Entries from December 2008
An idea to make life simpler for the New Year
December 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I’ve made a commitment to unsubscribe to every non-essential non-personal email I get. I have realised recently what a lot of very non-specific email I get from companies and organisations and have decided to stop the flow before 2009 gets here. There are obviously certain newsletters and such like that I want to still receive [...]
Tags: Miscellaneous · My Life · Technology
I would like to introduce you to Stephen Fry
December 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
As my wife can testify I have an uncommonly strange feeling of affection towards British personality Stephen Fry, not of course in the way in which he has affection for other men, but in the way in which Apple users have affection for apple products. Broadly speaking Stephen Fry could appear on the very worst [...]
Tags: Apple · Hat Tips · Technology
More Blogging to come soon
December 10th, 2008 · Comments Off
There has been more living than blogging recently. Work is beginning to ramp up in order to tie up over the Christmas period and we are settling back into the swing of things after our trips to Hawaii. So the best I can do for you, fine blog readers is to give you some promise [...]
Tags: Blogging · Miscellaneous · My Life
December 5th, 2008 · Comments Off
“Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.” — John le Carre, “The Chancellor Who Agreed To Play Spy”, The New York Times, May 8, 1974
Tags: Miscellaneous
Travelling to the US
December 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
For those of you from the UK who travel to the US, things are changing! You know those little green cards that you fill out on the plane for visa waivers? Well that system is being scrapped! If you’re travelling after 12 Jan ’09 you’ll need to fill in an online request to enter the [...]
Tags: travel
Selling our Car: VW Lupo 1.4
December 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
We are selling our car due to simply not being able to support or really need 2 cars. Seeing as I know some of you who read this are from the Aberdeen area, I thought someone might be interested in it. For those of you from the US you can have a good laugh at what [...]
Tags: Miscellaneous · My Life
Sub-contracting our Ambassadorship
December 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
I’ve been thinking this morning about how we as a western church may have fallen further in the consumerist culture more than we may think. Whilst it clearly has many advantages, I wonder if the practise of paying church leaders a salary from the tithe gives us the impression or at least the sub-concious suspicion [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Church
5 Things…
December 1st, 2008 · Comments Off
As Adevnt is upon us I thought it might be a good oppurtunity to try and think about my year a little:5 Things I am glad I did this year…1. Marry my wife Rachel! 2. Visit South Africa for the first time.3. Be the best man for my best friend John, in Hawaii nonetheless.4. Move [...]
Tags: My Life
