At 4.41 this morning, the landline rang four times, then hung up. When I got up this morning, I dialled 1471 and found that the number of the caller was not one I recognised. I typed it into the Google search box, and it seems tha…

Yeast First Or Last

I’ve just bought a Panasonic SD2500. In the recipes it says that yeast should be put in first. However, on their top-of-the-… machine there is a yeast dispenser. Hence, yeast will go in last. Furthermore, with my previous machines, the books a…

First Book Club Discussion

First book club discussion As Andy pointed out, we didn’t set a deadline for the start of discussion of our book of the month. Since the title was chosen on 22 February, we have a month, ending 21 March. I hope that gives everyone enough time? Sasha

Hooray Our New Euro Lock Arrived Today

Screwfix Euro locks have been out of stock for a while but I have now been able to get our new front door lock: http://www…. shed-brass/… New Anti “snap”, “bump” etc. Stangely …

WHY Is It Wrong?

I think most people here would agree that a phrase like ‘we’ll be back momentarily’ is just wrong but why? It’s used to mean ‘we’ll be back shortly’ whereas the phrasing suggests ‘we’ll be back briefly’ but why? Use of ‘short’ and ‘brief’ can be p…

Windows 8 – Great Or Guffaw?

A closed question on StackOverfl… made me think that it would be sensible to have a discussion about Windows 8. From what I hear, the general principle is that if you have a desktop app, it will carry on working on Intel kit. But to get into the…

More On The Mistreatment Of Women (And Girls) In Afghanistan

More on the mistreatment of women (and girls) in Afghanistan This is an article from The New York Times which outlines the system of ‘baad’ whereby girls are abducted and punished for the perceived misdeeds of male members of their families. Not pleasant Sunday morning reading:

Extradition. Anyone Care To Comment On The Logic, Morality And Ethics Of E…

Extradition. Anyone care to comment on the logic, morality and ethics of extraditing someone to a country when the alleged crime did not occur within the (internatio… accepted) jurisdiction of that country, and especially when it occurred w…

Converting Primary To Logical Partition

I’ve finished up with too many primary partitions on my disk and need to convert at least one to logical. I know that Acronis Disk Director will do it, but it costs money. There’s also EaseUS partition Manager which is free. But I’m a bit uneasy …