadi Rum - Dramatic landscapes in Jordan (Oct 16 2002 21:56:00)
Sleep, perfect sleep - It's one thing that babies do well (Oct 09 2002 12:00:00)
Get Everything Done, and Still Have Time to Play, by Mark Forster - I'm not normally the type to buy self-help books, especially those relating to time management. But I saw a review of this book (Oct 06 2002 22:23:00)
The problem with internet shopping at Tesco.com - Outrageous, wasteful use of plastic carrier bags (Oct 01 2002 21:54:00)
Blurry image - Origin: unknown (Oct 01 2002 21:52:00)
Go Mad! 365 daily ways to save the planet - Top notch green advice (Sep 28 2002 21:38:00)
Delusions of Grandma, by Carrie Fisher - Superb comedy writing (Sep 28 2002 21:38:00)
How to use real nappies, and why you should - Disposable nappies are bad, mmkay (Sep 20 2002 22:18:00)
Barney's first day with the family - Cuddles all round (Sep 20 2002 22:06:00)
Bathtime for Barnaby! - Baby bath Barney! (Sep 19 2002 22:46:00)
Your best friend - My entry in the Viridian robot dog design contest (Sep 19 2002 20:01:00)
Venice - A beautiful city; this photo does not do it justice (Sep 16 2002 22:06:00)
Barnaby asleep - Sleeping Barney (Sep 16 2002 22:02:00)
Skyline - with crane and lamppost (Sep 09 2002 10:11:00)
The longest night - How to cope with baby colic (Sep 06 2002 17:21:00)
British Museum photos - Grand modern architecture (Sep 05 2002 21:58:00)
St Oswald's church, Hartlepool - Ecclesiastical architecture (Sep 05 2002 13:41:00)
Sunset over the M4 - Picture taken from a moving car (Sep 05 2002 13:39:00)
Yuk - Overcoming the yuk factor - a guide for new parents (Sep 03 2002 21:54:00)
Ghost train - Ghostly whisps of air hang over winter rail tracks (Sep 03 2002 21:50:00)
Random photos - of random objects (Sep 02 2002 08:42:00)
Orange squash colour - ... kinda orangey (Sep 02 2002 08:36:00)
Barnaby's first days at home - More baby photos. But nice ones. (Aug 31 2002 14:15:00)
Kate at 40 weeks - Mum and baby looking great! (Aug 31 2002 13:31:00)
BirdCon 2002 - Birds over Keevil (Aug 31 2002 13:25:00)
More pictures of Barnaby - He's great (Aug 16 2002 23:14:00)
Introducing Barnaby - Our baby! (Aug 14 2002 23:39:00)
K-PAX, by Gene Brewer - Sci-fi and psychiatry combined in one excellent story (Aug 08 2002 20:59:00)
Kate at 36 weeks - Bump getting bigger (Aug 07 2002 09:41:00)
Flowers in the garden - Pretty flowers (Aug 07 2002 09:30:00)
The Expectant Father, by Betty Parsons - Out-dated advice for dads-to-be (Aug 07 2002 08:47:00)
Garlic drying in the sun - Gardening update (Aug 06 2002 16:37:00)
The Ghost from the Grand Banks, by Arthur C Clarke - Tedious underwater waffle (Aug 06 2002 13:53:00)
Roman mosaic in Bradford-on-Avon - Honestly, it was just like Time Team (Aug 05 2002 14:46:00)
Stags in Brighton, party in Peckham - A busy weekend (Jul 23 2002 11:56:00)
Random building - random photography (Jul 10 2002 17:48:00)
Rainbow over Keevil - Beautiful skies (Jul 09 2002 20:27:00)
Ultra Vivid Scene - 4AD dirge-pop (Jul 09 2002 14:43:00)
Dawdling in Bristol - A stroll with camera around Bristol (Jul 08 2002 15:36:00)
Weekend in Docklands - Docklands photos (Jul 03 2002 15:56:00)
Poppies - Poppies, not weeds (Jun 26 2002 17:03:00)
Church in Devizes - Photography and sneezes in Wiltshire (Jun 26 2002 16:58:00)
Wire - It's beginning to and back again (Jun 26 2002 12:45:00)
Throwing Muses - I have two heads (Jun 25 2002 16:35:00)
Prehistoric Britain from the Air, by Colin and Janet Bord - Birds-eye views of standing stones (Jun 20 2002 10:17:00)
Kate is pregnant - Several people have been in touch wondering how Kate is getting on with being pregnant. Some wanted visual proof that her tummy (Jun 17 2002 16:13:00)
Strawberry Fair 2002 - Fun at the Fair (Jun 14 2002 10:02:00)
Pictures from Xcom 2002 - Talking a load of weblogs (Jun 14 2002 10:00:00)
Sheep in Corsham - Say Baaaa! (May 31 2002 14:32:00)
Property prices in London - They're mad. (May 24 2002 14:46:00)
chrisr - Picture of Raettig man (May 12 2002 23:43:00)
The Lost Gardens of Heligan, by Tim Smit - the story of Heligan (May 12 2002 23:24:00)
A week in Cyprus - Relaxing holiday (May 10 2002 14:57:00)
Bath by day - Time-killing by photography (May 10 2002 14:50:00)
Making collages with L'espion camera pictures - Using Pictureplay for Mac OS X to create montages of images (Apr 25 2002 10:25:00)
Rafiki - Rafiki the gorjuss dog (Apr 25 2002 09:16:00)
Pantscon southwest 2002 - Having fune in Keevil (Apr 23 2002 08:39:00)
Dappled sunlight - Pretty walls (Apr 12 2002 10:51:00)
Kylie Minogue - Hooray! It's Kylie! (Apr 10 2002 17:47:00)
Vision: 50 years of British Creativity, edited by Michael Raeburn - A quick history of recent art (Apr 09 2002 21:30:00)
Joni Mitchell - My analyst told me to get this out of my head (Apr 09 2002 21:00:00)
songinmyhead mailing list - A mailing list for people who sing to themselves (Apr 08 2002 10:03:00)
gorjuss mailing list - Some info about the gorjuss list (Apr 08 2002 09:40:00)
First baby pictures - Ultrasound scan at 20 weeks (Apr 03 2002 09:46:00)
Caen Hill Locks - A stroll along the Kennet and Avon Canal (Mar 27 2002 17:17:00)
Shed on beach - Shed on a beach at Rye (Mar 27 2002 11:35:00)
Charlotte's 31st birthday - Drunkeness in Oxford (Mar 20 2002 18:20:00)
Let's make banana bread! - Banana bread is tasty stuff (Mar 17 2002 21:33:00)
Becky's 31st birthday - Posh Mexican meal in Bath (Mar 12 2002 14:20:00)
Misc L'espion pictures - Trying out tiny tech (Mar 12 2002 13:08:00)
A walk in the woods - Wildlife adventures in Green Lane Wood (Mar 12 2002 12:43:00)
The Alphabet Abercedarium, by Richard Firmage - Letter and word games (Mar 08 2002 21:55:00)
We're going to have a baby - But will it be iBaby? (Mar 07 2002 12:11:00)
Me and the rocks - Resting against geology (Mar 06 2002 17:49:00)
Testing a L'espion digital camera - Adventures with a TINY camera (Mar 06 2002 16:56:00)
Smoke over the sandbanks - Industrial landscape photography (Mar 06 2002 11:03:00)
Juliet feeding - Feeding time (Mar 04 2002 16:02:00)
Helen at the Notting Hill Carnival - Sunny weather portrait (Mar 01 2002 12:31:00)
Drunk on the Tube - Mirror image on the Underground (Feb 26 2002 07:00:00)
Red sand dune - Sand dunes and shadows in Jordan (Feb 25 2002 23:00:00)
Me, looking moody - Me looking miserable (Feb 22 2002 15:53:00)
Which toy should I play with? - Portrait of Juliet (Feb 22 2002 15:49:00)
Playing with a new iMac - It wuvs me! It wuvs me not! (Feb 19 2002 13:07:00)
Teach yourself Linux in 10 minutes, by John Ray - Learning Unix, step one (Feb 15 2002 21:37:00)
Bath by night - Photos of lit-up buildings (Feb 15 2002 13:47:00)
Minipants - A tiny weeny Pantscon (Feb 14 2002 15:40:00)
Anti-Ice, by Stephen Baxter - A disappointing steampunk tale (Feb 13 2002 11:49:00)
Springtime in Keevil - Blooming marvellous (Feb 11 2002 13:13:00)
Cosmic Rough Riders - Delightful guitar-pop (Feb 06 2002 16:23:00)
Pop will eat itself - Riffs? Yeah! Can you dig it? (Feb 05 2002 22:45:00)
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, by Kiran Desai - Mystery and guava trees (Feb 04 2002 15:19:00)
Pheasant-spotting - Wildlife fun in Keevil (Jan 31 2002 16:35:00)
Yello - I was once a huge fan of these europopsters (Jan 30 2002 15:30:00)
Symphony no 3, by Henryk Gorecki - Peaceful classical (Jan 30 2002 15:19:00)
How to catch mice - Simple solutions. (Jan 25 2002 17:14:00)
The Dilbert Principle and The Dilbert Future, by Scott Adams - Plenty of jokes (Jan 25 2002 17:08:00)
Touring in Italy, September 2000 - Two weeks travelling in Italy (Jan 20 2002 07:00:00)
A month in Miami - Diary of a month in the sun, May-June 2000 (Jan 19 2002 01:30:00)
Sunset over Keevil - More loveliness from Wiltshire (Jan 17 2002 17:36:00)
Day trip to London and the Natural History Museum - Daytripping back in London (Jan 14 2002 17:12:00)
A flower arrangement - An unfunny cartoon (Jan 11 2002 17:11:00)
Under the floorboards - Partly to track down the movements of mice in our new house, I got a friend to help me move the bed, pull back the carpet, and l (Jan 08 2002 15:59:00)
Dawn over Keevil - Beautiful skies over Wiltshire (Jan 03 2002 19:38:00)
And talking of vermin - In which Giles declares war on cute fluffy mice (Dec 16 2001 21:14:00)
National Portrait Gallery extension - Elegant architecture at the NP Gallery in London (Dec 11 2001 19:04:00)
Helen's 31st birthday - We went to Cambridge to celebrate Helen's birthday and see the Christmas lights (Dec 03 2001 09:52:00)
Experiment with exposure - Taking long-exposure photos on the M4 in the dark (Dec 03 2001 09:51:00)
More Palm art - More stylus-produced art (Nov 27 2001 09:00:00)
First pictures from Keevil - A quick tour of our new house in Wiltshire (Nov 26 2001 15:06:00)
Blue arrow at Tate Modern - In blue, in Tate (Nov 22 2001 17:08:00)
Westminster Tube station - Massive architecture in London (Nov 22 2001 16:59:00)
Red flower at Eden - A slightly re-touched picture from the set I took at the Eden Project earlier this year. (Nov 12 2001 16:30:00)
The history of 52 Stembridge Road - History of a home (Nov 09 2001 17:56:00)
Pebbles - Pebbles on the beach at Lulworth Cove (Nov 07 2001 17:19:00)
Hands - (Nov 07 2001 17:16:00)
Flamingos - I was on a press trip in Florida, some time in early 1998 I think. They took us to Seaworld. (Nov 03 2001 09:10:00)
Charlotte and Sarah - (Nov 02 2001 09:07:00)
Enjoying the sunshine - Summer 1994. A bunch of us holidayed in France. Andy and I spent the whole time building huge sandcastles. (Nov 01 2001 19:00:00)
Mick's 31st birthday - Happy Birthday Mick (Oct 25 2001 08:00:00)
A walk around Anerley - A quiet south London suburb (Oct 24 2001 18:38:00)
Horniman museum - Roofscape of the Horniman Museum, south London (Oct 24 2001 07:42:00)
Eastbourne - Seaside pictures (Oct 23 2001 13:30:00)
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (previously titled: Liverpool Cathedral) - Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral in black and white (Oct 23 2001 09:54:00)
Phil and ball - Phil Howden demonstrates his skills (Oct 23 2001 09:50:00)
Testing 123 - hello from the pub (Oct 22 2001 19:16:00)
Going Underground - Picture from the London Underground (Oct 22 2001 11:09:00)
Marc and Avril got married - Wedding bells (Oct 20 2001 16:03:00)
Experiment with contrast - Playing with the contrast controls on a handful of photos from London (Oct 19 2001 15:20:00)
Two figures - Palm art (Oct 18 2001 15:16:00)
Hashtrays - Pic of funny ashtrays (Oct 18 2001 11:51:00)
Experiment with colour - Playing with colour on abstract photos (Oct 04 2001 16:11:00)
Palm art - Why not draw on your Palm? (Oct 04 2001 09:37:00)
Testing testing - Testy thing (Oct 02 2001 07:49:00)
This is a test - Summarising nothing (Oct 01 2001 08:10:00)
Spot the difference - Silliness (Sep 25 2001 17:32:00)
Naked body art, or, What happens when you agree to do anything for the hell of it - This is the story of how I ended up on live television, writhing on the floor in wet paint and being whipped by a girl I hardly knew (Sep 25 2001 17:07:00)
The French Mathematician, by Tom Petsinis - Love, death and calculus (Sep 25 2001 16:27:00)
A foreign field's war time secrets - The story of my grandfather's death (Sep 25 2001 16:19:00)
Green architecture in south London - Photos of 11 Shaw's Cottages, near Lewisham, designed and built by Jon Broome (Sep 24 2001 16:48:00)
High speed self-portrait - Oh dear. One for the Mirror Project, perhaps? (Sep 24 2001 15:56:00)
Onion bench - A snapshot of a gardening adventure (Sep 20 2001 16:11:00)
Glass jar - What happens when you take pictures of things out of sheer lack of anything else to do (Sep 18 2001 09:38:00)
Clock tower in a storm - Moody skies over Folkestone (Sep 17 2001 11:58:00)
Adam's 9th birthday - Pulling faces for the camera (Sep 14 2001 16:21:00)
Cute furry animals - A wildlife adventure (Sep 14 2001 11:46:00)
London under London, by Richard Trench and Ellis Hillman - Frustratingly out-of-date tale of London's underworld. (Sep 13 2001 17:19:00)
Yrarbil Mahkcep (Peckham Library negatives) - Negatives of the Peckham Library pictures (Sep 13 2001 11:08:00)
( ) - Empty words after September 11 (Sep 12 2001 08:18:00)
Italian restaurant, low light - Low-light, non-flash photography (that doesn't work too well) (Sep 08 2001 16:46:00)
This service has been cancelled due to lack of drivers - Another rail travel disaster (Sep 08 2001 16:08:00)
Peckham Library - Photos from one of London's most interesting experiments in architecture (Sep 06 2001 07:02:00)
Oxford Botanic Garden - A handful of pictures (Sep 05 2001 15:50:00)
Negative Santa - I have no idea what's going on here (Sep 05 2001 08:49:00)
Doodle cities 3 - more fantasy city design (Sep 04 2001 17:39:00)
Armando Iannucci, my hero - insecurities for all (Sep 04 2001 14:28:00)
Pantswarming 2001 - Warming our pants, because cool pants is not cool (Aug 29 2001 08:05:00)
Eyes and flowers - A colourful wedding picture (Aug 22 2001 09:58:00)
Them: adventures with extremists, by Jon Ronson - Breaking into Bilderberg (Aug 22 2001 09:43:00)
Dark skies over Vizcaya - Storm clouds overhead (Aug 20 2001 11:02:00)
Pip Pip, by Jay Griffiths - Thinking - I mean, really *thinking* - about time. (Aug 20 2001 10:56:00)
Sunset in Cortona - Memories of Cortona (Aug 17 2001 09:42:00)
Arabian Sands, by Wilfred Thesiger - Exotic stories of travels in Oman (Aug 17 2001 09:17:00)
Re-creating Grange Hill - Memories of Tucker, Benny et al (Aug 10 2001 16:29:00)
Favourite photos - Paul dancing - and dancing like a loony (Aug 10 2001 15:46:00)
Favourite photos - me dribbling - This picture does not bring back too many memories, as I was too young at the time (Aug 10 2001 15:34:00)
Return of the Mac - A sudden return to Mac OS (Aug 03 2001 08:12:00)
Juliet's christening party - Catching up with old friends in sunny Portland (Jul 31 2001 14:28:00)
Family reunion in Seend - A big get-together (Jul 31 2001 11:55:00)
Camping weekend at Swanage - Fun in the sun in Dorset (Jul 24 2001 18:32:00)
My interview with Jeffrey Archer - Shorter than most other interviews (Jul 19 2001 22:53:00)
The Lost Gardens of Heligan, and the Eden Project - Sight-seeing in the west country (Jul 18 2001 09:31:00)
Travels in Tallinn and Russia - Front page for our adventures in Estonia and Russia. (Jul 11 2001 13:03:00)
Another hospital adventure - Yet more surgical fun (Jul 10 2001 14:37:00)
Moscow - Exploring Moscow - third and final part of the Russian adventure (Jul 04 2001 13:03:00)
St Petersburg - Exploring St Petersburg - part 2 of our Estonian/Russian trip (Jul 03 2001 10:15:00)
Tallinn - Exploring Estonia's pretty capital (Jul 02 2001 18:16:00)
A week on the wagon - In which I discover just how much I like to drink (Jun 13 2001 07:58:00)
A flight on the London Eye - All aboard for a flight on the Eye! (Jun 01 2001 16:38:00)
Our travels in Jordan - Index to all the Jordan pages (May 22 2001 18:04:00)
Aqaba - Jordan, part 8 - Aqaba (May 22 2001 17:54:00)
Wadi Rum - Jordan, part 7 - Wadi Rum (May 22 2001 17:37:00)
Petra - Adventures in Jordan, part 6 - Petra (May 22 2001 17:13:00)
The journey south - Jordan, part 5 (May 22 2001 16:59:00)
The Dead Sea - Jordan, part 4 (May 22 2001 16:49:00)
Madaba - Jordan travels, part 3 (May 22 2001 16:35:00)
Jerash - Jordan - part 2 (May 22 2001 14:47:00)
Amman - Part one of our travels in Jordan (May 22 2001 14:31:00)
The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov - the devil comes to moscow (May 22 2001 12:43:00)
The Great Rock Discography, by Martin C. Strong - rock music guide a go-go (May 22 2001 12:38:00)
Happy 30th birthday Helen - Another birthday. This one had karaoke and drunken tomfoolery (Apr 30 2001 17:52:00)
Millennium Done - What's been left behind in Greenwich now that the Dome is closed down (Apr 29 2001 15:34:00)
ukbloggers, 20010426, a pub in Soho - Geeks in Soho (Apr 27 2001 10:13:00)
Sketches - Some bad pencil drawings of people (Apr 27 2001 08:38:00)
Belated birthday pics for Andy - Booze, food, the usual (Apr 23 2001 18:58:00)
Happy birthday Caroline - Booze, food, singing loudly in a dark room (Apr 23 2001 18:58:00)
Why is owning a computer so difficult? - Rant! Rant rant rant rant rant! Grrrr! (Apr 18 2001 19:09:00)
Pictures from Morocco - Images from North Africa. (Apr 15 2001 16:31:00)
The Pigeon - Blood and guts and birds of prey - in a back garden in Penge (Apr 10 2001 09:01:00)
Lump removal, again - More medical fun (Apr 09 2001 15:51:00)
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood - Disturbing sci-fi tale of extremism in the USA (Apr 04 2001 17:39:00)
Vinyl Fantastic! - The joys of spinning black plastic discs with grooves etched into them. (Apr 02 2001 14:39:00)
Billy Bragg - still suitable for miners, by Andrew Collins - Biog of the Barking Bard (Apr 02 2001 13:02:00)
The Light of Other Days, by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter - Trashy sci-fi - good for holidays (Mar 29 2001 10:52:00)
Holes, by Louis Sachar - A triffic story about digging holes (Mar 29 2001 10:45:00)
All the Harry Potter books, by JK Rowling - Something fun to read for a change (Mar 14 2001 18:27:00)
USRental.com are rubbish - Do not rent computers from these idiots (Mar 13 2001 08:28:00)
Scar wars revisited - What I looked like after my operation, and why I need another one. (Mar 10 2001 14:08:00)
London, a photographic atlas - London from the air (Mar 09 2001 15:48:00)
Cumulative 2 - Another compilation tape from my past (Feb 28 2001 15:28:00)
Charlotte's birthday in Oxford - We're all growing old gracefully (Feb 26 2001 17:33:00)
Admin hell - Managing your own money is hell (Feb 26 2001 17:33:00)
Cumulative - Cumulative 1: the first in a series of old compilation tapes (Feb 16 2001 10:27:00)
Anniversary weekend in Rye - Kate and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary in Rye (Feb 05 2001 17:28:00)
Doodle cities 2 - A story of English town planning (Jan 31 2001 13:05:00)
Doodle cities - A hundred years of progress on my Palm (Jan 31 2001 12:40:00)
Designing web usability, by Jakob Nielsen - Review of Jakob Nielsen's big selling book (Jan 31 2001 10:49:00)
Hello Juliet - Juliet Ferguson's first taste of web stardom (Jan 29 2001 10:58:00)
Details in Dorchester - Some pictures from Dorchester High Street (Jan 29 2001 10:47:00)
The British Museum Great Court - Photos from the new interior of the British Museum (Jan 24 2001 19:33:00)
Easy money - How much money lurks in the dark corners of your living room? (Jan 22 2001 12:09:00)
Ink, by John Preston - Fleet Street, the eighties, and murder, all in one neat mystery (Jan 22 2001 11:43:00)
Downshifting, the Ultimate Handbook, by Andy Bull - A book about chucking in the day job and doing something less boring instead (Jan 22 2001 11:36:00)