Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Eight
Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here Part Three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here Part Six is here Part [more…]
Science
Computing
The Slide Rule – Part 1
Introduction “Time is a wayward traveller, who sometimes rides posthaste through thick and thin…” From On The Making Of Gardens by Sir George Sitwell For some strange reason that opening sentence, by Sir George, has [more…]
America
Notes from an American Road Trip
My wife and I recently drove just shy of three thousand miles to see friends and family in the American Midwest. We started just outside Philadelphia, located in the southeast corner of Pennsylvania on America’s [more…]
Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Seven
Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here Part Three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here Part Six is here This [more…]
Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Six
Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here Part Three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here This Time: Rats, Christmas decorations [more…]
20th Century
A Postcard from Petrolhead Paradise
A Postcard from Petrolhead Paradise Well, Stone the crows! A sunny Saturday in September saw a bit of a surprise. Although we’d noticed the colourful banner advertising the event often enough as we wandered hither [more…]
Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Five
Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here Part Three is here Part Four is here This time: I’m asked to do some work on [more…]
Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Four
Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here Part Three is here This time: I make a friend and a ram raid I am settling [more…]
Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Three
Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here This time: Fire alarms, posh houses and the directors. Getting well into my list of service calls [more…]