OK, so I am still behind in updating this blog with recent events. As Irina pointed out, there is a large gap starting with the beginning of our journey to Amsterdam, all of the stay in Britain, returning to Kazakhstan, (finally) meeting Pilot Tom for a meal, and meeting up with Dave, Walton, Assel, and [...]

It looks as though my (entirely arbitrary) target for 50,000 visitors in the first two years of this blog is still (just about) attainable. As this post’s title indicates, the blog has another 68 days in which to record another 4,025 visits. Going from the last six months monthly averages, this should not be too [...]

Well, all seems well post-SP3 installation. There were a couple of hiccups - Windows Live Messenger now complains (error 2771) when it is started up that there is a component missing, and installation fails. This has been observed by others who have installed Service Pack 3, but it looks as though a simple re-installation (assuming [...]

Well, my PC seems to be running OK, so I thought why not give SP3 a try, and see what breaks
If you don’t see me online for a while, you’ll know why…

So, we arrived yesterday just after 11am, local time, having left Britain the morning before. We managed to squeeze in a 30 minute trip to Amsterdam on the way back, and the trip went well this time, without any silly bureaucrats trying to slow us down, unlike on the way out. I’ll try to post [...]

We should be back in Kazakhstan by Monday, though we are actually leaving Cardiff Airport tomorrow.
This is the last of the pre-written posts - anything you see after this has been written ‘live’
Hopefully my cousin has had a wonderful wedding today, and my best wishes to her and the groom.

I love this idea. If you have problems getting up in the morning, this alarm clock may be just for you. The idea is that when the alarm goes off for the first time, the clock acts as normal ones do. However, if you miss the first alarm, it starts moving, making you get out [...]

You may have noticed when using Google Earth that you are able to zoom in to a higher level of detail than you can with the online Google Map system. If you are not on your own PC, or are unable to install applications due to work-based restrictions, then there is a trick you can [...]

See the original post for more examples of what society saw as normal behaviour back in the day. (Some language NSFW if you do click over there.)