…according to SWALEC. I’ve utterly confused them. The phone call went something like this: SWALEC: Hello, can we get a meter reading please? Me: Sure, it’s 2117. S: Er, what? M: 2117. S: Er. Right. Can you check that again please? M: Sure. 2117. Ok, to be pedantic it’s 02117 with a red 4. S: […]
From a mailing list that I frequent called UKNOT, which is made up of techies and pedants: If the Creator had said, “Let there be light” in Ankh-Morpork^W^WUKNot, he’d have gotten no further because of all the people saying “What colour?” Maria Blackmore on UKNOT (with apologies to Terry Pratchett)
It’s one hell of a St David’s day for us here in Wales. For those of you who don’t know, St David is the patron saint of Wales and March 1st is St Davids Day where Welsh people celebrate our heritage. Today, however is a special day for us, as we celebrate the opening of […]
Gosh, two entries in such short succession…I may be in danger of becoming an efficient blogger. Before I get into this post, those of you who go and visit the BBC article will notice a rather poor quality image on the top of a landrover at night in the snow (the snow is difficult to […]
BBC Article about last night’s callout.
Indeed, I have been negligent of late in not updating my blog. I’ve missed callouts, events and various other joys. In my defence I have been very tired and stressed out at work and at home. However, last night we had a callout which I can’t avoid blogging. I was sat in the Yard in Cardiff, […]
“We should rewrite <$product> from scratch, because you can’t polish a turd.” (Anon, for political reasons!)
06-02-06_1000 Originally uploaded by aledt. We’re having some structured cabling put in at the office, and had some cabling delivered this morning…except I hadn’t thought about how much cable was being delivered. They dropped off 12.5km of cable!
I had the most incredible experience today that has changed the way that I look at the world around me. Caroline brought Arthur into town at lunchtime, and I spent some time with her learning how Arthur works when he’s in a harness. After a bit of watching, she handed me a blindfold, I picked […]
Well, I’m seriusly stressed out and knackered. I could so do with a week off. Last Thursday night was quite interesting – we’re trialling out a new method of scoring damage to our ropes to determine when they should be retired. Rope inspections are never exciting, but it was interesting as you got a chance […]