Computing
Amiga nostalgia – »
If you used to have an Amiga then you’ll probably remember Silica who produced regular mail order catalogues that could [...]
Japan
Three hotels on Okinawa (Naha »
Here are some photos of the three hotels we recently stayed at when we visited Naha and Ishigaki (both [...]
Driving around Ishigaki »
Ishigaki, Okinawa is reachable from Naha Airport via a one hour flight. The island is small and very [...]
Tokashiki Island Okinawa »
Tokashiki Island is one of the Kerama Islands off the coast of Naha, Okinawa. If you are visiting Naha [...]
Life
Air France VLML vegetarian in flight meals
After booking a long haul flight with Air France I used my booking code on the ‘Manage your reservation’ section of their website to try to select vegetarian VLML meals for my flights. Their website allowed me to select a vegetarian meal for one of the flights, but not the other. I therefore called up their customer services centre, and [...]
Stopping political junk mail
Junk mail is always annoying, there are many different types, and different steps are required to stop each type. Stopping junk mail is something I’ve previously written about, but if you want to stop political junk mail, or canvassing phone calls my previous advice won’t help you. If you are on the unedited electoral roll then the [...]
Wrist and arm pain when using a computer
Like many people who have to use a computer all day, every day, as part of their job, I find that I regularly get a painful or numb feeling in my wrists and arms. This is my story of what I’ve done to try to make that numbness and pain go away. I’ll add a usual disclaimer, pointing out that I’m not a medical expert, this is just personal [...]








