I am nearing the end of a week long retreat in the Lake District staying at the “Upper Room” connected to the Hawkeshead Hill baptist church.
Being in the Lakes always means something extra to me as it was while living in Grasmere for a summer season that I became a Christian in 1975. I always [...]
A new Ubuntu is coming out soon.
If your computer can run Windows Vista or XP (or even ME), it can run Linux, specifically the Ubuntu distribution (distro) that I use.
Ubuntu is a free and open source operating system based off the Linux kernel. It is a complete and fully functional operating system that you can [...]
This is a great read! It is a story of wonderful hope amid great sadness and heartbreak.
I say this is better than ‘The Shack’ (what would not be?) because this book makes it clear that hope does not come from an imagined fantasy reality, or a reinventing the past, but from the real giver of [...]
Read full post...Is this what the wise men used as they travelled to Bethlehem? Was that the star?
Probably not!
The satnav function on Nokia phones is excellent now that it is a free download. It is a dream on the larger touchscreen on the N97 mini I have been trialling, but it is still great on the smaller [...]
I have just been listening, on the radio in my car, to a remarkable interview with a lady in her 70s. She is to have her body frozen when she dies in the hope of being brought back to life some time in the future when technology has advanced.
I would really like to understand the [...]
My friend John is feeling smug at the moment. He had noticed the racism in the new film Avatar and had commented on it in his blog.
“Some have lauded the story for being an excellent allegory of American foreign policy. Allegory? It is American foreign policy! Thanks to Tony Blair and his dodgy dossier, it [...]
Read full post...What a book! It was a treat to be able to read it over the holiday break.
I had seen a used copy in a charity shop but decided they were asking too high a price. I felt triumphant when I saw a copy elsewhere at a lower price and got it. I decided to keep [...]
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