I have been pretty quiet on here recently, but I have some good excuses; a new road bike, an iPad 2 and a PS3 has meant virtually no time writing or sorting photos. Hopefully, things will return to some semblance of balance (though probably not). … Read More →
Our friend Dave, who is an engineer at Microsoft in Seattle, paid us a visit last week. Reports had been circulating that he had assembled his own Sous Vide; a device that enables highly-accurate temperature control for cooking, in the manner of Heston Blumenthal. By … Read More →
The penny dropped when my own Father announced that his company was ordering them for their employees; the heat was really on! Rewind; the Vostro brand, specifically established to provide Small Business owners with IT solutions. Until this point, the products were good value and … Read More →
An emotional and amazing talk with my sister and Benjamin last weekend. I almost welled up when she asked ‘where’s Jonny’ and he pointed at me. Miss you guys!
The Taiwanese government’s HiRecruit campaign aims to attract professional talent to the island. This year, they asked me to talk about what brought me here, and why other people should do the same thing. Check out the video below: Obviously what I really cared about … Read More →
Well it only took SIX YEARS. Skype has finally added group video calling to its (all-be-it Beta) services, and we just gave it a test drive for the first time. It took a few seconds to get going, but once in … it was a … Read More →
Calling home is especially important of late, wot with Baby Ben on the scene. It’s been a bit of a whirlwind of late, visiting the USA and generally working, so I was dead pleased to finally catch him on Skype. It’s almost comical just how … Read More →
Pinball Wizard
My weekend of pure Americana continued, when we stumbled upon the annual Pinball Expo at the Marin County Civic Center. There was obviously no choice – we had to go. Bringing together machines from over fifty years, a one-time charge at the door allowed us to … Read More →