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Shay: Guy, can you help. One of Richards goldfishes eyes are popping out of its head!
Me, via the web: Pop-eye Symptoms: Fish’s eyes stick out unusually It is important to realize that some varieties of goldfish have eyes which naturally protrude, like the Moor, the Celestial, and the Water Bubble Eye. If your fish is [...]

When we decided to move house we also decided to move mortgages. We had been using Abbey National for six months but in that time we’d had some pretty bad service. On one occasion I had changed the account that the mortgage payments came out of. I did this by phone. Shortly a new direct [...]

By Jove there’s been a lot of guerrilla surfing going on round these parts lately. The lack of interaction on this site prompts me to ask of you all this trivial question:
Q: What is you current favourite type/flavour of crisps?
I have been rather partial to anything ‘Worcester sauce’ lately. Whilst my bag of choice would [...]

A Windows user spends a week with a Mac and details his experience. Fascinating reading. Not ‘arf.

Back at work after an action packed weekend. We went down to Southampton to say farewell to the mighty Deans who today embarks on a three-month traipse across Malaysia despite the increasing threat of SARS. Deans has been my best mate for thirteen years, ever since we started secondary school together. I’m hoping he’ll return [...]

DIYNot: Woodchip paper is an inexpensive way of covering walls. It is a plain paper with a textured oatmeal surface, made by impregnating the pulp with sawdust and woodchip during its manufacture. It then needs to be painted and can be covered in a variety of coloured emulsions.
But why? Who decided this would be a [...]

I return to work to find piles of work on my desk, piles of work not yet on my desk and ideas of more piles of work to be placed on my desk. Busy? You could say that, yes. Like many UK organisations/companies at the moment, there’s a recruitment freeze on here and we’re down [...]

Today was my first day back at work since taking a week off to move house. I’d completely forgotten that I had a days training in advanced XSLT. So, I’ve yet to catch up on all my emails. Please bear with me - all should be well tomorrow.

Our first ever first hand experience of buying and selling a property is over. We have left the post-modern suburban utopia of Milton Keynes for the relative country tranquillity of Buckingham town. It truly feels as though we have come home.
We left Buckingham a little under two years ago because, at that stage we [...]