This weekend we went to visit my parents for a couple of days. It was Geordan’s birthday so we did something different and went to see the maize maze in Whitminster designed by Adrian Fisher.
It’s a great afternoon out for the kids and it takes about an hour and a half to go around it and find the 10 quiz markers so you can enter the competition. Pictures to follow soon.
Reading: Nightlord by Garon Whited
I’ve not long started reading Nightlord by Garon Whited. It’s a vampire story set in the present day and written in the form of a diary with the days forming each chapter. After some initial character development, there’s an interesting twist that allows for the story to venture more into a fantasy world.
Hen Races at Bonsall
We went to the Hen Races at Bonsall yesterday. Yes, it’s what it sounds like… they were racing hens!
This is what the track looked like. It was setup in the car park opposite The Barley Mow, Bonsall.
What I’m reading
Recently I’ve been reading the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud. I’ve just finished reading book one, The Amulet of Samarkand, and I’m now onto book two, Golem’s Eye. They’re set in and around London, except it’s not the London that we know, there are magicians ruling the country and magical creatures being summoned to do jobs for them.
.mobi top level domain.. WHY?
Checking my email tonight I found that I’d received an email from a domain registrar regarding “the hot new domain format for mobile web content and services”
After having been involved in the .info, .biz and .name launches, all I have to say is.. WHY? Why on earth do we need yet another TLD (top level domain), and more importantly why do we need one for mobile web content?
Most mobile internet devices these days seem quite capable of displaying regular HTML so probably the only real differences are that the screen resolution is considerably less than your normal PC and you might not be able to run flash and java on the device.
Blog software upgraded
Following a week of 40-60 spam comments every night, I decided to take the plunge and upgrade. I’ve just upgraded from the old MovableType 2.64 install to 3.2 and then installed the default templates which is why everything looks a little blue compared to the green that I had before. I guess it’ll take me a while to make it look more like it used to.
Flat tyre
I had my first completely flat tyre yesterday and had to swap it for the spare. In the past it’s always been a slow puncture and I’d been able to get to the petrol station to pump it up again or to the garage to get it replaced before it got completely flat.
It took me a little while to figure out how to get to the spare tyre and where the locking wheel nut key was, but I got there in the end.
Safari and multiple tabs
I was reading Mac Format this morning and read about an application called Taboo that stops you from accidentally closing Safari windows with multiple tabs open, or even quitting Safari when there are multiple tabs open in a window.
Art exhibitions
Lori had one of her exhibition openings last night at the Stand Assembly studios as part of a group exhibition called Serious Quirks. More information can be found at the Stand Assembly website.
She has another group exhibition opening tonight at Q Arts gallery in Derby. This one is called Future Focus 06 – Last Year’s Model and more information can be found at the Q Arts website.
If you’re in the Nottingham or Derby areas and wish to visit, both exhibitions are open until the beginning of June and opening times and directions are available from the relevant website.
Basic information, and later on pictures from the events, is available on Lori’s website at www.loriamor.co.uk