Several days ago my 9 year old was struck down with a mystery illness. It started out as a bad ear ache - the kind he often gets after swimming. The pain got more and more acute and then by Sunday the vomiting started.…
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- Thank you NHS
- Busy weekend
Lots going on this weekend that was a range of fun. Eirene and I went to see Mark Thomas on Friday night at the Harrogate Theatre. Very good. Funny and fascinating, poignant and passionate. He's been on a walk around…
Jaygo haircut before & afterJaygo haircut before & after , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Jaygo asked me to give him a haircut. It's been a while. He asked me to give him a haircut as he's meeting the Mayor of Harrogate tomorrow and giving a…
Test blog / new phone, meet dragondrop.orgQuick test blog using the wordpress android app on my new phone (Google nexus s) . This was a test photo I took in the shop. Stunning phone so far. Superbly designed. Only slight gripe is that its has a weak wifi…
Sophie's drawing and paintingSophie (aged four and eleven twelfths) just made made this using a google chrome app called Harmony. We think it's rather splendid. The artist goes on to say "Yes. I made it by my own but my brother helped me"
BrothersI've just had one of my photos curated / collated as part of a gallery called " the great outdoors " A nicely put together collections that's just reminded me about the old friend I've been missing recently called The…
The Ultimate Fishing Show with Matt WatsonHa! Brilliant! There's another guy called Matt Watson. That's exactly the same name as mine. He runs a fishing show - not just any old fishing show but The Ultimate Fishing Show with Matt Watson . I've now seen a few…
SQUID, SQUID BASE, SQUID LOCSQUID, SQUID BASE, SQUID LOC , originally uploaded by James Mulryan . So, does anyone have any idea what these are referring to? It's on the west bound A59 just north of Skipton, North Yorkshire - as per the marker on…
World Book NightWorld Book Night , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . I've been selected to be 'a giver' on World Book Night, which is today. If you'd like a copy - I've got 48 to give away . As I'm solo-dad this weekend, I'm beached…
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For a large part of the 3rd March, until around 0413GMT this morning, DragonDrop was down. A router had popped in London apparently knocking this (and a whole bunch of other websites) off line for most of Thursday 3rd…
Conor at CERNConor at the door to The Large Hadron Collider, CERN, Geneva March 2011 Man of science, good friend of DragonDrop Conor visited CERN and took a DragonDrop Adventure T with him. This is him stood outside the door to The…
Felix and a viewFelix and a view , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . We went on a walk up to Beamsley Beacon yesterday. Windy, but nice. It's got the the time of year when we can officially come out of hibernation. There IS enough…
KindleSince Christmas, nearly all of my downtime has been in the company of one of these - an Amazon Kindle. A few people I've spoken too have seen the kindle as a threat to 'the book'. Perhaps it is. Would that be the end of…
Sunset at 17:00Sunset over Harrogate , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . I'd had 5pm in my diary for a couple of week now. Id' spotted that sunset was at 17:00 my time today. This means that from now on, I'm in with a shout of…
combocombo , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . For the next 10 years, these guys are going to own a document called a passport that has this photo in. Dear future self - take a photo of these guys in 10 years from now and…