Glorious essay from Mr Fry on the tribalism in technology. Read it, then sit back and think before you even contemplate writing anything about it.

Hard manual work is always therapeutic.

This weekend Rosie and I made a huge start on the summer of fruit and vegetables we hope to harvest. In the spot where we cleared out a thicket of bamboo (and there was a LOT of it), we have planted (right to left) broad beans, beetroot, onions and radish. In the pots are a special variety of tomato, called ‘tumbling tomato’, the idea being that they grow by hanging down the side of the pot and the wall.

My mate Billy has put up a great summary of April Fool’s jokes, to which I just want to add one, Google docs storing ‘anything’.

It has taken a while to get the photos up (none of them were taken by me, thanks to the group for supplying them).

Other photo sets I know of so far are by Kerry, Jon and Rossana.

Find yourself 20 minutes and watch this. It is important.

Jamie Oliver:

I profoundly believe that the power of food has a primal place in our homes that binds us to the best bits of life.

…

The adults of the last four generations have blessed our children with the destiny of a shorter life span than their own parents.

…

Diet related disease is the biggest killer in the United States, right now, here today. This is a global problem. It is a catastrophe. It is sweeping the world.

Just found this via Swissmiss, touching.

So the rain finally arrived yesterday morning, bucketing it down in central London. The rain has melted most of the snow which is a good thing, it was getting annoying.

First the snow is bad - English motorists are not taught how to cope with snow and ice when they learn how to drive, so when it arrives the effect is scary on the roads. Secondly, councils are not prepared for it - again this is to do with government policy (not necessarily bad policy either).

However, the water, the low temperatures and the freeze thaw cycle has made the roads a nightmare.

The Story: BBC News

The Airline: BA’s position

The Union: Unite’s position

Me: Left wondering if I will get to spend Christmas with my wife or not.

After months of planning, on-and-off work and plenty of scope creep (it’s terrible when you are your own customer), my personal blog is now live on my own server running on Drupal and I will retire the old tumblog as soon as I am happy that I haven’t missed anything.

Several things still need to be sorted out, namely: