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“The” Earth

What’s this planet called?
Seriously, is it Earth or The Earth?
Apparently it’s Earth. I’ve been reading a book on the Solar System and it’s fascinating.  The name of this planet seems to be born out of the four elements - Earth, Air, Water, Fire.
The funny thing is that if they’d had a better understanding of what [...]

Don’t lose that tune

Over the years I’ve come up with countless tunes and riffs that could easily have been transformed into full songs, but I’ve only seldom taken that step.  Lately I’ve been enjoying the different styles of play that open up from my various guitars and mandolins (not forgetting the little ukulele) and feel an increasing need [...]

Church website updates needed

I came across a very interesting site the other day.  It’s from the Web Evangelism people and talks about how to build a church website to be genuinely appealing to people outside of the church.

Our church website scored ok, but there were some helpful pointers to help make it better.  

More work to [...]

Posting via Google? Wow!

This is a test post from Google docs.

Card reader missing?

We bought a new desktop PC not so long ago and one of the features I really wanted was a built-in card reader for all the photos I take.

Not long after installing Photoshop Elements 5, the card reader stopped working. It was like it wasn’t even connected to the PC any more. I uninstalled [...]

When is a takeaway not a takeaway?

We went to McDonald’s for tea. As ever, I had a Big Mac, fries, and Strawberry milkshake which was just great.

Near the car I couldn’t help but notice the number of people who had also been to McDonald’s but for some reason chose to sit in the discomfort of their cars and eat.

Surely, if [...]