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21st August 2010PowercutsWe had a brief powercut in today. It only lasted a second and I wouldn't have noticed it if I hadn't been sitting near the phone - when it's turned on it goes through a startup sequence where a voice speaks some of the settings. "Calls will go through to the answerphone after 6 rings." Huh? Why's the phone making that noise? The phone didn't ring so it can't be voicemail activating... Ah ha! That's what the phone does when it's just been turned on! But that means the phone must have been off, and it was on a minute ago and ...
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19th August 2010New GlassesI last bought glasses at the beginning of 2009, when I was still at school. I reckoned that 18 months on, and about to go to university, I should go and get my eyes tested again ((How it actually happened: my Mum told me to go.)). This time, I had my eyes tested at Boots, and it was much more modern and fun than my previous opticians. To begin with I was subjected to some weird tests: the first one did something weird that I don't remember ((I had to look at a house which would go in and out of focus.)), ...
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19th August 2010Photography and MeI'm a photographer. By that I mean I take photographs, like this one below: It's one of my favourite recent photos, though I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because it's in focus, quite well composed, I think the colours work well together (they're all quite pastelly) and there's an animal in it that didn't flee by the time I had my camera ready. Also it was 4th July. I tend not to think of myself as a photographer, though. I'm more a person who takes photos. In my mind, there are three types of photographers: Casual snappers like me, for whom photography is ...
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2nd August 2010My StrawberriesWhat did I do in my gap year? In my gap year, I grew some strawberries. I grew some last year too. Late last spring, Ruairidh's Mum gave us some of her excess runners so that we could grow our own plants. I put them in a small border in my back garden, watered them and then let them grow. Come summer, naturally the plants were new and still establishing themselves. Unfortunately, I wasn't around when what little fruit had grown actually ripened. I try not to think about that cruel summer of '09. The wound is still too raw. After the ...
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27th July 2010Selling Oranges or LemonsHello Internet. I'm back. This is the first time in 4 months that I've been home without having something gobbling up most of my time and attention. It started in late March when Will and his girlfriend visited, and then my nephew ((Back then he was about 12 weeks old.)) and his parents came up to Perth too ((My eldest sister and brother-in-law, a great couple.)). I don't care what other people do, but when there's a family gathering going on, I try to spend as much time with everyone as possible. If there's a book I really want to read or ...
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About Wilf's Blog
I'm a mathematician, but apart from that, I'm a fairly normal guy. I used to write a blog - this blog. I write (wrote) about whatever is on my mind. It can get quite personal sometimes.
