Relived part of my childhood today and introduced Jaygo to the joys of model building. So far, built a cockpit and painted a few parts. A fun thing to do for a bit. It reminded me of all the fiddly itsy bitsy hobbies I…
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SnowdropsI saw my first snowdrops of the year today. It's the third earliest sighting I've seen of the snowdrop since (DragonDrop.org) records began - the earliest being January the 19th. Typically they're the first common wild…
- Bit of a cop out
This blog post, although it's only just begun, I predict will be quite a non event. I've condemned the thing before I've even finished the first sentence. See, even though I've got ninja time management skills, some…
An odd findNearly every morning, I take the dog for a walk across a 200 acre open parkland called The Stray in my home-town of Harrogate. The Stray carves a big arc around the town centre. It's kind of an inner green belt. It's a…
Pancake dayShrove Tuesday, another of those religious events that's been adopted by the general populous, like Christmas and Chocolate Sunday (er, I mean Easter). Mardi Gras, meaning Fat Tuesday is often a huge festival, starting…
StrobographicA couple of week or so ago, a friend said on Facebook "Just found a strobe light, anyone want it?". I did, I got it. Thanks Mr Pilchards. I'd discovered the joys of strobography beforehand. Over the course of several…
I like a bit of rainI spent the morning outside today around Nidd Gorge, between Harrogate and Knaresborough. I was looking for a geocache - failed on that score (hunted for it for over an hour, to no avail) but as a bi-product of a few…
Further experiments in LomographyUnexpectedly, I got two disks in the post this morning. A couple of weeks ago I'd posted a couple of film off to be processed - one of which, I'd forgotten about for years. The nerdy short-hand of what's going on here:…
Heroes Square BudapestThis was shot late last night and immediately dispatched to DragonDrop HQ, via the medium of twitter; @ dragondrop -Dragondrop Adventures reaches Budapest — Ben Osmond (@benosmond5) February 7, 2013 This is the 85th…
- The fight scene
Embedded video " HUUUURH! where is this young gallant that is so desirous to lie with his mother earth? " is a line from this scene in The Abbey Shakespeare production of…
- Chrome OS install - aborted
I've been trying to get a version of Google's operating system : Chrome OS working. Failed. Google themselves only support it when it's on either a chromebook or a chromebox - specially built Windows rival computers now…
File management is the new Rock n RollMy boy Felix created this almost exactly 6 years ago to the day. It's one of the 'why do you do this blogging thing?' answers. I love making stuff and I love the stuff I'm making. The notion of creating, gives me a…
A nice cup of teaI've just been reading about Satish Kumar. In 1962, he (and his BFF) set out on an 8000 mile walk they called the "Pilgrimage for peace". Armed with just 4 bags of tea, they aimed to disarm the world by suggesting to…
Bagged a bargainSo - this keyboard (an eKit Bluetooth Keyboard) feels great to type on. Being a trained (but bad habited) touch typist, I'm quite fussy about keyboards. I'm currently reposing in bed, typing this blog on the new…
Nice to have a bit of sunI actually felt the warmth of the sun on my face for a bit today. The picture above sums it up for me. Full of the joys of spring*. North Yorkshire was kissed by the blue sky vibe today and thankfully, we were out and…