Photo Fun

A friend pointed me at this site the other day:
Photofunia
They have a load of image effects and templates that you can basically inject your own face on. You pick the layout you want, then upload any photo that has a clear depiction of the face (yours, or anyone’s for that matter) that you want to [...]

Poor Relation

Flying home from Bahrain Karen and I are sitting about eight feet apart, but the curtain that divides us may as well be made of iron. Yes, she’s in Business Class (at the taxpayer’s expense) and I’m in with the chickens, goats, and the other skinflints who are travelling on Air Miles. Every now and [...]

Return To Bahrain

I thought I would see Bahrain again someday, but I didn’t expect it to be this soon. But Hey — Karen’s going there on business (so the hotel room’s paid for) and I have a bunch of Air Miles burning a hole in my account, so why not?
It appears Bahrain has been getting on with [...]

One Ring To Hold Them All

It’s been four years since I’ve lived with a self-locking front door. The villa in Riyadh had a door that you had to lock with the key from either side, and the house in Langley before that was the same. It was physically impossible to lock yourself out. Great idea, but after a while you [...]

My Hero

The top three loves of my life are my wife, my children and my scooter. I’m still working out the precise order. There are a multitude of things I love just beneath this top echelon: sights, sounds, smells, art, other scooters etc., and to this group has just been added the writing of Charlie Brooker.
I [...]

Porn Shui

I saw this in the Sunday paper and it made me laugh. It’s not much, but hey… it’s not about scooters.
Porn Shui:  the aspect of one’s desk at work, good porn shui allowing the occupier to surf the net without being overlooked by colleagues.