Life without supermarkets #2: Kettles & shallots
I fretted a lot today because I had to cook for 6, and you know that you can rely on supermarkets to just provide stuff that you can knock up…
All hail the Anti-PowerPoint Party
Friends & readers of this blog will know how much I detest PowerPoint, or rather the mis-use of it. I can’t say that I thought it was only a matter…
Life without supermarkets #1: Goodbye Danone
The first thing to go in my ‘no supermarket’ month is my fix of Danone rhubarb yoghurt. I’ll live. The best substitute is natural yoghurt with stewed plums, both of…
July challenge: No supermarkets for 30 days
A friend posted a link to Matt Cutts’ TED talk ‘Try something new for 30-days‘ and I was itching to set myself a challenge. I’ve done 30-day challenges before, like…
Great Zotero tips
Zotero fans – here’s some great tips, even though they’re from 2008: 12 must know Zotero tips and techniques from The Ideophone. I still think that one of the best…
جوناثان ستيل
Given that I come from a generation where if you wanted italics, you had to change the daisy wheel on the printer, I’m still amazed at how easily computers and…